Cost Information for Decision Making
UndergraduateLTU-ACC2CAD2026
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2025 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Enrol by
- 22 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $2,174
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Cost Information for Decision Making
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply relevant management accounting methods and information to support organisational planning, control, and performance management.
- Apply appropriate costing techniques to determine product and service cost and price.
- Prepare detailed budgets and forecasts to support effective organisational planning and control.
- Prepare professional reports to inform management’s decision-making.
- Introduction to managerial accounting and basic managerial accounting concepts
- Cost behaviour and forecasts
- Standard costing
- Master budget
- Job-order costing
- Process costing
- Activity-based costing
- Flexible budget and overhead analysis
- Cost-volume-profit analysis
- Transfer pricing
- Short-run decision making
The Cost Information for Decision Making subject provides organisational decision-makers relevant accounting information to assist with their planning, controlling and performance management. You will develop knowledge and skills relating to various management accounting principles and techniques used in contemporary organisations. You will learn and apply budgeting, product and service costing, pricing, control and performance evaluation, and undertake evidence-based inquiry to critically analyse and solve real-world business problems.
- Online Test (equivalent to 500 words) (10%)
- Individual Assignment (equivalent to 2000 words) (40%)
- Final Invigilated Exam (equivalent to 2000 words) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- LAT-ART-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Arts
- LAT-BUS-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Business
- LAT-HSC-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Health Sciences
- LAT-AHS-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences
- LAT-PYS-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Psychological Science
- LAT-TEC-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Information Technology
Others
Prerequisites: Students must have completed 30 credit points.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DEG
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences
UndergraduateLAT-AHS-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG