Augusta State University
College of Business Administration
General Course Syllabus

COURSE NUMBER: ACCT 4999
COURSE TITLE: Financial Accounting for Managerial Control
 
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Prerequisite:  Graduate (MBA) student status.  Provides students with: (1) an understanding of basic financial accounting terminology, (2) an overview of the financial accounting process, (3) sufficient grounding in financial accounting to be able to understand and analyze the basic financial statements.
 
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The principal learning outcomes of this course are to have each student develop and demonstrate knowledge and basic skills related to: 
  1. Understanding the basic classified financial statement of a business and the meaning of each statement

  2.  
  3. Understanding the accounting cycle, the recording process and the preparation of financial statements

  4.  
  5. Understanding the elements of current and long-term assets, current and long-term liabilities and owners/stockholders' equity and how different acceptable accounting methods may affect the financial statements and the financial position of the business

  6.  
  7. Understanding basic managerial accounting terminology and the types of information that managers may need in order to run their businesses efficiently and effectively

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  9. Understanding cost accounting methods and standard cost determination as well as cost/volume/profit relationships

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  11. Analyzing and evaluating financial statements
     
RELATIVE TOPIC EMPHASIS (45 hour semester)

Topics

Approximate
Class Hours
1. Basic financial statements and terminology
  3
2. The recording process and statement preparation
11
3. Special evaluation/disclosure issues of classified financial statement
11
4. Basic managerial accounting
  3
5. Cost accounting/standard costs/CVP methodology
14
6. Financial statement analysis
   3 
45
Revised:  March 26, 1997
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