Maricopa Community Colleges  ACC230   19926-19935 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 02/25/92
ACC230 19926-19935 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Uses of Accounting Information I
Introduction to accounting information with an emphasis on analysis for use by management. Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in ENG101 and MAT155 and RDG101, or equivalent, or satisfactory score on placement exam.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ACC230   19926-19935 Uses of Accounting Information I
1. Describe the history and development of the business cycle, economic systems and the forms of business organizations. (I)
2. Describe the history and development of double-entry computerized accounting systems. (II)
3. Identify careers in accounting. (II)
4. Identify internal controls needed in accounting systems. (II)
5. Explain the internal users' need for accounting information. (III)
6. Explain the reporting system used to communicate information between levels of responsibility in an organization. (III)
7. Compute return on investment and residual income and explain the significance of these measures. (III)
8. Explain the characteristics and purposes of managerial accounting. (IV)
9. Describe the flow of costs and the reports used in a product costing system. (IV)
10. Analyze the behavior of costs and the profitability of a product through cost-volume-profit analysis. (V)
11. Describe the need for budgets and prepare a comprehensive set of budgets for an organization. (V)
12. Describe how an organization controls costs through standard costing and variance analysis. (V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
ACC230   19926-19935 Uses of Accounting Information I
    I. History and development of business
        A. Business cycle
        B. Relation to economic systems
        C. Forms of business organization
      II. History and development of accounting systems
          A. History
          B. Double-entry systems
          C. Computerized accounting systems
          D. Careers in accounting
          E. Internal controls
        III. Internal users and accounting information
            A. Needs of users
              1. Financial statement
              2. Other reports
            B. Responsibility centers
            C. Performance measurements
              1. Return on investment
              2. Residual income
          IV. Managerial accounting
              A. Purpose and characteristics
              B. Product costing systems
            V. Analysis of costs
                A. Cost behaviors
                B. Cost-volume-profit analysis
                C. Decision analysis
                D. Budgeting
                E. Standard costs
                F. Variance analysis
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