AC 501 Applied Management Accounting Concepts I

Course emphasis is placed on financial reporting decisions, planning, budgeting and forecasting, performance management, cost management, and internal controls.  Students will integrate and synthesize their knowledge of cost behaviors and communicate the results.  AC 501 and AC 502 concentrate on topics routinely tested on the CMA and CGMA certification examinations and will help students prepare to site for these exams.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Although a major in accounting or finance is not required to complete this course, students are assumed to have in depth knowledge in the preparation of financial statements, finance, business, economics, time-value of money concepts, statistics, and probability. With regard to U.S. Federal income taxation issues, students will be expected to understand the impact of income taxes in decision-making and when reporting and analyzing financial results.