Enrolments for 2022 have closed.
Project Cost Management
Postgraduate | CUR-PRM520 | 2022
Course information for 2022 intake View information for 2024 course intake
Oversee the monetary side of the project development process. Tally up cash-flow management, cost estimations and overall budgeting. Familiarise yourself with the tools, theories and techniques you’ll need to create and implement a project budget.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
FEE-HELP available
Project Cost Management
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- apply the processes of project cost management to create a project budget
- create a cost-based model for cost-based decision making
- recognise the concepts, theories, tools and techniques of project cost management.
- Introduction to Project Cost Management
- Cost Budgeting
- Cash Flow Management
- Cost Estimating Methods and Important Aspects
- Project Selection
- Life Cycle Costing
- Cost Estimating Techniques
- Cost Control and Earned Value
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Review
This subject engages students in the processes of project cost management in a project environment, including cost estimating, cost budgeting and cost control. They will also apply project selection methodologies, life cycle costing, value management, cost benefit analysis, and earned value analysis techniques.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Report 1 (40%)
- Report 2 (40%)
- Test (20%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, their online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.
Learn more about Curtin University.
Explore Curtin courses.
- QS Ranking 2024:
- 14
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 15
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-PRM-GDI-2022 - Graduate Diploma in Project Management
- CUR-PRM-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Project Management
Elective
- CUR-PRM-MAS-2022 - Master of Science (Project Management)
- CUR-MAA-MAS-2022 - Master of Architecture
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - continual broadband access and email address
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-PRM-GDI
PostgraduateCUR-PRM-GCE
PostgraduateCUR-PRM-MAS
PostgraduateCUR-MAA-MAS
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE