Cost Accounting (MAN308) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Cost Accounting MAN308 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 6
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Kamil Büyükmirza
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The aim of the course is to equip students with knowledge and skills to: Identify and calculate different types of cost; understand how to use “7-Cost Accounts” section of the Turkish Uniform Chart of Accounts; determine materials, labor and overhead costs; make cost allocations among cost centers; and distinguish between job costing and process costing systems in unit cost determination.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Learns the expense and cost classifications and the use of the 7- Cost Accounts section in the Turkish Uniform Chart of Accounts.
  • It determines the material, labor and general production expenses and makes the distribution of expenses among the expense centers.
  • Applies order and phase cost methods in determining unit production costs according to actual and standard cost principles.
Course Content Fundamentals of cost accounting within an industrial organization, the cost accounting functions relative to materials, labor, and factory overhead, job order and process cost systems, cost allocation, standard costing systems, activity-based costing systems.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction and Main Framework
2 Concept and Types of Cost, Different Costs for Different Purposes
3 Cost vs. Loss and Their Flow Into Financial Statements
4 Classification of Costs by Types and by Business Functions
5 Daily Cost Entries by Turkish Uniform Chart of Accounts (UCA) in Option 7/A
6 End-of-Period Cost Entries by Turkish UCA in Option 7/A
7 Subsidiary Accounts, Simultaneous Recording, Service Firms, and Option 7/B
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Cost Accumulation – Material Cost
10 Cost Accumulation – Labor Cost
11 Cost Accumulation – Depreciation and Other Costs
12 Cost Accumulation – Depreciation and Other Costs
13 Cost Centers and Initial Allocation of Costs
14 Reallocation of Service Center Costs
15 Cost Application – Job and Process Costing Systems
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan, Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, Pearson Global Edition, 16/E, 2017.
2. Williamn N. Lanen, Shannon W. Anderson, Michael W. Maher: Fundamentals of Cost Accounting, 5th Edition, Mcgraw-Hill Education International Edition, New York, N.Y., 2017.
3. H. Kamil Büyükmirza, Maliyet ve Yönetim Muhasebesi, 22. Baskı, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2017.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 20
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 35
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 35
Toplam 4 100
Percentage of Semester Work 65
Percentage of Final Work 35
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 They acquire the skills to understand, explain, and use the basic concepts and methods of economics.
2 Acquires macro-economic analysis skills.
3 Acquire microeconomic analysis skills.
4 Understands the formulation and implementation of economic policies at local, national, regional and/or global levels.
5 Learn different approaches to the economy and economic issues.
6 Learn qualitative and quantitative research techniques in economic analysis.
7 Improving the ability to use modern software, hardware and/or other technological tools.
8 Develops intra-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary team work skills. X
9 Contributes to open-mindedness by encouraging critical analysis, discussion, and/or lifelong learning.
10 Develops a sense of work ethics and social responsibility. X
11 Develops communication skills.
12 Improving the ability to effectively apply knowledge and skills in at least one of the following areas: Economic policy, public policy, international economic relations, industrial relations, monetary and financial relations X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 1 15 15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 30 30
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 30 30
Total Workload 151