M A BCP DSC-5.3 Sem.V Minutes of Guidlines Meeting-2
M A BCP DSC-5.3 Sem.V Minutes of Guidlines Meeting-2
The meeting started with a welcome note by Prof. Surender Singh. He welcomed Prof. Shital
Jhunjhunwala and all the participants from different colleges of the University in the meeting.
Prof. Surender Singh formally took the agenda of the meeting. The following guidelines were set
in the online meeting with the consent of all the faculty members and the representative of
Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
Teaching Related General Guidelines:
Total Number of theory lectures and practical assigned as per NEP Syllabus for the paper are 3 lectures
and 1 practical per week (over 15-week period in V semester). One practical period will consist of 2 hours
per batch per week.Unit-wise breakup of 45 Lectures as given in syllabus and marks allocation were
decided as follows
Unit Lectures Marks
(Hours) Allocation
Unit 1: Introduction to Management Accounting 4 09
Meaning, objectives, nature and scope of management accounting,
Difference between different forms of accounting- Cost,
Text Financial and
Management accounting, Cost control and Cost reduction.
Unit 2: Budgetary Control and Standard Costing Systems 18 36
(a) Budgeting and Budgetary Control: Concept of budget, budgeting
and budgetary control; objectives, merits and limitations; Functional
Budgets; Fixed and Flexible budgeting; An overview of different
approaches to budgeting (Zero base budgeting, Performance budgeting
and Programme budgeting)
(b) Standard Costing and Variance Analysis: Meaning of standard
cost and standard costing; advantages, limitations and
applications; Variance Analysis – material, labour, overheads and
sales variances. Control ratios.
Unit 3: Marginal Costing 09 18
Concept of marginal cost and marginal costing; Absorption versus Variable
Costing: Distinctive features and income determination; Cost-volume-profit
analysis; Break-even Analysis-Statements, mathematical and graphical
approaches; Profit-volume ratio, angle of incidence, margin of safety, key
factor, determination of cost indifference point.
Unit 4: Decision Making 09 18
Steps in Decision making process. Concept of relevant costs. solving
various short -term decision making problems using marginal costing and
differential costing techniques – Profitable product mix, Acceptance or
rejection of special/ export offers, Make or buy, Addition or elimination of a
product line, Sell or process further, Operate or shut down and Pricing
decisions
Unit 5: Performance Measurement 05 09
Responsibility Accounting: Concept, Significance, Different Responsibility
Centres; Divisional Performance Measurement: Financial and Non-
Financial measures;
Total 45 90
Unit 1: Introduction to Management Accounting: The unit contains all theoretical topics. Theoretical
questions should be asked as per the weightage given in the above table covering questions on meaning,
objectives, nature and scope of management accounting, difference between different forms of accounting-
Cost, Financial and Management accounting, Cost control and Cost reduction
Examination: Examination scheme will be as decided by the University from time to time.
Theory Examination & IA: At present, theory examination will consist of 90 marks for semester end
examination plus 30 marks for Internal Assessment. Total 120 marks.
Practical Examination: The practical examination as per present guidelines will consists of 10 marks for
Continuous Assessment (Preparation of work book), 20 marks for Practical Examination and 10 marks for
Viva-Voce. Total 40 marks
Topics for Practical Examination*: In practical examinations students will be asked to solve practical
problems in excel on Functional Budgets, Cash Budget, Fixed and Flexible Budgets, CVP Analysis,
Break Even Analysis, Differential Costing, Product Pricing Decisions, special and export order Decisions.
(Students will be required to do 4 out of 6 practical questions) [2 questions each from Unit 2 (only
Budgeting part), 3 & 4)] *This may be further fine-tuned at a later date if required.
All the faculty members participated actively in the deliberation and appreciated the initiative of Senior
Prof. Ajay Kumar Singh, HOD and Prof. Amit Kumar Sigh, Coordinator, College-Department Interface,
Department of Commerce, University of Delhi for arranging this meeting and helping in finalization of
guidelines of the paper
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Prof. Shital Jhunjhunwala, representative of the
Department of Commerce and to Prof. Surender Singh, Convenor of the meeting