ACG 3341 - Cost Accounting

3 credits
Prerequisites: ACG 2071 with a grade of “C” or higher; and prior to enrolling in any upper level course (course number beginning with a 3 or 4), students must complete the following courses with a grade of “C” or better: ENC 1101 - Composition I , ENC 1102 - Composition II , and three semester hours of college level mathematics; or permission from the appropriate academic Dean
This course provides a study of the relationship of cost accounting to the control and decision-making functions of management. Emphasis is placed on the review of accounting for costs followed by a detailed consideration of product costing for both job order, process cost, and activity based costing systems. Major areas of instruction include the accumulation of cost data with detailed coverage of materials, labor and factory overhead, job order and process costing, activity based costing, budgeting, and standard costs.