Course Description:
This course provides an in-depth study of the theory and practice of managerial cost accumulation concepts and techniques for product and service costing, planning and control. Special emphasis will be placed on the use of cost accounting information for decision making and the preparation, analysis and use of cost accountng information. Topics include process costing, job order costing, variable costing, direct costing, standard costing, profit planning, and activity based costing. Related theory and application will also be reviewed. This course will provide part, but not all of the preparation needed for the CPA exam.
Are you new to Online Learning:
If you're new to online learning please take a look at the following: Top Ten Myths about Online Learning
Some helpful Web Sites to help you determine if you’re ready for an online class.
What makes a successful online student?
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/StudentProfile.asp
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http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/09netiqt.htm
Method:
This class is held online. Weekly assignments and additional chapter information can be found at Web Access. Each week you should review the lecture notes on WebAccess. The links to the powepoint slides can be found at the textbook website. You are responsible for checking in at Web Access on a daily basis to make sure you are meeting all necessary deadlines.
Required Materials:
Horngren, Datar, Foster, Rajan, Ittner, Cost Accounting ( 13th Edition, Prentice Hall).
ISBN-10: 0136126634 (text only); ISBN-10: 0135046343 ( text shrinkwrapped with MyAccountingLab)
You can buy the text from the CSM bookstore as a custom publish or from any of the sources below. Just make sure you get the edition.
Some online sources for books: www.ecampus.com; www.half.com; www.amazon.com; www.bn.com; www.bestbookbuys.com; www.safarix.com ; www.fetchbook.info; www.campusi.com;
A semester length subscription to the Wall Street Journal is strongly recommended. Please see me for subscription form.
Other Resources:
Cost Accounting Text Online
Student
Writing Tips
Web Ready
Please visit collegeofsanmateo.edu/accounting and read about the Accounting Assistant program, the Tax Preparer program, and how to become a CPA, an Enrolled Agent, or a CTEC registered tax preparer. The website also has helpful information on how to get a job, how to write a resume, and how to earn continuing education credit.
To receive the latest information about the CSM Accounting program subscribe to our email group by sending a message to csmaccounting-subscribe@googlegroups.com.
Sources of Accounting
and Financial Information
EDGAR
The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system. All publicly
traded domestic companies use EDGAR to make the majority of their filings.
Form 10-K or 10-KSB, which include the annual report, is required to
be filed on EDGAR. The SEC makes this information available on the Internet.(
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar )
FreeEDGAR
FreeEDGAR is an online service offering free access to EDGAR files with
the additional ability find and extract specific financial news and
information. You also can pull data directly into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.(
http://www.freeedgar.com/ )
EdgarScan
EdgarScan from PricewaterhouseCoopers pulls filings from the SEC's servers
and parses them automatically to find key financial tables and normalize
financials to a common format that is comparable across companies. Go
directly to specific sections of the filing, including the financial
statements, footnotes, extracted financial data and computed ratios.
A "Benchmarking Assistant" performs company comparisons. (http://edgarscan.tc.pw.com
)
Research Tools
Wall Street Research Net
( http://wsrn.com/home/companyResearch.html
)
MSN
Stock Research
( http://investor.msn.com/research/welcome.asp?Symbol=GPS
)
Hoovers Online
( http://www.hoovers.com/ )
Bloomberg Business
( http://www.bloomberg.com/
)
Financial
Terms Glossary
(http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm
)
Bond Information:
http://bonds.yahoo.com/
All the sites below are
on a menu on the site above
http://screen.yahoo.com/bonds.html
http://bonds.yahoo.com/rates.html
http://bonds.yahoo.com/bond_ed.html
http://bonds.yahoo.com/glossary1.html
ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS
Accounting Resources
on the Internet
comprehensive, well-organized set of links to a variety of accounting
resources( http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/
)
News for CPAs
( http://www.aicpa.org/ )
(http://www.cpa-exam.org/ )
American Accounting Association
( http://raw.rutgers.edu/raw/aaa/
)
FASB
( http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/fasb/index.html
)
AICPA
Special Committee on Financial Reporting
( http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aicpa/index.htm
)
California
Board of Accountancy
California
Society of CPA's
TAX FORMS
IRS
Tax Forms
All the tax forms can be dowloaded, printed, and used.( http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/forms.html
)
THE MARKETS
Stock Price Indexes
( http://www.pathfinder.com/money/all/
)
E*TRADE
( http://www.etrade.com/ )
StockMaster
( http://www.stockmaster.com/sm/mf/F/FEMKX.html
)
Quicken.com
( http://www.quicken.com/ )
PC Quote
( http://www.pcquote.com/ )
U.S. Treasury
Bill Futures
( http://www.cme.com/market/quote/.Small/tb.html
)
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
( http://www.cme.com/ )
HOW TO FIND A JOB
The Career Center has
resume writing workshops, individual counseling, and job listings.
To earn a certificate you must complete CRER 133 through the Career
Center: CSM Career Center
CSM
Student Employment: Get job listings by e-mail.
Get individual help in your job search.
Many CSM students have gotten jobs through Accountemps.
The San Mateo office is near CSM campus at 2755 Campus Drive (near
Hillsdale Blvd. and HWY 92) Phone 574-8200
A popular job search web
site: Craigs List
Job listings from San Francisco
Chronicle: SF Gate
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