Course description

This course introduces managerial accounting concepts and terminology including various methods of analyzing cost behaviour, including elements of a job costing, process costing, standard costing and activity-based costing systems. Students will apply cost-volume-profit analysis and relevant cost to special decision-making situations. Further the course will cover aspects of the master budgeting process and how a flexible budget is used in manufacturing.

Course details

Hours: 56
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None

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Credit transfer

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Registration dates

Not all courses are offered each term.

Fall 2024 registration opens July 22, 2024. Winter 2025 registration opens November 4, 2024.

Delivery options

In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration

Online - Asynchronous: ​100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery