Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- The company and its environment
- Relation between financial accounting & cost accounting
- Cost classification (variable/fixed, direct/indirect, full or not)
- Calculating full costs : traditional approaches & activity based costing
- Analysis of the pattern of a cost accounting network
- Break-even point
- Analysis of relevant costs for making decisions
- From cost accounting to management control
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students should be able to :
- explain aims of cost accounting
- define and classify costs in actual, standard, direct, indirect, fixed and variable costs
- calculate break-even-point and security margin
- describe the various cost calculation methods
- calculate costs with several methods and compare results
- understand that cost calculation methods should have been chosen and applied according to specific criteria
- analyse costs and margin and make decisions on that basis
- explain budgeting process
- calculate standard costs to prepare budgets
- calculate and analyse variances
- To strengthen knowledge and understanding of main management disciplines and its legal, policy and social context
- To understand, in management situations, the transversal tools of quantitative reasoning and information systems
- To build and propose viable solutions to management problems
- To develop a critical sense
- To develop a transversal and global vision
- Be able of a good written communication
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Financial accounting
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Theoretical concepts, tools and methods are constantly illustrated by concrete examples.
Moreover exercises based on actual cases are proposed to students during specific classes.
Additional (optional) exercise sessions with a student instructor are also organized to assist students in their learning.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
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Assessment methods and criteria
1st session : Individual written exam
2nd session : Individual written exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
CHANTEUX Anne
Lecturer
UER Finance, Comptabilité et Droit
HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'ULg
Rue Louvrex, 14
4000 Liège Bât. N1
Room304
Tél: +32 4 2327261
Email: Anne.Chanteux@uliege.be
GARRAIS Grace
Assistant
UER Finance, Comptabilité et Droit
HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'ULg
Rue Louvrex, 14
4000 Liège Bât. N1
Room 302 / 304
Email: grace.garrais@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Various podcasts and videos to watch, PPT presentations, book extracts to read, exercises and cases (with and without solution) available on Lol@.
Question-and-answer sessions in virtual classrooms at regular class times (see detailed schedule on Lol@)
Assessment subjects
Chapters 1 to 8 (PPT + exercises and cases)
Assessment methods
Individual distance written examination in the form of multiple choice questions
Contacts
Anne.chanteux@uliege.be
Virtual classes with Blackboard Collaborate (see schedule on Lol@)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Chapters 1 to 8 (PPT + exercises and cases)
Assessment methods
Individual distance written examination in the form of multiple choice questions (with Lol@ exams)
Detailed information and instructions to be strictly adhered to will be communicated via Lol@ at least 7 days before the exam.
Contacts
Anne.chanteux@uliege.be