Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

This course introduces you to managerial accounting, the branch of accounting concerned with managers’ information needs and how managers should and actually do use information to make resource allocation decisions within the firm. Throughout the semester, we will focus on important cost concepts and, particularly, the three pillars of managerial accounting: (i) Planning or establishing goals and specifying how to achieve them, (ii) Controlling or gathering feedback to ensure that the plan is being properly executed or modified as circumstances change, and (iii) Decision making or selecting a course of action from competing alternatives.

Student Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Define and apply management accounting concepts
  • Identify relevant information and analyze decisions of firm leadership
  • Evaluate appropriate performance measures
  • Apply critical thinking skills to economic decision making process by analyzing financial data

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