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COURSE SYLLABUS

 

 

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

 

 

Course title: Principles of Managerial Accounting

Course prefix, number, and section number: ACCT 2302 0400

Semester/Year of course: Spring 2025

Semester start and end dates: 1/21/2025-5/17/2025

Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): In Person or face to face

Class meeting location, days, and times: Room 364. Monday and Wednesday at 11 to 12:20

Lab meeting location, days, and times: Not Applicable

Semester credit hours: 3.0

Course description: This course is a study of the use of managerial accounting concepts and techniques used in business decision making.

Course prerequisites: ACCT 2301

Required course materials: Managerial accounting book for this class.

 

Name of instructor: Jeff Britain, MBA, MS in accounting, CHIA

Office location:  (Email or Webex Conference)

Telephone number: 214-385-0871

E-mail address: jbritain@nctc.edu

Office hours for students: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:20 to 9:20. Office hours are available outside of this time by appointment only.

 

SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER

 

The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.

 

 SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

 

Calendar (Spring 2025):

 

 

List of graded assignments:

 

Chapter Homework – 40% of the total grade

Attendance, Discussion Forums, Activities, and Learning Outcomes – 20% of the total grade

Unit Exams – 40% of the total grade

 

 

 

Spring 2025 Schedule

 

Week 1        Chapter 1                   January 21 to January 26

Week 2        Chapter 2                   January 27 to February 2

Week 3        Chapter 3                   February 3 to February 9

Week 4        Ch 1-3 test                 February 10 to February 16

Week 5        Chapter 4                   February 17 to February 23

Week 6        Chapter 5                   February 24 to March 2

Week 7        Chapter 6                   March 3 to March 9

Week 8        Chapter 7                   March 10 to March 16

                      Spring Break              March 17 to March 23

Week 9        Ch 4-7test                 March 24 to March 30

Week 10     Chapter 8                   March 31 to April 6

Week 11     Chapter 9                   April 7 to April 13

Week 12    Chapter 10                 April 14 to April 20

Week 13    Ch 8-10 test               April 21 to April 27

Week 14    Chapter 11 & 12        April 28 to May 4

Week 15    Chapter 14                  May 5 to May 11

Week 16    Ch 11, 12 & 14 Final  May 12 to May 17

 

Final grade scale: 

 

Letter grades for this course will be assigned in accordance with NCTS’s standard grading policy.

 

                                    A – 90% - 100%

                                    B – 80% - 89%

                                    C – 70% - 79%

                                    D – 60% - 69%

                                    F – 0       - 59%

 

Late work policy: Late work is not accepted for Homework and Learning Outcomes. Late work is not accepted for Exams or Discussion Posts. Late homework must be received by the due date identified above for each specific chapter.

 

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

 

 

COURSE POLICIES

 

Academic Integrity Policy:

 

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion.  Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty.  See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct”.

 

Please refer to the student handbook on consequences for academic dishonesty.

 

 

Attendance Policy:

 

Attendance in your online course will be measured by the completion of graded assignments by their due dates. Students who fail to log in regularly and participate in online course assignments will be reported to the college as non-attending students. 

 

Non-attendance may impact your Financial Aid.

 

Withdrawal Policy

A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.

 

 

Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is:

April 7

 

Student Learning Outcomes:

 

Apply generally accepted accounting principles, concepts, and procedures; and complete the accounting cycle for service and merchandising enterprises.

 

Core Objectives:

 

Course emphasis is on the identification and assignment of product cost, operational planning, cost control, and management decision making. Upon completion of this course, you will recognize and be able to analyze and discuss the following topics:

 

  • Product and service costing.
  • Cost behaviors and cost-volume-profit relationships.
  • Operational budgeting and performance evaluation.
  • Relevant costs for management decision making.
  • Capital budgeting methodologies including net present value analysis.

 

 

COLLEGE POLICIES

 

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

 

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.

AI STATEMENT

Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.

 

When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies rests with the faculty.

 

Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.


STUDENT SERVICES

 

NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students.  See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.

 

 

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

 

 

The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class.  If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division.  If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.

 

Name of Chair/Coordinator: Teresa Laman

Office location: Corinth Campus, Suite 173

Telephone number: 940-498-6263

E-mail address: tlaman@nctc.edu

 

Name of Instructional Dean: Debbie Huffman

Office location: Gainesville

Telephone number: 940-668-3357

E-mail address: dhuffman@nctc.edu

 

 

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