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ACC310 Cost Accounting I

Week 1 Assignment  

MyAccountingLab Chapters 1, 2, and 3 Assignment

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 in the textbook. You may want to review the MyLab resources to reinforce any areas you are unclear on (optional).

Chapter 1: The Manager and Management Accounting

Ex 1-17

Chapter 2: An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes

Problem 2-35

Problem 2-38

Chapter 3: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Problem 3-39

Problem 3-51

Problem 3-52

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Week 2 Assignment  

Chapter 4: Job Costing

Problem 4-39

Problem 4-41

Chapter 5: Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management

Problem 5-35

Problem 5-39

Chapter 17: Process Costing

Problem 17-36

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Week 3 Assignment  

Chapter 10: Determining How Costs Behave

Ex 10-25

Ex 10-32

Chapter 11: Decision Making and Relevant Information

Problem 11-34

Problem 11-36

Problem 11-41

Chapter 13: Pricing Decisions and Cost Management

Problem 13-30

Problem 13-31

Chapter 22: Management Control Systems, Transfer Pricing, and Multinational Considerations

Problem 22-26

Problem 22-33

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Week 4 Assignment  

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 12, 15, 16, and 18 in your textbook.

Chapter 12: Strategy, Balanced Scorecard, and Strategic Profitability Analysis

Problem 12-37

Chapter 15: Allocation of Support-Department Costs, Common Costs, and Revenues

Problem 15-27

Problem 15-30

Chapter 16: Cost Allocation—Joint Products and Byproducts

Problem 16-41

Chapter 18: Spoilage, Rework, and Scrap

Problem 18-40

Problem 18-41

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Week 5 Assignment  

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9 in your textbook.

Chapter 6: Master Budget and Responsibility Accounting

Problem 6-35

Chapter 7: Flexible Budgets, Direct-Cost Variances, and Management Control

Problem 7-37

Chapter 8: Flexible Budgets, Overhead Cost Variances, and Management Control

Problem 8-35

Chapter 9: Inventory Costing and Capacity Analysis

Problem 9-34

Problem 9-47

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Week 5 Assignment  

Final Paper

Cost Accounting Final Paper

Prior to beginning work on the final paper, read the entire assignment and rubric, then review Chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9 in your textbook and any chapters from earlier weeks that are relevant to areas of this paper.

The purpose of the final paper is for you to demonstrate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of accounting.

The paper must

Identify the main issues in the chosen area.

Contain and reference new learning that has occurred.

Build upon class activities or incidents that facilitated learning and understanding.

Present specific current and/or future applications and relevance to the typical workplace.

The Final Paper should also focus on real-life, real-time application of topics covered in this course: the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision. The paper must be submitted to your instructor no later than 11:59 pm of the time zone in which you reside on the last day of class.

Submit a paper on one of the major topics listed below and incorporate at least five scholarly/peer-reviewed or credible sources of your choice in addition to the course textbook, including a minimum of two from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library. Support your statements by citing real world examples and include a complete references list in APA format at the end of the paper.

Choice 1: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

How does a firm use “Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis” to assess performance?

How would you use such a system to measure how costs change as production changes?

How do you develop a “break-even analysis” for a given firm, and how would you use it?

Choice 2: Activity Based Costing

What is “Activity Based Costing” and how does it work?

What does it do for a firm employing such a system?

How do you go about developing such a system in a firm?

What are the steps?

What would an example look like?

Choice 3: Cost Accounting

Why is cost accounting so important to the success of the firm?

What are the various methods of cost accounting and how are they used?

Choice 4: Operating Budgets

How does an operating budget work to discipline a firm’s management?

What are the elements of a budget?

How are budgets constructed?

What is “Variance Analysis” and how is it used?

The Cost Accounting Final Paper

Must be eight to 10 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center.

Must include a title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear and succinct thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.

For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.

Must use at least five scholarly/peer-reviewed or credible sources in addition to the course text, including a minimum of two from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.

The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.