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Managerial Accounting

UGBA XB102B

42219
Delivery Options Online

This course is offered Live Online. 

Managerial accounting, also called management accounting, focuses on providing information to help individuals inside an organization make better operational decisions. It differs from financial accounting, which focuses on providing information to persons or companies outside of the organization, such as creditors. In this introductory course, you learn basic accounting concepts and how managers use accounting data to make decisions.

See the Fixed-Date online version of this course.

Note: New sections of this course start every 4 to 6 weeks.

Course Outline

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Course Objectives

  • Understand the principles of managerial accounting
  • Identify and record business events properly
  • Produce financial statements appropriate for information purposes
  • Analyze and interpret business financial statements
  • Determine the basis of business decisions given relevant accounting data


What You Learn

  • Globalization, governance and ethics in the business environment
  • Accounting role 
  • Cost types and behaviors
  • Mixed-costs analysis
  • Income statement formats
  • Absorption vs. variable costing
  • Predetermined Overhead Rates (POHR)
  • Job order cost accounting
  • Costs of goods manufactured, cost of goods sold
  • Process cost accounting
  • Cost/volume/profit relationships
  • Variable costing
  • Segment reporting
  • Activity-based costing
  • Profit planning
  • Flexible budgets and performance analysis
  • Standard costs of variances
  • Performance measurement of decentralized organizations
  • Differential analysis
  • Capital budgeting decisions
  • Statement of cash flows 


How You Learn

  • Study modules
  • Textbook readings
  • Instructor commentary topics
  • Class discussions
  • Problems
  • Quizzes
  • Final examination


Is This Course Right for Me?
This class is geared for accounting students who are preparing to take the CPA exam.

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Sections

Section 024

Mar 02, 2021 to Jun 08, 2021 Live Online

Course Fee(s)

Course Fee credit (3 units)

$1,275.00


Type Live Online

Access classroom-style interactive learning from anywhere in the world! Attend scheduled online sessions with your instructor and classmates in addition to completing your coursework.

Live Online format allows you to take classes from anywhere with an internet connection. Classroom sections will be taught in this format through Spring 2021. Learn more about this format.

Beginning August 15, 2020, you must have a Zoom account to participate.

Many schools are now accepting transfer credit for online coursework, including health and sciences programs. Check with your institution before enrolling.

Days

T

Time

5:30PM to 8:30PM Pacific Time

Dates

Mar 02, 2021 to Jun 08, 2021

Schedule and Location

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Instructional Hours

45.0

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

3 semester units

Instructors

  • Marisa Sudano

Section Materials

  • (Mandatory) Managerial Accounting by Ray Garrison and Eric Noreen and Peter Brewer © 2021 McGraw Hill 17th edition ISBN 1260247783

Section 025

May 12, 2021 to Aug 18, 2021 Live Online

Course Fee(s)

Course Fee credit (3 units)

$1,275.00


Type Live Online

Access classroom-style interactive learning from anywhere in the world! Attend scheduled online sessions with your instructor and classmates in addition to completing your coursework.

Live Online format allows you to take classes from anywhere with an internet connection. Classroom sections will be taught in this format through Spring 2021. Learn more about this format.

Beginning August 15, 2020, you must have a Zoom account to participate.

Many schools are now accepting transfer credit for online coursework, including health and sciences programs. Check with your institution before enrolling.

Days

W

Time

6:00PM to 9:00PM Pacific Time

Dates

May 12, 2021 to Aug 18, 2021

Schedule and Location

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Instructional Hours

45.0

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

3 semester units

Instructors

  • Stephen Jacobson

Section Materials

  • (Mandatory) Managerial Accounting by Ray Garrison and Eric Noreen and Peter Brewer © 2021 McGraw Hill 17th edition ISBN 1260247783

This course applies to the following programs:

Certificate Program in Accounting

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Required Courses

  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Intermediate Accounting I
  • Intermediate Accounting II
  • Accounting Ethics
  • Advanced Accounting

Electives

  • Auditing and Attestation
  • Accounting for Government and Not-for-Profit Organizations
  • Cost Accounting
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Income Taxes and Personal Financial Planning
  • Presenting Quantitative Data Effectively
  • Principles of Business Law
  • Taxation for Corporations and Other Flow-Through Entities

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Certificate Program in Business Administration

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Required Courses

  • Essentials of Business
  • Applied Economics for Business
  • Marketing Management
  • Organization and Management
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Basic Corporate Finance

Electives

  • Behavioral Finance
  • Business Communication: Writing and Speaking
  • Essentials of Management
  • Introduction to Risk Management and Financial Derivatives
  • International Finance
  • Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • Introduction to Microeconomics
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners
  • Small Business Management

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Certificate Program in Financial Planning and Analysis

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Core Courses

  • Corporate Financial Analysis and Modeling
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • International Finance

Electives

  • Basic Corporate Finance
  • Business Valuation
  • Cost Accounting
  • Intermediate Corporate Finance
  • Introduction to Data Analytics
  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Presenting Quantitative Data Effectively

Learn More About this Program

Notes

Departmental contact: extension-business@berkeley.edu | (510) 642-4231

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Marisa Sudano

Marisa Sudano, MBA, has 37 years of experience teaching accounting, business and economics courses in Minnesota, Oklahoma and North Carolina. She has been teaching online courses for 20 years, helping students prepare to become accountants and CPAs. She is the 2017 recipient of the Wendell Eaves Teaching Excellence Award.

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UGBA XB102B - 025 - Managerial Accounting

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Stephen Jacobson

Stephen Jacobson, MBA, CPA (inactive) has more than 30 years of experience in finance, accounting and management. He previously served as CFO and Senior Vice President for an international electronic test equipment company, where he raised $850 million of financing in 40+ transactions. Jacobson was also the controller and treasurer for a group of companies in the automotive industry, and worked in the Private Company Services Group at Deloitte.

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