School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Cost Accounting
  • Unit Code

    ACC2350
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Zubaidah ISMAIL

Description

A knowledge of cost/cost management concepts and practices is critical to the sustainability and survival of organisations. Organisations must also consider the social and environmental context in which they operate. Cost accountants provide data and analyses required for managerial decision making and increasingly they assist with recognising and measuring the impact relating to environmental factors. The unit introduces cost concepts and various managerial accounting techniques essential to assist managerial decision-making and to achieve organisational objectives.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed ACC1100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the concepts and techniques of cost accounting to provide information for managerial decision-making, for example, cost of a product or service, allocated service departments costs; cost-volume-profit analyses.
  2. Configure and use a cost accounting system at an introductory level.
  3. Discuss the various terms and concepts associated with cost accounting and cost management, including sustainability concepts.
  4. Prepare reports for managerial and financial reporting purposes, for example, Production Report, Variable Costing Income Statement, Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured.
  5. Reflect on the concepts and cost accounting techniques and their application in practice.

Unit Content

  1. Cost information for planning and control: inventory costing and balanced scorecard.
  2. Service department cost allocation.
  3. Cost information for decision-making: cost-volume-profit analysis and inventory management.
  4. Cost concepts, activity-cost behaviour and activity based costing.
  5. Product costing including job costing and process costing.
  6. The role of cost management and cost accounting in contemporary organisations.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered13 x 2 hour seminar
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be delivered using technology enhanced learning which will integrate both face-to-face and digital experiences. Students will be required to access and use a variety of digital learning materials to prepare for and engage in class/ online discussion and activities. The tutorials will allow students to apply theory learned in the unit, as well as encouraging students to make oral and written presentations on Blackboard. The Internet will be a key resource for students, and they will use Blackboard to access updates and other unit-related material. The teaching and learning approach is enhanced through problem solving that allow for the application of costing and managerial accounting techniques. The problems involve authentic tasks in a range of profit and also non-profit making businesses in various industries, including service and manufacturing industries. These tasks require critical appraisal (what is the problem, what technique is to be used, what data is required, how is the technique to be applied in the specific context), the ability to generate ideas (what are possible ways to solve the problem, and consideration of both the quantitative and qualitative factors that will affect decision-making and the implications that arise from the decision made, what are the possible reasons for the results). Off-campus students have to complete two online tests, one written assignment and two reflections throughout the semester. Students are exposed to similar authentic tasks as the on campus students that promote critical analysis and ability to generate ideas. Off campus students' written communication skills are developed through the assignment and reflection. They are also able to communicate with other students via the Blackboard discussion forum. Individual feedback and a general review of the performance of all external students to the assignment are available on the blackboard site after grading. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestTest 15%
AssignmentAssignment15%
Reflective PracticeReflective Practice10%
ExaminationFinal Examination60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline Test15%
AssignmentAssignment15%
Reflective PracticeReflective Practice10%
ExaminationFinal Examination60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Cost Accounting
  • Unit Code

    ACC2350
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Zubaidah ISMAIL

Description

A knowledge of cost/cost management concepts and practices is critical to the sustainability and survival of organisations. Organisations must also consider the social and environmental context in which they operate. Cost accountants provide data and analyses required for managerial decision making and increasingly they assist with recognising and measuring the impact relating to environmental factors. The unit introduces cost concepts and various managerial accounting techniques essential to assist managerial decision-making and to achieve organisational objectives.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed ACC1100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the concepts and techniques of cost accounting to provide information for managerial decision-making, for example, cost of a product or service, allocated service departments costs; cost-volume-profit analyses.
  2. Configure and use a cost accounting system at an introductory level.
  3. Discuss the various terms and concepts associated with cost accounting and cost management, including sustainability concepts.
  4. Prepare reports for managerial and financial reporting purposes, for example, Production Report, Variable Costing Income Statement, Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured.
  5. Reflect on the concepts and cost accounting techniques and their application in practice.

Unit Content

  1. Cost information for planning and control: inventory costing and balanced scorecard.
  2. Service department cost allocation.
  3. Cost information for decision-making: cost-volume-profit analysis and inventory management.
  4. Cost concepts, activity-cost behaviour and activity based costing.
  5. Product costing including job costing and process costing.
  6. The role of cost management and cost accounting in contemporary organisations.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered13 x 2 hour seminar
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be delivered using technology enhanced learning which will integrate both face-to-face and digital experiences. Students will be required to access and use a variety of digital learning materials to prepare for and engage in class/ online discussion and activities. The tutorials will allow students to apply theory learned in the unit, as well as encouraging students to make oral and written presentations on Blackboard. The Internet will be a key resource for students, and they will use Blackboard to access updates and other unit-related material. The teaching and learning approach is enhanced through problem solving that allow for the application of costing and managerial accounting techniques. The problems involve authentic tasks in a range of profit and also non-profit making businesses in various industries, including service and manufacturing industries. These tasks require critical appraisal (what is the problem, what technique is to be used, what data is required, how is the technique to be applied in the specific context), the ability to generate ideas (what are possible ways to solve the problem, and consideration of both the quantitative and qualitative factors that will affect decision-making and the implications that arise from the decision made, what are the possible reasons for the results). Off-campus students have to complete two online tests, one written assignment and two reflections throughout the semester. Students are exposed to similar authentic tasks as the on campus students that promote critical analysis and ability to generate ideas. Off campus students' written communication skills are developed through the assignment and reflection. They are also able to communicate with other students via the Blackboard discussion forum. Individual feedback and a general review of the performance of all external students to the assignment are available on the blackboard site after grading. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestTest 15%
AssignmentAssignment15%
Reflective PracticeReflective Practice10%
ExerciseExercise60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline Test15%
AssignmentAssignment15%
Reflective PracticeReflective Practice10%
ExerciseExercise60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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