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ADC 313 Cost Accounting

The document outlines a course in Cost Accounting for the Associated Degree in Commerce program at the University of the Punjab, including prerequisites, objectives, teaching strategies, assessment criteria, weekly course contents and learning outcomes, recommended textbooks, and additional resources. The 3 credit hour course covers topics such as types of costs, cost accounting for financial statements, cost of goods sold, factory overheads, costing for labor and materials, inventory valuation, and process costing. Students will learn cost accounting concepts and methods to prepare and analyze cost data for manufacturing businesses.

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ADC 313 Cost Accounting

The document outlines a course in Cost Accounting for the Associated Degree in Commerce program at the University of the Punjab, including prerequisites, objectives, teaching strategies, assessment criteria, weekly course contents and learning outcomes, recommended textbooks, and additional resources. The 3 credit hour course covers topics such as types of costs, cost accounting for financial statements, cost of goods sold, factory overheads, costing for labor and materials, inventory valuation, and process costing. Students will learn cost accounting concepts and methods to prepare and analyze cost data for manufacturing businesses.

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University of the Punjab

Course outline
Associated Degree in Commerce (Specialization in Accounting & Finance)
Semester 2

Course Name Cost Accounting

Course Code ADC 313

Credit Hours 3

Prerequisites  Financial Accounting


 Advanced Financial Accounting
 Introduction to business

Follow Up  Management Accounting

To provide the students with an in-depth knowledge of Cost Accounting concepts,


principles and methods to develop ability and skills to prepare and analyses Cost
Accounting data to meet the requirements of different manufacturing concerns. On
completion of this course they will be able to:
Objectives to  Discuss the role of cost accounting and quantitative analysis within the
achieve organization.
 Apply the principles relating to the costing and control of the different resource
inputs into the business.
 demonstrate costing methods and techniques appropriate to a variety of different
business

i. Lectures
ii. Group discussions
Teaching Strategies iii. Class-room presentations and quizzes
iv. Audio-video based learning
v. E-learning

Mid-term Final Examination


(Assessment by respective College) (Assessment by University of the Punjab)

40 % 60 %
Assessment Criteria
Quizzes, Assignment and
Presentations, Attendance, Written Paper Written Paper
Class Participations
Course Content for Cost accounting
Week Contents Detailed Learning Outcomes
 1  Introduction ofCost  Difference between Financial Accounting and Cost
Accounting Accounting
 Difference between cost and management accounting
 Elements of cost
 Classification and behaviour of various types of cost
 Types of cost  Describe Variable, Fixed, Mixed, Step up, incremental
Fixed, historic direct, indirect and other types of costs
with examples
 2  Cost Accounting for  Construct the Cost of Goods Manufactured and Sold
Financial Statements Statement
 Treatment of cost elements in the Income statement
 Treatment of cost elements in the Balance sheet
 3  Cost of Goods Sold  Explain the meaning and importance of cost of goods
sold
 Learn to prepare condensed profit and loss statement
 4  Cost of Goods Sold  Learn to calculate and build the statement of cost of
goods sold

 5  Factory Over Heads  Understand and distinguish the nature of factory


overheads
 Understand the control and classification of FOH
 Calculate the overhead rate using unit of product method,
direct material cost basis, direct labor hours basis,
Machine hour basis, prime cost basis and activity basis
 Calculate budgeted and actual application of FOH
 Calculate and interpret over and under application of
FOH
6  Costing for Labor  Understand various terms and concepts of labor costing
 Understand various methods for controlling labor costs
 Distinguish between direct and indirect labor costs
 Understand the concept of payroll system
 7  Costing for Labor  Calculate labor costs using different compensation
methods
 Explain different labor incentive techniques
 Calculate incentives using various incentive methods
 8  Revision
 9  Costing for Materials  Explain and calculate material cost through the help of
following concepts
o Purchase Cost
o Order cost
o Carrying cost
o Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
o Average inventory
o Safety stock
o Maximum and minimum order level
o Re-order level

 10-  Cost Production Report  Calculate and understand:


11 o Unit cost transferred from previous department
o Unit cost added by the department
o Cost of beginning and ending work in process
o Cost of finished goods transferred
 Treatment for normal and abnormal loss
 Identify any increase in units and the subsequent cost
adjustment
 12  Explain the various types and application of various stock
valuation methods
 Calculate the inventory value using the following
 Inventory Valuation methods
o First In First Out (FIFO)
o Last In First Out (LIFO)
o Average Costing (AVCO)
 13-  Process Costing  Introduction of process costing and its application in
14 manufacturing companies
 Calculation of the cost using process costing through the
calculation of normal and abnormal loss.
 Advantages and disadvantages of process costing
 15  Flow of Cost  Journal entries tracing cost in the transaction and
manufacturing process of company
 Maintaining factory and head office cost accounts
separately
 Learn to prepare and incorporate cost measurements in
General ledger and factory ledger
 16  Revision

Primary Recommended Book


1. Nisar-ud-Din, Cost Accounting ,

2. T Lucy, Costing,

3. F2 and F5 for ACCA by Kaplan

Additional Books 1. Hemkep, Cost Accounting

2. Plomani and Fabbozi, Cost Accounting

3. Adolph Matz and Milton Usry, Cost Accounting

4. Zafar and Sohail, Cost Accounting

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