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RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
Principles of Managerial Accounting
Dr. O'Grady Harvey
Prerequisite: Principles of Financial Accounting
Required Textbooks: 1. Managerial Accounting, 1ST Ed., Jiambalvo; John Wiley, 2001. 2. Please bring a calculator and the textbook to each class session. Suggested Reading: (available in the Ramapo library ) 1. Journal of Accountancy 2. Strategic Finance (formerly Management Accounting)
Course Description: An introduction to basic cost concepts and systems used by management accountants in the planning and control function of an organization. This includes an overview of operating and capital budgets, responsibility accounting, and cost behavior concepts relevant to problem solving. Homework assignments will include exercises, problems and cases in order to facilitate theory comprehension, skill development and critical thinking.
Study Group Format: Research indicates that student learning is enhanced when small group formats, facilitated by the professor, are used in homework discussion. This class will use the group format in addition to traditional presentation of homework solutions. Students will have an opportunity to be included on a phone-chain list, coordinated by the professor, in order to facilitate study groups and emergency snow closing notification.
Course Requirements: 1. Homework: Each chapter should be read before coming to class. Class will be conducted assuming students have read the material and are prepared to participate in class discussions. Assigned problems are to be completed before the next meeting and will be reviewed in class. Homework will be collected periodically. 2. Computer Cases/Projects: A number of short projects and /or computer cases will be assigned during the semester. 3. Attendance: The accounting department determined attendance would be mandatory for this course. Class attendance is an important component of this course because students learn from one another as well as from the professor. Promptness is also important because late arrivals are disruptive to the class as a whole. Attendance will be taken and excessive absences will affect your grade. For each absence over three, your final grade will be reduced one step (e.g., from a C to a C-). Any student who has more than seven absences, for any reason, will not receive a passing grade. Late arrivals count as an absence. 4. Class Participation: The ability of each student to effectively participate in class depends on the following:
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Class attendance.
5. Examinations: Three exams will be given during the semester. NO MAKEUPS.
Grading: Exam
1
30%
If you need adaptations or accommodations because of a documented disability, please make an appointment during my office hours. The following outline is subject to revision at the
professor's discretion:
Updated 02/14/2001 |