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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 | Spring 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) | To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
2) | To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level. | |
3) | To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them. | |
4) | To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends. | |
5) | To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner. | |
6) | To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents. | |
7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | |
8) | To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit. | |
9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
10) | To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels. |