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Golden Gate University School Of Accounting Course: ACCTG 1B Managerial Accounting Angela R Robinson, MBA, CPA, CGMA Adjunct Professor Edward S Ageno School of Business Contact Information Email: arobinson@ggu.edu Office Hours: by appointment I am reachable by email I will respond within 24-48 hours. If it is an urgent matter please indicate that in your email and I will respond sooner, please keep urgent matters to emergency situations only. First Day of class: August 30 th, 2015 Last Day of class: December 19 th, 2015 1) Course Description This course examines the procedures by which financial and other information is communicated internally to help management plan and control the company's operational activities. It focuses on procedural training as well as critical thinking and conceptual understanding of accounting in making business decisions. Students will be familiarized with the language of business, Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) code of ethics and the roles of managers. A team learning environment is promoted with in class discussions. Course Objectives-Expanded Objectives by Chapters: Chapter 1 - Review differences between managerial and financial accounting. Develop an appreciation for the larger business environment in which managerial accounting operates. Outline the primary functions of managers and the importance of ethical considerations in managerial accounting. Chapter 2 - Analyze cost behavior in terms of mixed costs. Apply cost predictions using the high-low method, with an overview of its benefits and shortcomings, as Page 1

compared to linear regression analysis (using EXCEL functions). Know the contribution margin income statement format and its contrast with the traditional financial reporting format. Chapter 3 - Recognize Cost-Volume Profit (CVP) relationships; use CVP formulas for single as well as multi-product firms to calculate breakeven and activity to achieve target profit. Explain the effects of the shift in sales mix on breakeven and target profit. Compute the margin of safety and degree of operating leverage as well as explain their significance. Chapter 4 - Explain cost terms and cost flows in a manufacturing environment; focus on the differences between product and period costs. Examine job cost system; understand overhead application and job cost flows. Discuss shortcomings of traditional OH application for managerial decision-making purposes. Apply the IMA code of ethics to accounting cases. Chapter 5 - Understand the role of budgets and the master budget interrelationships. Be familiar with operating and financial budgets (cash budgets and pro-forma financial statements) for manufacturing and retail firms. Chapter 8 -Identify and determine relevant costs in managerial decision making cases. Analyze and solve selected decision cases involving make-or-buy (outsourcing), special order, keep or drop a segment and optimization under a constrained resource. Chapter 10 - Understand a segmented income statement using the contribution format, and the difference between traceable fixed costs and common fixed costs. Compute and compare return on investment (ROI) and residual income. Understand their strengths and weaknesses. 2) Required Materials - Required Text: TITLE: Managerial Accounting AUTHOR: Davis EDITION: 2nd Edition PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated ISBN: 9781118548639 Bookstore: To purchase course books and materials from efollett, GGU's official online bookstore, please see the Important Info section of this course. Zoom.us account During the course we will use ZOOM for a video conference. More to come about this. University Library: There are several databases available through the Golden Gate University Library for students to conduct research on various topics. Remote (off campus) access to the databases requires your last name and student ID# (located on the front of your ID card). Be sure to type in ALL 7 Page 2

digits, including the starting with 0. Example: 0123456. You may access the library from GGU s homepage at http://www.ggu.edu. 3. 3) Course Requirements and Procedures Method of Delivery - The basic material for the course is provided by the text referenced above. Class sessions will be dedicated to introducing the topic assigned for the week and then reviewing the material assigned. The course will run Sunday through Friday night. You will have weekly readings, homework on that chapter and discussions about the topics in the chapter. Be certain to check announcements daily. You may see changes and updates to assignments; I will attempt to keep this at a minimal during the semester. I will provide lectures, go over the assigned homework when the students bring up the questions, post relevant articles, and participate in discussions. Your participation is absolutely crucial. In a successful online course you learn from your classmates almost as much as you learn from your professor. Energetic online classroom discussion is an essential element of the learning process for all participants (including your instructor s sanity). Therefore, active classroom participation will be required of each student, and will constitute a significant part of the final course grade. Absence from class will be penalized directly and indirectly through missing out on the knowledge-building process for everyone in attendance. So, don t miss class (by not logging in), even if you haven t been able to complete the assignments or read the assigned chapter. Thorough completion of each assignment is an essential requirement for achieving a strong grade in this course. Discussion Participation and Attendance Participation is mandatory in discussions to achieve a passing grade in this class. This will be our opportunity to be more interactive with each other. We will have 2-3 discussion topics per session. The discussions are accessed per the academic forum button. The discussion section is where class interaction takes place. This is where you participate in the course by talking to me or to your classmates. Note the down arrow next to the topics, scroll down to the topics and respond to the discussion questions. You may cut and paste or type directly into the discussion. Your discussion comments, response must be substantive. Substantive means that your message has substance and helps to further the discussion of course content. Substantive messages will often include contributions of additional ideas and sources, insights or questions about classmates' comments, connections to the course readings, ways of applying the lessons from the course to practical applications, etc. As a rule of thumb, your substantive comments should be at least a few sentences in length. Page 3

Short comments, such as "Good idea" or "I agree," do not constitute substantive posts on their own. Neither do comments that are unrelated to the topics at hand (for example, "I saw that movie, too!") If you say you agree about something, please explain why you agree, and add an additional insight or question. Relate the topic at hand to your personal or work experiences. Ask additional questions of your classmates. Make connections between the topics at hand and the readings in the text. Add ways you can apply the lessons from the class in your work and educational life. Comments that are not substantive will not receive the full points. Also please allow others the opportunity to be heard. My role in these decisions will be to; ask questions where I see fit, challenge you to think, research the questions or topics in more depth and make the class more interactive. I will also provide recommended answers when it is necessary. I will provide comments on an individual basis and look for my comments if they are directed to the entire class. The weekly discussions will close Thursday evening at 11:55pm; comments made on Thursday will receive half credit and comments made after the Thursdays deadline will receive no points Total Points per Week: 10 points Homework Assignments - The homework listed on the following schedule, is designed to reinforce the concepts that are discussed in the class meetings (Cyber) on the dates shown. All homework must be done on a word-processing or spreadsheet computer program. Hand-written homework will not be accepted. I will review your assignments and grade them based on the amount of effort you have made to complete them. I will not be grading the assignments for accuracy All Assignments are due on Friday night by 11:55 pm. Late assignments will not be accepted. This sensitizes the student to meeting deadlines. All answers to homework assignments will be accessible per chapter for each week at the end of the week. Please do not be tempted to copy these answers for your assignments; I will be able to tell. Additionally, by making a good faith effort to do the homework before reviewing the answers you will be better able to meet the challenges of the exams. Total points per week = 10 points Examinations There will be two examinations in this course, one midterm and one final exam. The midterm will be during week 8 and Final exam will be during week 15. More details will be forthcoming, check the news forum and I will send out an email to all students too. Evaluations You will receive an opportunity to evaluate the course and instructor at least once this term. Participate in this evaluation is your opportunity to give feedback. Page 4

Note in the total grading you will be able to drop one week of homework and discussion without it affecting your grade. Situations arise in all of our lives that may cause us to be out of class for a week, if you foresee this occurring communicate to me before hand and we can work together. If you chose to do all 13 assignments you will not receive extra credit. 4) Academic Integrity Academic integrity is the practice of carrying out academic work in a manner that: Strives to achieve the learning objectives of courses and assignments Conforms to rules and procedures set by instructors Adheres to ethical practices in taking tests and doing assignments Respects intellectual property rights by fully disclosing sources of information that appears in the students work. Academic integrity pays off for the student by ensuring that you get the education you are working and paying for. Academic integrity maintains the good reputation of the University and guarantees the values of a GGU degree. Academic dishonesty is the failure to maintain academic integrity. Academic dishonesty includes both cheating and plagiarism. Cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain, or assisting in obtaining credit for academic work through the use of any dishonest, deceptive or fraudulent means. Plagiarism is the intentional or negligent presentation of another person s ideas or products as one s own. This includes copying from a student who has completed the class in a prior semester. Academic dishonesty is a substitute for learning, and therefore violates the purpose of a student s relationship to the University. The consequences for academic dishonesty can include a grade of F in the course or in the work in question. Consequences are at the discretion of the professor and will be discussed with the student should the need arise. 5) Grading Policy Your grade will be made up of a number of components, the weekly homework problems discussions, the Midterm and the Final. Note the percentage of each component below in the table. Grading Policy Points Percentage Homework Problems(12X) 10 pts each 120 18.5% Page 5

Discussions(12X) 10 pts each 120 18.5% Midterm More details to come 150 23% Comprehensive Final - More details to come 260 40% TOTAL 650 100% Grading scale This is the grading scale and there will be no curving of the grades. If you find yourself falling in the range of 68% or lower, reach out to me, I am here to help. I would like to see everyone succeed. Grading Points Percentage A 604.5 93% - 100% A- 585 90% - 92.9% B+ 565.5 87% - 89.9% B 539.5 83% - 86.9% B- 520 80% - 82.9% C+ 500.5 77% - 79.9% C 474.5 73% - 76.9% C- 455 70% - 72.9% D+ 435.5 67% - 69.9% D 409.5 63% - 66.9% D- 390 60% - 62.9% F 389 and below 0% - 59.9% Assignments - Homework will be listed in the course- Session Start Date Chapters Discussion due by Friday evening HW Assignment 1 Chap 1 Intro, 1-3 2 Chap 2 2.1 3 Chap 2 2.2-3 4 Chap 3 3.1-2 5 Chap 3 3.3-4 6 Chap 4 4.1-2 7 Chap 4 4.3-4 8 Midterm See instructions 9 Chap 5 5.1-3 10 Chap 5 5.4-5 11 Chap 8 8.1-3 12 Chap 8 8.4-5 13 Chap 10 10.1-2 14 Chap 10 10.3-4 15 Final See Instructions HW Assignment due date Page 6

Instructor Bio: Angela R Robinson, MBA, CPA, CGMA is a Certified Public Accountant with an active license in the state of California. She graduated from Sacramento State University with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, from the University of San Francisco with a Master of Business Administration in Finance and extra course work in Leadership development. She has worked in and audited various industries over her career including; healthcare, medianewsprint, start up-media, banking, automotive, public accounting, financial consulting, nonprofits -social services, foundations and start up. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Mission Neighborhood Health Center. She has found the topic of cost management a key aspect to efficiently run a community clinic with the changes in regulations mandated by the federal government. Page 7