BA 771 - Advanced Industrial Accounting I

Semester Hours: 3
This is the first of two courses involving intensive and comprehensive study of industrial/managerial accounting principles, concepts, and practices. This course addresses the Financial Planning, Performance, and Control section of the CMA exam. The course entails case studies, directed participation in classroom discussions based on extensive readings of pertinent literature dealing with industrial/managerial accounting, and periodic examinations. The course content includes an array of advanced topics typically only introduced in advanced undergraduate courses, including budgeting, cost management and allocation techniques, cost and variance measures, responsibility accounting, internal controls, and ethics.

Pre-requisites: completion of an undergraduate degree with a major in accounting, or its equivalent in terms of courses, or instructor consent.