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BUS105: Managerial Accounting

Saylor Academy's free managerial accounting course: costing, cost-volume-profit, budgets, variances and performance evaluation.

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About this course

BUS105 looks at accounting from the manager's side. Units cover job and process costing, cost behaviour, cost-volume-profit analysis, differential analysis for decisions, budgeting, variance analysis, performance evaluation and using ratios and trends, with a free final exam and certificate.

Best for: Accounting and business students moving beyond bookkeeping into management decisions.

What you will be able to do

  • Calculate product costs with job and process costing
  • Use cost-volume-profit analysis
  • Build and evaluate budgets
  • Analyse variances and evaluate performance

Syllabus and your progress

Tick modules off as you finish them on Saylor Academy.

0 of 8 modules done

Plan your pace

At 4 hours a week you would finish in about 14 weeks, using the course time estimate above.

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Cost and certificate

Free certificate

Free course, free final exam and free completion certificate (5.3 CEUs); an optional ACE credit-recommended exam costs USD 5 for proctoring.

Before you start: Basic financial accounting (such as BUS103)

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Quick answers

Is BUS105: Managerial Accounting really free?
Yes, the course material is free on Saylor Academy. Free course, free final exam and free completion certificate (5.3 CEUs); an optional ACE credit-recommended exam costs USD 5 for proctoring.
How long does BUS105: Managerial Accounting take?
Plan for about 53 hrs in total (Provider estimate: about 53 hours for the average student). It is self-paced, so you can go faster or slower.
Do I need experience before BUS105: Managerial Accounting?
It helps to have: Basic financial accounting (such as BUS103).

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