Instructor Contact Information

 

Managerial Accounting – ACC116B

CRN 70475- Spring 2008
Fully Online – No Campus Meetings

Julie Hansen
Accounting Instructor
City College
1313 Park Boulevard
San Diego , CA   92101

jhansen@sdccd.edu

 

 

Textbook and Course Material Requirements

 

1.      Required Materials

2.      Textbook:  Garrison, Managerial Accounting, 12th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2008 (ISBN 0073526703 for the HARD cover text and ISBN 978-0-07-352670-6 for the softcover book found at our bookstores) AND

3.      McGraw-Hill’s Homework Manager access code. 

4.      Microsoft Office–Professional software that includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is available for a reduced price at the San Diego City and Mesa College Bookstore.

Options for Purchasing Required Materials:

1.      The soft cover version of the textbook, packaged with Homework Manager access code is available at the San Diego City College Bookstore or online at their website for $120.00.  To purchase the textbook and HW Mgr. Access code online go to:  http://www.bookstore.sdccd.edu/city/. 

a.      Click on “Buy Textbook”

b.      Scroll down and click “OK”

c.      Select “Search by Course - CITY – CITY ONLINE SPRING 2008” and click “Go”.

d.      Under ‘Department’ dropdown, Under ‘Course’ select “ACCT-Accounting”, Under ‘Section’ select “70475 – WEB – HANSEN, JUL”

e.      Click the textbook and click “Add Selected Books to Cart” and complete the purchase process.

2.      Purchase the McGraw-Hill's Homework Manager™ PLUS or ONEpass for Managerial Accounting for $65.00. This purchase includes an ‘eBook’ AND McGraw-Hill’s Homework Manager access code.  The ‘eBook” is an online version of the Garrison, Managerial Accounting, 12th edition, textbook (e.g. this is NOT a physical textbook).  To order the online textbook and HW Mgr. Access code, go to:  www.mhhe.com/garrison12e. 

a.      Click on Register or Purchase Access  
Purchase Access

b.      I do not have a registration code. Click Here to view the Products available for this Text)

c.      Select McGraw-Hill's Homework Manager™ PLUS or ONEpass for Financial Accounting

d.     Click on Continue and complete the purchasing process

3.     If you do NOT purchase your Managerial Accounting textbook at the City College Bookstore, or you purchase a USED copy, then you need to purchase McGraw-Hill’s Homework Manager User Guide and access code separately.  The Homework Manager User guide can be purchased online at www.mhhe.com/garrison12e for $20.00.

a.      Click on Register or Purchase Access  
Purchase Access

b.      I do not have a registration code. (Click Here to view the Products available for this Text)

c.      Select McGraw-Hill's Homework Manager™ for Financial Accounting

d.      Click on Continue and complete the purchasing process

 

 

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 VISTA/Blackboard (this is the name of the online course management system for this course). To see a list of supported Internet browsers, click here.

 

Course Description

 

This introductory managerial accounting course provides instruction in the selection and analysis of accounting information for internal use by managers. Emphasis is on the use of information needed for managerial planning and control. This course is required for business majors who are preparing for, and planning to transfer to, a four-year college or university.

 

 

SYLLABUS

 

Course Objectives

 

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

1)          Compare and contrast managerial and financial accounting.

2)          Identify and illustrate the primary activities and informational needs of managers, and explain the role of the managerial accountant as a member of the management team.

3)          Define and illustrate various cost terms and concepts and evaluate their relevancy for different decision-making purposes.

4)          Prepare and evaluate a Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured, Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold, and Income Statement.

5)          Prepare traditional and contribution-margin income statements and define related terms.

6)          Explain cost-volume-profit analysis, degree of operating leverage and safety margin, and employ each as an analytical tool.

7)          Describe the traditional types of product costing systems (including job-order and process), illustrate the flow of costs in each, and prepare related accounting records and reports.

8)          Discuss the impact of technology on the manufacturing environment and its implications for the development of activity-based costing and management, and prepare activity-based cost reports.

9)          Explain the purposes of budgeting, prepare a master budget and its component schedules, and relate the budget to planning and control.

10)      Explain the development and use of standard costs, prepare and interpret variance analysis reports, and relate the reports to responsibility accounting and control.

11)      Explain the nature of and the need for segment reporting and its relationship with cost, profit, and investment centers; and prepare and analyze related segment reports.

12)      Compare and contrast absorption costing and variable costing, prepare income statements using both methods, and reconcile the resulting net incomes.

13)      Define relevant costs and benefits, giving proper treatment to sunk costs, opportunity costs, and unit costs.

14)      Prepare analyses of special decisions such as accept or reject a special order, outsource a product or service, add or drop a product or service, and sell or process further a product.

15)      Demonstrate how present value and future value concepts relate to the time value of money.

16)      Explain the nature of capital expenditure decisions, and apply and evaluate various methods used in making these decisions.

17)      Explain the importance of operating, investing, and financing activities reported in the statement of cash flows.

18)      Evaluate solvency and liquidity, and profitability and return on equity through the selection and application of appropriate analysis tools.

 

 

 

 

Course Communications

 

Prior to the course starting you may contact me at: jhansen@sdccd.net.  Once the course you need to use the email functionality within WebCT.  I check my email on a daily basis and you can expect to hear back from me in less than 24 hours.

Course Description

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!
    Tuition and Fees 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:
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Type your WebCT ID = 7-digit College Student Identification (CSID) number
Type your Password =  mmddyyyy (birthdate with no hyphens, slashes, or spaces)
For example:  1010101 (CSID number used at registration)
                          06231980 (password for birthdate June 23, 1980 ) 

  1.  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.

You will not be able to login to your online course until the first day of the semester!!!
You must login to your online course on the first day of the session to avoid your enrollment being dropped. Follow the login instructions at http://www.sdccdonline.net/login.htm

WAITLIST & ADD CODES:
If you are on the waitlist you will not receive an add code until the FIRST day of the semester, however,  you should plan on obtaining textbook materials to be ready for the first assignment

Course Schedule:
The SDCCD Online course schedule is also available on the Internet at: http://www.sdccdonline.net/schedule.htm

 

Online Learning Readiness Assessment

 

To find out if you have the technical and student skills necessary to succeed with online learning, take the Online Learning Readiness Assessment.