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INN201-B Management Accounting

Credits (ECTS):7.5

Course responsible:Øystein Dahl

Campus / Online:Online

Teaching language:Norsk

Course frequency:Annually

Nominal workload:187,5 hours

Teaching and exam period:This course has teaching/evaluation in the Spring semester. 8 weeks teaching period, week 13-21.

About this course

This online course provides an introduction to basic management accounting.

The following topics are covered: Cost and cost behavior; Markets; Product costing, Cost allocation; Short term production decisions and trade-offs; Financial accounts; Time value of money; Capital budgeting.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

After completed course, the student should have knowledge on:

  • basic topics, theories, methods, problems and tools within cost accounting.
  • different types of costs
  • the firm`s short term decision problems
  • financial accounting
  • time value of money
  • different capital budgeting methods

Skills:

After completed course, the student should be able to:

  • give an account of basic cost accounting terminology
  • explain which factors affect the firm, both on the short and long term
  • explain and calculate how changes in activity affects revenue, costs, and profits
  • explain the relation between the balance sheet and profits
  • explain the present value of money
  • explain and conduct simple project analysis

General competence:

After completed course, the student

  • masters cost accounting terminology
  • can communicate central cost accounting theory.
  • is able to use cost and income theory in decision-making
  • The course starts with a digital lecture. Thereafter the syllbus will be presented through videos, weekly excersies and mandatory test (multiple choice). The students will get access to digital resources on Canvas.
  • Canvas
  • Final 3 hour home examination that counts 100 %.

    Written Exam at Home

    Grading: Passed / Not Passed

  • External examiner will control the quality of syllabus, questions for the final examination, and principles for the assessment of the examination answers.
  • Weekly multiple-choice test, The candidate must answer correctly on more than 50 % of the questions on 2/3 of the tests to take the final exam.
  • Digital video lectures: 4-5 hours per week. Voluntary problem solving exercises: 2 hours per week.The same excercise is given several times per week. 8 weeks teaching period.
  • Students enrolled in the one-year study programme in Sustainable Business Management (KVU-BEDØK)
  • 5 ECTS overlap with BUS100/BUS100F Cost Accounting, Fundamentals and INN200/INN200F Managerial Accounting. 2,5 ECTS overlap with BUS101 The Firm - Elements of Business.

  • Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (GSK).

    Study right to the one-year study programme in Sustainable Business Management (KVU-BEDØK)