ACCOUNTING 202 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING SYLLABUS SPRING 2014

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1 Instructor: Michael Gilkey Class Meetings: MW, 9:00 a.m. 10:50 a.m. Office Hours: M-Tu, 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Office: MD-345 W-Th, 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. REQUIRED MATERIALS Managerial Accounting Custom Edition, Garrison, Noreen, Brewer (McGraw-Hill, 14 th Edition) Connect Access Card, Calculator, Scantrons, Pencil, White Eraser, Red Pen. COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: Evaluate and perform basic financial statement analytical procedures, and apply financial statement analysis in assessing solvency and profitability, apply the concepts of responsibility accounting to managerial decisions, identify the cost concepts and perform cost analyses in the management process, identify and apply the concepts of cost accounting as they relate to determination of product cost and decision making, explain the purposes and procedures of budgeting, develop budgets, and make recommendations based on budgeting concepts, analyze alternative choices in making business decisions by identifying and evaluating available alternatives, prepare income statements using variable costing and absorption costing and analyze the results of the statements, identify and illustrate the applications of variable costing and absorption costing in managerial decisions, apply the principles of standard costs in the determination of product cost and in managerial decisions, compare and contrast the methods of evaluating capital investment proposals, compute the breakeven point, the margin of safety, and the contribution margin ratio and explain the uses and limitations of each in the management process. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (1) Construct and analyze accounting information for the purpose of making business decisions; (2) Prepare and evaluate information and reports used by management to plan, direct, motivate, and control manufacturing processes for various business costing models; (3) Develop a cost behavior model for the purpose of making business decisions. ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION Attendance is very important to stay abreast of the material presented in class. Your success will depend on regular attendance. You will receive participation credit for each class attended. I will be calling on you in class when we review the homework assignments. Contributing to class discussions, asking questions, answering questions, etc., will also affect your participation score. (Over) Page 1

2 READING ASSIGNMENTS Accounting is a challenging subject. Please read the assigned material (from the class notes and the textbook) prior to the class discussion. HANDOUTS Students should print and bring the class notes provided on Blackboard. These are the basis for our class discussions, and will be used to demonstrate concepts discussed in class. The notes also include information for the work we will do in class and the homework handouts. Many of the exam questions will be taken from the class notes. YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS ARE YOUR BEST RESOURCE A student who misses a class should contact other students in the class to determine what material was missed during the absence. If you do not have contact information for other students, you should post a message on the discussion forum in Blackboard. Students frequently use this forum to communicate outside of class. Name Contact Information Students are encouraged to form study groups. More fun, learn more, time flies, others may get what you don t. HOMEWORK & QUIZZES Accounting is a difficult course and will require a lot of work outside of class. Homework will be assigned from the end of each chapter and needs to be completed by the due date announced in class. Most homework will be completed on Connect. Some homework will be completed on paper and turned it. Much of the homework will be reviewed in class. There will be a quiz on each section prior to the exam. No make-up quizzes will be given. Points for quiz questions are approximately the same as for the exams. The total quiz points earned will be converted to the 100 points through a percentage. (Over) Page 2

3 BLACKBOARD I use Blackboard in this course for handouts and announcements. Please check Blackboard frequently, as well as before class. I sent an prior to the start of the semester. If you didn t receive the , please check eservices to verify your address. Students are responsible for announcements posted on Blackboard. EXAMS There will be four exams, each covering one unit of material. Please bring a Scantron for the objective portion of each exam. Basic calculators may be used on exams, however, cell phones and calculators capable of storing characters (this includes most graphing calculators) may not be used on exams. If you have questions about your calculator, please ask. Please use use a pencil when entering your answers on the Scantron. You may use scratch paper for the multiple-choice exam. Since many classrooms have only marginally functional pencil sharpeners, I recommend students use mechanical pencils. Alternatively, students may bring several pre-sharpened pencils for the exams. Please note the exam dates on the attached tentative schedule and resolve any conflicts you may have now. REMEMBER: NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES MAY BE USED DURING QUIZZES OR EXAMS, EXCEPT NON-GRAPHING CALCULATORS. GRADING Exam #1 175 A = % Exam #2 150 B = 80 89% Exam #3 150 C = 70 79% Exam #4 175 D = 60 69% Quizzes 100 F = Less than 60% Homework 150 Participation 100 Total Points Available 1,000 ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Palomar College will not tolerate cheating of any kind. CELL PHONES Please keep cell phones in your backpack during class. (Over) Page 3

4 When corresponding via , please include both your name and the course (ACCT 202) in the subject line. Also, when replying, please include the contents of prior s to facilitate the correspondence. COURSE SUCCESS The following factors will significantly influence your success in this course: 1. Regular attendance and participation. 2. Completion of homework assignments before class. 3. Reading the written material multiple times. 4. Rewriting your written class notes between class meetings. 5. Use of the additional resources provided by the textbook publisher. 6. Team learning working with other students. 7. Learning and understanding the terminology. Students will likely encounter numerous unfamiliar terms which are critical for understanding the accounting concepts. 8. Tutoring may be available by appointment, at the Tutoring Center (located on the first floor of the library), ext My responsibility is to help you learn the material. Thus, we are partners in the learning process. My objectives are for you to learn the material and for you to perform well in the course. I strongly believe that if you put forth the necessary effort throughout the course, these objectives can be achieved. If you have any questions or problems you would like to discuss with me, please let me know. KEY DATES Please note the following key dates for this term: Last day to add course Sunday, January 26, 2014 Last day to drop with no notation on record Sunday, January 26, 2014 Last day to drop Saturday, March 15, 2014 Final Exam Wednesday, May 14, :00-11:50 a.m. MCGRAW-HILL & CONNECT McGraw-Hill has provided extensive On-Line resources for this course and text. Links to these resources can be found in Connect and on Blackboard. These are very good resources. The link to Connect can be found on Blackboard. (Over) Page 4

5 DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES AT PALOMAR The following degrees and certificates can be earned at Palomar. Even if a Palomar degree or certificate is not your ultimate goal, you should consider pursuing one as an intermediate goal. A Palomar degree or certificate demonstrates achievement and may help you get a job in your area of study. Detailed requirements for these degrees and certificates can be found in the Palomar College catalog. Please see me if you have any questions. Accounting: Accounting (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Bookkeeping/Accounting Clerk (Certificate of Proficiency) Business: Advertising, Marketing, and Merchandising (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Business Administration (Associate in Arts Degree) Business General (Associate in Arts Degree) E-Business (Certificate of Proficiency) E-Marketing (Associate in Arts Degree) Entrepreneurship (Certificate of Proficiency) Internet - Emphasis in Business Education (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Retail Management (Certificate of Achievement) Salesperson Retail (Certificate of Proficiency) Business Management: Business Management (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Insurance: Commercial and Personal Insurance Services (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Insurance Services (Certificate of Proficiency) International Business: International Business (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Legal Studies: Legal Studies (Associate in Arts Degree) Legal Support Assistant (Certificate of Proficiency) Office Information Systems: Administrative Assistant (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Data Entry (Certificate of Proficiency) International Administrative Assistant (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Medical Language Specialist (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Medical Office Management (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Receptionist (Certificate of Proficiency) Virtual Assistant (Certificate of Proficiency) Real Estate: Escrow (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Real Estate Appraisal License Preparation (Certificate of Proficiency) Real Estate Broker License Preparation (Associate in Arts Degree, Certificate of Achievement) Real Estate Salesperson License Preparation (Certificate of Proficiency) (Over) Page 5

6 (Tentative) Day Date Chapter Chapter Title Mon 1/13 Introduction & Orientation Chapter 1 Managerial Accounting: An Overview Wed 1/15 Chapter 2a Managerial Accounting & Cost Concepts Mon 1/20 Holiday Martin Luther King Day Wed 1/22 Chapter 2a Managerial Accounting & Cost Concepts Mon 1/27 Chapter 3 Job-Order Costing Wed 1/29 Chapters 3 & 4 Job-Order Costing & Process Costing Mon 2/3 Chapters 3 & 4 Job-Order Costing & Process Costing Wed 2/5 Quiz #1 Unit 1: Chapters 1-4 Mon 2/10 Exam #1 Unit 1: Chapters 1-4 Wed 2/12 Chapter 2b Managerial Accounting & Cost Concepts Mon 2/17 Holiday Washington's Day Wed 2/19 Chapter 2b Managerial Accounting & Cost Concepts Mon 2/24 Chapter 5 Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships Wed 2/26 Chapter 5 Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships Mon 3/3 Chapter 6 Variable Costing & Segment Reporting Wed 3/5 Chapter 6 Variable Costing & Segment Reporting Chapter 7 ABC: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Mon 3/10 Chapter 7 Quiz #2 ABC: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Unit 2: Chapters 2,5-7 Wed 3/12 Exam #2 Unit 2: Chapters 2,5-7 Mon 3/17 No Class Spring Break Wed 3/19 No Class Spring Break Mon 3/24 Chapter 8 Profit Planning Wed 3/26 Chapter 8 Profit Planning Chapter 13A Capital Budgeting (Appendix A) Mon 3/31 Chapter 13A Capital Budgeting (Appendix A) Chapter 13 Capital Budgeting Wed 4/2 Chapter 13 Capital Budgeting Mon 4/7 Chapter 9 Flexible Budgets & Performance Analysis Wed 4/9 Chapter 9 Flexible Budgets & Performance Analysis Chapter 10 Standard Costs and Variances Mon 4/14 Chapter 10 Standard Costs and Variances Wed 4/16 Quiz #3 Unit 3: Chapters 8-10 Mon 4/21 Exam #3 Unit 3: Chapters 8-10 Wed 4/23 Chapter 11 Performance Measurement in Decentralized Organizations Mon 4/28 Chapter 11 Performance Measurement in Decentralized Organizations Wed 4/30 Chapter 12 Differential Analysis: Key to Decision Making Mon 5/5 Chapter 12 Differential Analysis: Key to Decision Making Wed 5/7 Chapter 12 Differential Analysis: Key to Decision Making Mon 5/12 Quiz #4 Unit 4: Chapters Wed 5/14 Final Exam Unit 4: Chapters (Over) Page 6