Course Outcome Summary 2026-27

ACCT 2861 Cost Accounting I

Course Information

Course information
Course Number ACCT 2861
Course Title Cost Accounting I
Description This course covers manufacturing accounting concepts. Cost concepts and behaviors will be analyzed while job order costing, process costing, accounting for materials, direct labor, and factory overhead will be covered.
Total Credits 4
Total Hours 64
Types of Instruction: instruction type, credits, and hours
Instruction Type Credits and Hours
Lecture 4 Credits, 64 Hours

Pre/Corequisites

Prerequisite: ACCT1810 and ACCT1811

Institutional Core Competencies

Course Competencies

  1. Contrast Financial, Managerial, and Cost Accounting concepts in a National and Global environment
  2. Differentiate cost terms and cost behaviors in manufacturing or service industries
  3. Demonstrate the application of overhead costs to products/services
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of activity-based management and activity-based costing
  5. Summarize job order costing
  6. Summarize process costing
  7. Illustrate standard costing and variance analysis
  8. Compile a master budget
  9. Analyze break-even points and cost-volume-profit data
  10. Illustrate the allocation of joint costs and the accounting for by-products/scrap

SCC Accessibility Statement

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