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Course 1 of 3 in the
Beginner Level

No prior experience required.

Approx. 10 hours to complete
English

What you will learn

  • You will learn how to make your company's cost structure transparent and how to record and calculate costs.

  • You will learn methods of product costing, i.e., how companies calculate costs of their products and services.

  • You will learn to decide which product costing system is most suitable for your company’s production program and production type.

  • You will learn how to determine overhead rates for the allocation of overhead costs to products.

Skills you will gain

  • Cost
  • Cost-type accounting
  • Cost-center accounting
  • Service costing
Flexible deadlines
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Coursera Labs
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Course 1 of 3 in the
Beginner Level

No prior experience required.

Approx. 10 hours to complete
English

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Technische Universität München (TUM)

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1
Week 1
2 hours to complete

Introduction to cost accounting

2 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 36 min), 6 readings, 3 quizzes
Week2
Week 2
2 hours to complete

Cost-type accounting

2 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 53 min), 5 readings, 7 quizzes
Week3
Week 3
3 hours to complete

Cost-center accounting

3 hours to complete
10 videos (Total 57 min), 2 readings, 11 quizzes
Week4
Week 4
4 hours to complete

Product and service costing

4 hours to complete
12 videos (Total 68 min), 2 readings, 13 quizzes

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