ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
ENM4101 | Cost Accounting for Engineers | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET EMİN YILDIZ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | N/A |
Course Objectives: | ENM 4101 covers the concepts and theories of cost accounting. It starts with introducing the concept of cost, how cost is determined and how it is related to financial statements and capital budgeting process. Similarities and differences between manufacturing and merchandising are covered. The course presents different methods of cost accounting methods such as process costing, job costing, activity based costing. Throughout the course the cost volume profit and variance analysis accompany the subjects covered. The course concludes with pricing and relevant cost concepts in order to provide a link to the following Managerial Accounting course. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; After completing this course students will be able to: I. . Introducing the fundamentals of cost accounting, II. Explain the various tools used to evaluate, analyze and study the cost structure of a manufacturing and merchandising firm. III. Explaining how various methods of cost accounting applies on a case base, IV. Providing knowledge of variance analysis, V. Providing knowledge of cost profit analysis VI. Explaining how alternative approaches in cost accounting could generate differences in results |
1st Week An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes 2nd Week Cost–Volume–Profit Analysis 3rd Week Job Costing 4th Week Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management 5th Week 1st Mid Term & Solving The Mid Term in class 6th Week Master Budget and Responsibility Accounting 7th Week Flexible Budgets, Direct-Cost Variances, and Management Control 8th Week Flexible Budgets, Overhead Cost Variances, and Management Control 9th Week Flexible Budgets and Variances 10th Week 2nd Mid Term & Solving The Mid Term in class 11th Week Strategy, Balanced Scorecard, and Strategic Profitability Analysis 12th Week Pricing Decisions and Cost Management 13th Week Cost Allocation, Customer-Profitability Analysis, and Sales-Variance Analysis 14th Week Cost Allocation: Joint Products and Byproducts |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction of the concept of cost | N/A |
2) | How to apply job order costing | N/A |
3) | How to apply process costing | N/A |
4) | Cost, volume, profit relationships are introduced | N/A |
5) | Activity Based Costing will be introduced | N/A |
6) | N/A | N/A |
7) | Preparation of budgeting tables and interpretation of them | N/A |
8) | Types of variances, calculation of variances and interpretation of them | N/A |
9) | Types of variances, calculation of variances and interpretation of them | N/A |
10) | N/A | N/A |
11) | Relevant and irrelevant cost. How to distinguish between two. The problems that may arise if cost is misinterpreted | N/A |
12) | Cost price relationship, capital invested and fixed profit margin | N/A |
13) | How to decide which customer is more profitable. Customer specific cost allocation | N/A |
14) | N/A | Students are expected to review the material they wish to be review upon class |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Horngren C.T., Datar S.M., Rajan M.V., Cost Accounting; A Managerial Emphasis, Pearson ed., 16th ed., 2018 |
References: | N/A |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 8 |
Homework Assignments | 10 | % 20 |
Midterms | 2 | % 32 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 18 | 54 |
Homework Assignments | 10 | 4 | 40 |
Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Total Workload | 139 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 2 |
3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 2 |
9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |