Course Syllabus
Syllabus: ACCT 285, Fall 2023, Moon
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Course Description
This course will introduce introductory topics for Managerial Accounting. Cost management and budgeting are import managerial accounting concepts we cover, everyone in business needs to understand (not only the accounting department).
- Course Name: ACCT 285, Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- Department: Accounting
- Current Semester and Year: Fall 2023
- Credit Hours: 3.0
- Course Prerequisites: ACCT 284
- Course Meeting Time:
- MWF 1:10 - 2:00
- Course Location: Gerdin 0464
- Course Format: Face-to-Face delivery
- Link to Syllabus: Fall 2023 Acct 285 Syllabus_Moon-1.pdf
Instructor Information
Instructor: Chris Moon
Email: cmoon@iastate.edu
Office location: Gerdin 3374
Student hours: (on-campus) Monday & Friday 11am - 12 Noon
You can contact your instructor in the following ways:
- General announcements will be posted via Canvas announcements. Properly configure your Notification Settings in Canvas to receive notifications.
- Email, please refer to communication guidelines (page linked)
Course Objectives (COs)
Upon completing this course, students will be able to do the following:
CO 1: Identify the purpose of managerial accounting.
CO 2: Apply key cost concepts.
CO 3: Predict performance using cost behaviors.
CO 4: Justify managerial decisions based upon managerial accounting data.
CO 5: Demonstrate practice in Microsoft Excel
Course Materials
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Required materials (automatically billed through U-Bill account and available via the Immediate Access program)
- Managerial Accounting for Managers, 6th edition by Noreen, Brewer and Garrison
- McGraw Hill Connect, all homework assignments are completed through Connect
Optional materials
- Copy of class lecture materials and problems (printed PowerPoint slides) from CopyWorks
Learning Activities
Explain how the learning activities provide opportunities for practice, interaction and achievement of the listed learning objectives.
To successfully complete this course, you will do the following for each Chapter (module):
- Before class - read the textbook
- During class - actively participate in the lecture and participate in Top Hat polling questions. In-person lectures include both conceptual material and we will work through practice problems together.
- During class - each Chapter has a group activity, you are expected to work in your group collaboratively to solve managerial accounting problems and cases.
- After class - each Chapter has a homework assignment in Connect. Homework is considered an individual assessment, similar to the lecture practice problems or group activities.
Assessment & Grading
Your course grade is based on the following assessments
List all course assessments. Provide specific and descriptive criteria to be used for evaluating student work and explain their connection to the course grading policy.Explain what kind of feedback students can expect after each assessment.
Top Hat polling questions: You are expected to attend class and actively participate in work-out problems. In order to encourage active classroom participation, TopHat questions will be used throughout the semester. A total of 60 points will be awarded for TopHat, you will earn the % of the 60 possible points based on the % of questions answered throughout the semester. After each chapter, the TopHat questions will be linked in Canvas as a useful study resource to prepare for exams. TopHat questions will be multiple-choice questions and similar in nature to exam questions. TopHat questions will be graded based on participation and not based on answer accuracy.
Team activities: Team exercises will be completed throughout the semester and are worth 20 points each. Team exercises are completed in class. The purpose of these exercises is to allow you to discover important managerial accounting concepts in an active learning environment. You are expected to participate and contribute to the group, improving oral communication and teamwork skills. Teams should consist of three to four students. Team exercises are graded primarily on effort (you should receive nearly full credit for actively participating and providing details of the work your team performed).
Connect homework: Homework assignments will be completed and submitted online using Connect. There are 10 assignments (one for each chapter & prologue). Each assignment may be completed as many times as you would like, but the final submission needs to take place before the “end date and time”. The best attempt will be the score that is recorded. Beware that when you go back to redo an assignment, the work-out problems will have different numbers.
Course Excel project (consists of 4 parts): There are four parts to a comprehensive Excel project, completed throughout the semester and worth 100 points total. Excel templates and instructions will be provided for each part of the project. The project will be completed individually outside of class time. The purpose of the project is to practice important managerial accounting concepts while improving Excel skills. THERE WILL BE NO LATE PROJECTS ACCEPTED FOR GRADING.
Course guest speak panel: A panel of speakers will discuss their professional experience and the importance of management accounting. The speakers will present the week of November 13. The details of this assignment will be discussed closer to the panel presentation date(s).
Exams: You will be taking three midterm exams and the final exam in the online testing centers (OTC). All exams will consist of 26 multiple choice questions (4 points per question) and you will have 75 minutes to complete each midterm exam and 120 minutes to complete the Final Exam. You will have a window of time to complete each exam, also noted in the course calendar. You may use a simple calculator on exams (student provided, the testing center does NOT hand out calculators) and BLANK scratch paper (the testing center will provide scratch paper to you and will dispose of this before you can leave the testing center). For the Fall 2023 semester, you will be required to make an appointment (during the testing window) with the testing center. If you are not familiar with the testing center procedures for taking an exam, please refer to the following link: https://isutestcenters.freshdesk.com/support/home
Grade Distribution
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You can accumulate points by participating in the following way:
| Participation area | Total Points |
|---|---|
| TopHat (polling) | |
| Team Activities | |
| Homework | Max 250 points |
| Course Project (4 parts) | Max 100 points |
| Course guest speaker panel | 50 points |
| Exam 1 | 100 points |
| Exam 2 | 100 points |
| Exam 3 | 100 points |
| Final Exam | 100 points |
| Total Points Possible | 800 points |
Grading Scheme
Grading scheme: The table below shows the Canvas default grading scheme. This is a Canvas sample grading schema, and not an institutional grading schema. Make sure the grading schema you describe in your syllabus matches your grading schema in the course-specific settings.
The following grading standards will be used in this class:
| Grade | Range |
|---|---|
| A | 93% to 100% |
| A- | 90% to < 93% |
| B+ | 87% to < 90% |
| B | 83% to < 87% |
| B- | 80% to < 83% |
| C+ | 77% to < 80% |
| C | 73% to < 77% |
| C- | 70% to < 73% |
| D+ | 67% to < 70% |
| D | 63% to < 67% |
| D- | 60% to < 63% |
| F | 0% to < 60% |
Course Policies
Below are sample policies. They may not fitting your course, so please change accordingly.
Feedback
Exams are administered in the ISU testing centers, your grade for the exam will be provided immediately, upon completion. For feedback of missed questions, students must make an appointment with Professor Sturgill to review the exam.
All other (non exam) graded assessments will be returned with feedback. Top Hat and Team Activities will be discussed in class, with immediate feedback. Connect homework assignments include a "check my work" feature and detailed feedback is available after the due date. Projects include a Canvas (integrated) rubric, with detailed feedback provided upon completion of grading by TA. In addition, responses to common questions and unclear content will be posted at the conclusion of each chapter.
Missed and late coursework
It is important to keep up with the pace of this course. Therefore no missed coursework will be accepted. If you miss the deadline for any assignment, you will receive zero points.
Exam makeups are not allowed, as the ISU test center has limited capacity. If you have a documented, excused absence for the entire exam testing window, you will be allowed to substitute the Final Exam score you earn for the missed midterm exam.
Ensure to carefully track submission deadlines for assignments in this class.
Attendance
Students are expected to prepare for an attend class. TopHat (polling) questions will be included in the course lecture, with points assigned for participation.
Incomplete grades
An Incomplete "I" is assigned if a student is unable to complete the course as a result of a documented hardship AND has earned 75% of the course grade as of the date of the hardship. An Incomplete "I" is NOT assigned if a student has failed to complete assignments during the course and requests an extension to complete the work. Please refer to the ISU grading policy for additional information on Incomplete grades.
Expectations
Students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner (refer to communication guidelines), prepare for and attend class, complete assignments by the due dates, manage their schedule for this and other classes and communicate schedule or course concerns directly with Professor Sturgill.
If a student is struggling with the content or schedule of the course, please attend student hours at your earliest convenience. When students don't communicate with the instructor, it is very hard to help. I am here to help and want students to succeed. There are many campus resources to available resources to ensure this success.
Required ISU Syllabus Statement
Free Expression
Iowa State University supports and upholds the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech and the principle of academic freedom in order to foster a learning environment where open inquiry and the vigorous debate of a diversity of ideas are encouraged. Students will not be penalized for the content or viewpoints of their speech as long as student expression in a class context is germane to the subject matter of the class and conveyed in an appropriate manner.
Recommended ISU Syllabus Statements
Academic Dishonesty
The class will follow Iowa State University’s policy on academic misconduct (5.1 in the Student Code of Conduct). Students are responsible for adhering to university policy and the expectations in the course syllabus and on coursework and exams, and for following directions given by faculty, instructors, and Testing Center regulations related to coursework, assessments, and exams. Anyone suspected of academic misconduct will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct in the Dean of Students Office. Information about academic integrity and the value of completing academic work honestly can be found in the Iowa State University Academic Integrity Tutorial.
Accessibility Statement
Iowa State University is committed to advancing equity, access, and inclusion for students with disabilities. Promoting these values entails providing reasonable accommodations where barriers exist to students’ full participation in higher education. Students in need of accommodations or who experience accessibility-related barriers to learning should work with Student Accessibility Services (SAS) to identify resources and support available to them. Staff at SAS collaborate with students and campus partners to coordinate accommodations and to further the academic excellence of students with disabilities. Information about SAS is available online at www.sas.dso.iastate.edu, by email at accessibility@iastate.edu, or by phone at 515-294-7220.
Discrimination and Harassment
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources
Iowa State University is committed to proactively facilitating all students’ well-being. Resources available on the ISU Student Health and Wellness website. (https://www.cyclonehealth.iastate.edu)
Prep Week
This class follows the Iowa State University Prep Week policy as noted in section 10.6.4 of the Faculty Handbook.
Religious Accommodation
Iowa State University welcomes diversity of religious beliefs and practices, recognizing the contributions differing experiences and viewpoints can bring to the community. There may be times when an academic requirement conflicts with religious observances and practices. If that happens, students may request the reasonable accommodation for religious practices. In all cases, you must put your request in writing. The instructor will review the situation in an effort to provide a reasonable accommodation when possible to do so without fundamentally altering a course. For students, you should first discuss the conflict and your requested accommodation with your professor at the earliest possible time. You or your instructor may also seek assistance from the Dean of Students Office at 515-294-1020 or the Office of Equal Opportunity at 515-294-7612.
Contact Information For Academic Issues
If you are experiencing, or have experienced, a problem with any of the above statements, email academicissues@iastate.edu
(Important note to faculty: The email address for contact information is monitored and answered through the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost)
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