Undergraduate CUR-ACC200-2023
Cost Analysis for Decision Making
Get your head around the accounting essentials. Explore costing models, profit planning and decision making techniques. Learn how to take an ethical approach to cost management. Use multiple sources of information to construct a robust budget.
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Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Required
Start dates
- 27 Feb 2023
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Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- critically evaluate behavioural and ethical issues in the achievement of strategic outcomes for the organisation
- estimate costs by identifying a range of cost behaviour patterns and using a range of sophisticated cost estimation techniques
- calculate product costs using different costing and budgeting methods and utilising appropriate technology
- analyse and evaluate cost information for decision making and planning across different management accounting contexts.
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- Introduction
- Management Accounting
- Cost terms and concepts
- Cost behaviour, cost drivers and cost estimation
- Product Costing
- Activity based costing
- Budgeting systems
- Cost- Volume-Profit analysis
- Information for decisions: relevant costs and benefits
- Preparation for Case Report
- Introduction to strategy and control systems
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
one of
- CUR-ACC102-Financial Decision Making
- CUR-ACC240-Accounting - The Fundamentals of Business
- CUR-ACC100-Accounting - The Language of Business (No longer available)
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Foundation subject around management accounting techniques integrated with statistical methods applied to; costing models, profit planning and decision making techniques.
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- Semester Test (30%)
- Work compilation (40%)
- eTest (30%)
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