Managerial Accounting

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to prepare students to make sensible business decisions using accounting information. An essential topic in the course is the measurement and allocation of costs to assist decision making in organizations. The course covers standard topics in cost accounting, such as cost behavior and relevant costs, and connect these to broader issues in microeconomics, decision theory, corporate finance, and operations management. Classes contain a mixture of conventional lectures, problem solving, business cases, and simulations. Prerequisites: 70-122 and ( 36-200 or 70-207 or 36-201 or 36-207)