Management Accounting M
Course Level Postgraduate
Area/Catalogue
ACCT 5016
Course Level
Postgraduate
Offered Externally
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Course ID
012987
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
Course owner
School of Commerce
Course aim
To provide students with an overview of how management accounting information plays a critical role in organisational planning, controlling, decision-making and learning and to equip students with the conceptual and practical understanding necessary to use and interpret management accounting information.
Course content
Management accounting information that creates value; cost terms, concepts and behaviour, cost estimation; product costing systems; activity-based costing; the budgeting process; variances and management control; short-term decision making; pricing and product mix decisions.
Textbook(s)
Horngren, C, Datar, S, Rajan, M, Wynder, M, Maguire, W & Tan, R 2015, Cost accounting: a managerial emphasis, custom edn, Pearson Education Australia, Australia ISBN 9781488609541
Prerequisite(s)
| Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
|---|---|
| Group 2 | |
| ACCT 5023 | Financial Accounting Fundamentals M |
| Group 1 | |
| ACCT 5011 | Accounting for Management M |
Either one of the listed prerequisites
Corequisite(s)
Nil
Teaching method
| Component | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
| Seminar | 3 hours x 13 weeks | ||
| EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION | |||
| External | x 13 weeks | ||
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assessment
Report, Test, Written examination
Fees
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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Course Coordinators
Dr Kym Thorne
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