101-158-IO-01 Cost Accounting

Study program:

Business Administration (B.Sc.)

Academic level and semester:

Bachelor, 2nd semester

ECTS credits/workload per semester:

4 / 100

Contact hours per week/contact hours per semester:

4 / 45

Type/Teaching method:

Lecture

Language of instruction: English

Frequency:

Every semester

Lecturer:

Prof. Dr. Daniela Fischer

Content:

This course deals with the follwing topics:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes
Chapter 2: Determining How Costs Behave
Chapter 3: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Chapter 4: Job Costing vs. Process Costing
Chapter 5: Allocation of Support-Department Costs & Common Costs
Chapter 6: Activity-Based Costing
Chapter 7: Decision Making and Pricing
Chapter 8: Cost Allocation: Joint Products

Textbooks:

Textbook: Horngren‘s Cost Accounting. A Managerial Emphasis, 17th Global edition, Pearson 2021, Lecture notes including exercises

Recommended for: Undergraduate exchange students
Prerequisites: Background in Business/Economics,
basic knowledge of Financial Accounting is helpful

Restrictions:

None

Assessment:

Written exam