1. Course (Class) Information: Cost and Price Analysis PC 4030
3 undergraduate credits
2. Instructor Information: Dr. Mary Ann Wangemann Drin2IT@yahoo.com 571-331-7544
3. Course (Class) Dates and Times: Online
4. Course (Class) Prerequisites (if any): None
5. Course (Class) Description: This course concentrates on a primary feature of the contracting
process: the determination and presentation of pricing data. The course emphasized cost and
price issues as they relate to the decision making process of each party in a contract situation.
Contractor selection and pricing strategies are emphasized.
6. Course (Class) Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the student will:
Understand how the government conducts market research
Learn how the government maximizes price competition
Understand what a contractor must provide for cost and price data
Understand the government’s award criteria
Determine prices related factors
Understand how the government compares prices and evaluates differences
Understanding costs and cost analysis
Discuss the components of G&A, overhead, fee com, and profit
7. Textbooks/Readings/Other Materials: Students can send a check for $75 to Mary Ann
Wangemann 44203 Chatham Way Ashburn, VA 20147. Please include your shipping address
and course number with your request. Upon receipt, I will send you the course materials.
8. Course (Class) Methodology Online Courses:
The course will be taught in an online seminar format. The course will be broken down into 13
modules each lasting at least one week. Students will be expected to read the textbook material
for that module and the instructor’s lecture notes posted for the week. Further, each student is
expected to respond to threaded discussion queries posted in each module to demonstrate
learning and application to the business world.
Course (Class)
Instruction
The UVaCollab course can be found at:
11F-PC-4030-701@collab.itc.virginia.edu
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Communication
At the UVaCollab site, you will find the class syllabus,
resources, assignments, and end of semester evaluations.
Class communications will occur in the announcements,
threaded discussion and emails.
Each week, you must answer the discussion questions each
week and respond to several of your peers’ comments. The
course will include threaded discussions, reading assignments,
exams, and other class activities.
I will must communicate weekly using at least one of the following
Tools in UVaCollab:
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Announcements
Discussion Board
Online sessions with Elluminate Live
Course (Class) Email
Virtual Office Hours Wednesday 3-5 pm
Assignments
Assignments will be posted in UVaCollab for student’s reference.
Resources
Any materials, outside the textbook, will be uploaded into the
UVaCollab site.
Gradebook
COURSE (CLASS)
ADMINISTRATION
You may view your grades through the UVaCollab Gradebook.
Course (Class)
Evaluations
Course evaluations are now distributed online. Prior to the end of the
semester, evaluations will be emailed to students.
Technical Support
Contacts
Please provide the following contact and support information to your
students
 Login/Password: scpshelpdesk@virginia.edu
 UVaCollab: idtteam@virginia.edu and/or collabsupport@virginia.edu
 Elluminate Live: idtteam@virginia.edu
 Instructional Design and Technology Enhanced Learning
for course design and development: idtteam@virginia.edu
Tools Supported
The IDT Team at SCPS supports the following tools
 Elluminate Live;
 UVaCollab
 Recycled courses in Blackboard (Through Spring 2011)
Technical
Requirements
Please list the technical requirements within your syllabus
 UVa Computing IDs and Passwords
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Internet Explorer (7.0 or above) or
Mozilla Firefox
9. Course (Class) Sequence: Session-by-session breakdown of the course content:
Aug 28
Volume 1 Chapters 1 & 2
Sep 4
Volume 1 Chapter 3
Sep 11
Volume 1 Chapters 4 & 5
Sep 18
Volume 1 Chapter 6
Sep 25
Volume 1 Chapters 7 & 8
Oct 2
Volume 1 Chapter 9
Oct 9
Midterm
Oct 16
Volume 3 Chapters 1 & 2
Oct 23
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Oct 30
Volume 3 Chapter 4 & 5
Nov 6
Volume 3 Chapter 6
Nov 13
Volume 3 Chapter 7
Nov 20
Volume 3 Chapter 8
Nov 27
Volume 3 Chapter 9
Dec 4
Project Due
Dec 11
Final exam
10. Course (Class) Requirements:
The UVA Honor Code will be followed for this course (see attached).
Each student is responsible for the text and lecture material, including lecture any other material
furnished in class.
100 points are available for this course. The following grade assessment points are assigned for
this course:
This course will be scored in accordance with the table set forth below. All examinations will be
Open Book that will allow students to review data and formulae. The intent is to ensure your
understanding of the concept and not to test memory powers for abstract mathematical formulae.
In order to grasp some of the concepts in this course, a basic understanding of elementary
algebra is helpful.
MID TERM EXAM
FINAL EXAM
PROJECT
IN CLASS PARTICIPATION
30%
30%
30%
10%
TOTAL
100%
The midterm and final will be true/false questions. The midterm will cover Volume 1 and the
final will cover Volume 3.
There will be one project due for this course. It will be worth 30 points. You need to select an
RFP and identify 10 ways that you could conduct cost or price analysis. You can find RFPs at
fedbizopps.gov. I’m not asking you to actually conduct the cost or price analysis, but rather
identify how you would apply 10 different techniques that we have covered during this semester
from either Volume 1 or 3 of the textbooks.
Students are expected to login and participate in the course every week. Participation points will
be assessed through the examples. Full credit requires the student to review the two chapters of
readings and class notes each week and develop one example that utilizes a technique discussed
in the materials. The idea is that there are many techniques that will be discussed and this
assignment allows a student to pick the one technique that is most germane to their professional
lives and learn to apply it. The books walk through examples in detail. The student will just
need to provide their own numbers and work through the instructions for the technique.
11. Evaluation Standards:
The final grades will be calculated in the following manner:
90-100 points = A
80-89 points = B
70-79 points = C
60-69 points = D
Below 59 points = F
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