Managerial and Cost Accounting

Quarters
Winter Open
Location
Olympia
Class Standing
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Daniel Ferguson

In this course, you will discover how managers use accounting as a decision-making tool to allocate resources, set goals, and measure success. Focusing on the use of accounting for internal decision-making, students will explore topics such as cost behaviors, budgeting, performance evaluation, and cost-volume-profit analysis. The course also covers various costing methods, such as job order costing and process costing, and introduces students to concepts such as activity-based costing. The course will focus on real-world applications of managerial accounting and is ideal for students pursuing a career in accounting, business management, or entrepreneurship.

This class meets synchronously online for three hours per week. There is one hour of asynchronous instruction. 

This course serves as a prerequisite for Intermediate Accounting.

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:

4 - Managerial and Cost Accounting

Registration

Students should have completed Principles of Financial Accounting or an equivalent course.

Academic Details

Accounting, Bookkeeping, Management

4
25
Sophomore
Junior
Senior

Schedule

Winter
2026
Open
Remote (W)

See definition of Hybrid, Remote, and In-Person instruction

Evening
Schedule Details
Olympia