Instructor Contact Information

ACCT116B—Managerial Accounting
Fully Online

Roger A. Gee, CPA
Professor of Accounting
Mesa College Office: F215A
Business Phone: 619-388-2265
Office: Mon – Thurs 9:30 – 11:00 am
Instructor's email address : rgee@sdccd.edu

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

Course Material Purchase Options

1. Garrison, Managerial Accounting, 12th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2008, packaged with a Homework Manager access code for $120 (available at the San Diego Mesa College bookstore).  You have a soft-cover textbook plus access to Homework Manager for doing your quizzes, assignments and exams.  You can either go to the bookstore or order it online.  To order online, do the following:
1. Go to www.sdmesa.edu
2. Click on Mesa Bookstore and Buy Textbooks
3. Scroll down and click on OK
4. Select MESA – MESA ONLINE FALL 2007 and click on Go
5. Select Acct – Accounting, 116b, and your CRN
6. Scroll down and complete the purchasing process
2. McGraw-Hill’s Homework ManagerTM PLUS or ONEpass for Managerial Accounting for $65.00.  You have an online version of the Garrison, Managerial Accounting, 12th edition, textbook and the Homework Manager access code.  To order the online textbook, do the following:
1. Go to www.mhhe.com/garrison12e
2. Click on Register or Purchase Access
3. Click on I do not have a registration code
4. Click on Continue and complete the purchasing process

Software Required for This course

Microsoft Office–Professional 2003 (or 2007) software that includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is available for a reduced price at the San Diego Mesa College Bookstore.

Optional

Study Guide for use with Garrison, Managerial Accounting, 12th, McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Purchase Textbooks Online at the SDCCD Online Bookstore

Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware and Software:
To successfully complete this online course, you will be required to meet the minimum hardware and software requirements. View Hardware and Software Requirements.

Internet Browser:
You must use a supported Internet browser in order to successfully work in WebCT, the online course management system for this course. To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

Course Description

Course Description

This course shows business students how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations, and controlling.  The course focuses on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure, and cost-volume-profit analysis.  It examines profit planning, standard costs, operations and capital budgeting, cost control, and accounting for costs in manufacturing organizations.  This course is required for an associate degree and is generally required for a four-year degree.

Average Hours per Week

This is a learn-by-doing course.  You can plan on spending an average of 12 hours per week taking quizzes, reading the chapters, viewing and hearing the lessons, messaging on the discussion board, doing the homework assignments twice, and taking exams.  Former students, who received the grade of C, indicated that they spent at least that many hours per week in this sixteen-week course.  There are no mandatory on-campus meetings for this course.

Prerequisite

The prerequisite is Accounting 116A with a grade of “C” or better, or equivalent.

Application and Registration Information

REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS:

1. Complete Online Application (for new SDCCD students). Go to Student Web Services
2. Receive registration appointment and instructions by email or mail.
3. Register online at the Reg-e, our online registration system.
4. Make sure that you pay your tuition so that you don't lose your registration!   Fees and Tuition Information.
5. Order textbooks online. Visit our online bookstore.
6. After completion of registration on Reg-e, and several days prior to the start of the semester, you will receive an email with course login instructions. If you don't receive an email please go to http://www.sdccdonline.net/ and login on the first day of class as follows:
   
   Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
   Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (your birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
   
   For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for the birthdate June 23, 1980 )
    
7.  If this course is closed, please login to Reg-e to be placed on a waitlist. If the waitlist is full, you will not be able to add your name to the waitlist.