BUS 574 - Management & Cost Accounting Survey

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2

This course presents various foundational content on Managerial and Cost Accounting. Topics may include, financial decision making, financial planning, performance and control. In addition to providing data used to cost products and services, cost accounting provides data to managers for planning and controlling. The course focuses on how accounting information can assist managers in controlling the activities for which they are responsible, and how manager’s use cost information to make better decisions to improve their organization’s competitiveness. The course covers the fundamentals of cost accounting, including job order, process, and activity based costing. Particular emphasis is given to current practices in cost control through reports to management.

Offered Fall, Spring, Summer

Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): Completion of or concurrent enrollment in BUS 570.