Project Cost Accounting and Economics
Learn: the fundamentals of accounting; project cost accounting principles as they apply to project management; project cost accounting; and the fundamentals of engineering economics.Topics include: project feasibility analysis; reading and analyzing financial statements; cash management; cash flow analysis; depreciation and taxes; and impact on profitability; the principles of activity based costing; net present value analysis; the framework for project performance measurement, cost performance indices, and earned value analysis.
Topics
- project feasibility analysis
- reading and analyzing financial statements
- cash management
- cash flow analysis
- depreciation and taxes
- and impact on profitability
- the principles of activity based costing
- net present value analysis
- the framework for project performance measurement
- cost performance indices
- and earned value analysis
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite: Permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department. Restriction: Must be in a major in ENGR-A. James Clark School of Engineering; or must be in the Construction Project Management Minor; or must be in the Project Management Minor.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
- Catalogue entry ↗
Catalogue variants
- Project Cost Accounting and Economics · 3 Credits