BUS 121 - Managerial Accounting

    Recent Professors
    S. Manesh, J. Zander, K. Hern, M. Barendse
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    48–50 students
    Credits
    4
    Prerequisite
    "C" grade or higher or "Pass" in BUS 120 or equivalent.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of BUS 121
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course introduces the student to the concepts, methods, and procedures for the development and use of accounting information to support and assist management in their internal cost accounting processes and financial decision-making. The following areas are examined: cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure, product costing in a manufacturing environment (including activity based costing), cost-volume-profit analysis, budgeting, standard costing, differential analysis, capital budgeting, variable and absorption costing, and responsibility accounting. (C-ID ACCT 120) (CSU/UC)
    Usually Held
    Tue 11:00am–1:20pm, Wed 10:30am–12:50pm, Wed 9:30am–11:35am