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GEST1068-1

Cost accounting (hd)


Duration :30h Th
Credits/ECTS :
1re licence en gestion de l'entreprise4
Holder(s) :Anne Chanteux
Course contents : - The firm and its environment

Cost classification (variable/fixed, direct/indirect, full or not)
- Analysis of direct costing and full costs
- Calculating full costs : traditional approaches & activity based costing
- Analysis of the pattern of a cost accounting network
- Relation between general accounting & cost accounting (integrated or independent accounts)
- Analysis of relevant costs for making the decisions
- Break - even point of the firm

- Standard costs, variances and financial reporting
Course objective : At the end of this course, students should be able to :
work out the costs of activity centers; work out the types of costs (production cost, trade cost, global cost), in part or in full; cost the stock items; show the results for each profit center; work out the economic profitability of a given company and compare the different methods to allocate indirect costs.
Prerequisites : Financial accounting
Organization : Theoretical concepts, tools and methods are illustrated by exercises based on actual cases.
Assessment : Case study by groups : 40 %

Individual written exam (theory + exercises) : 60 %
Contacts : CHANTEUX Anne
Chargée de cours et maître-assistante
UER Finance, Comptabilité et Droit
HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'ULg
Rue Louvrex, 14
4000 Liège Bât. N1
Tél: +32 4 2327261
Email: Anne.Chanteux@ulg.ac.be




ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 18/05/2007
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