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2024-2025 General Catalog 
    
2024-2025 General Catalog
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ACC 221 - Cost Accounting


Course Department: Business
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2022

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course provides a study of the methods of cost accumulation for inventory valuation and income determination for manufacturing concerns including utilization and evaluation of cost data for planning and controlling operations.

Prerequisites: C or better in ACC 146 - Managerial Accounting   
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ACC 142 - Financial Accounting    

Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, and/or online

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: There is a $124.99 course fee which includes all courses that utilize the Cengage products.

Common Course Assessment(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
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  1. Students will account for and analyze elements of the production cycle.
    1. Calculate the cost of production using various costing methods and overhead allocations.
    2. Determine desirable production and sales levels to achieve goals.
  2. Students will demonstrate ability to make short and long-term financial decisions.
    1. Prepare operating and financial budgets.
    2. Compare the differences between actual and planned revenue and costs.
  3. Students will evaluate company performance and develop strategies for improvement.
    1. Implement and analyze management and production systems such as Just-in-Time, responsibility accounting, and Activity-Based-Management



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