ACCT 8030 - Managerial and Accounting Information Systems

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Graduate or Undergraduate degree in bus other than AC. ACCT 2101 or MBA 8025, and ACCT 2102 or MBA 8115.
Description
This course examines a wide range of fundamental managerial techniques used by companies for tracking and reporting internal operations. In particular, it focuses on techniques for costing and evaluating products, services, programs, projects, departments and other operational units. The primary emphasis is on developing the needed understanding, insights and skills for capturing, analyzing and applying internal accounting data in order to make optimum managerial-level, cost-related decisions and appropriate managerial performance evaluations. In addition, students are expected to develop analytical skills necessary for evaluating alternative designs of control systems.