6 (A) COURSE OVERHEADS Type of unit No of units Rate per unit 7 Management (ongoing) per annum salary 0.30 60000 8 Secretarial support (ongoing) per annum salary 1.00 40000 9 Recurrent costs 10 (B) ONE-OFF DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION COSTS 11 Development Print Type of unit No of units Rate per unit 12 Management (development) per annum salary 0.50 60000 13 Secretarial support (development) per annum salary 1.00 40000 14 Authoring of study guide Study guide (48pp) 10 1728 15 Preparation of a Reader Reader 144 1 1148 16 Editing and design Per 48 pp 13 720 17 Copyright Per 48 pp 13 1728 18 Development Cassettes Type of unit No of units Rate per unit 19 Development of content Per hour 100 40 20 Instructional design Per hour 60 25 21 Production Per hour 50 20 26 Copyright Per DVD 1 1500 27 Development Assignment Type of unit No of units Rate per unit 28 Assignment Per assignment 5 1104 29 Total fixed costs of development 30 (C) MAINTENANCE COSTS (PART OF PRINTED MATERIAL ONLY) 31 Author Per study guide 3 1728 32 Editing and design Per study guide 3 1148 33 Copyright Per study guide (updating 3 720 34 Total fixed costs of maintenance 35 Total fixed costs 36 (D) ANNUAL PRESENTATION COSTS (all per student) 37 Student Support Type of unit No of units Rate per unit 38 Marking of assignment Per assignment 5 40 39 Tutor (per group of 24) Per Hour and group of 24 30 19
Costs ($$) 18000 40000 58000 Costs ($$) 30000 40000 17280 1148 9360 22464 Costs ($$) 4000 1500 1000 1500 Costs ($$) 5520 133772 5184 3444 2160 10788 144560 Cost/student ($$) 200.00 23.75
40 Tuition expenses Per group of 24 41 Replication and Distribution Type of unit 42 Production study guides Per study guide 43 Production assignments Per assignment 44 Production of Reader Per reader 45 Packaging and postage Per mailing 46 Total variable cost per student 47 (E) INCOME (per student per credit) 48 Fee Per credit point
No of units Rate per unit Cost/student ($$) 10 8 80.00 3 16.3333333 49.00 1 12 12.00 2 15.2 30.40 395.15 Income per student 3 380 1140
Year 1 No of students Accumulated Recurring Cost FD depreciated (8 years) FM depreciated (3 years) F depreciated FD annualized (8 years at 6.5%) FM annualized (4 years at 6.5%) F annualized/per year F annualized (total) Aggregate unit costs TC=F+VxN AC=F/N+V Income per student Income Profit
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
120 120 58000 16722
120 240 58000 16722
120 360 58000 16722
74722 21970
74722 21970
74722 21970
79970 652356 395.15 699774 5831 1140 136800 -562974
79970 652356 395.15 747192 3113 1140 273600 -473592
79970 652356 395.15 794610 2207 1140 410400 -384210
Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 120 120 120 120 480 600 720 840 58000 58000 58000 58000 16722 16722 16722 16722 3596 3596 74722 74722 78318 78318 21970 21970 21970 21970 3149 3149 3149 79970 83119 83119 83119 652356 652356 652356 652356 395.15 395.15 395.15 395.15 842028 889446 936864 984282 1754 1482 1301 1172 1140 1140 1140 1140 547200 684000 820800 957600 -294828 -205446 -116064 -26682
Costs and income Total costs
936864 889446 842028
820800
794610 747192
Fixed costs
699774 652356
652356
652356
684000 652356
652356
652356
547200
Break even point
$$
410400
273600
me o c In 136800
120
240
F annual ized (total )
360
No students Linea r (F annual ized (tota l))
480
TC=F+VxN
600
Income
720
Average costs per student
5831
Variable cost per student
3113
2207 1754 1482
395 120
Average costs per student
1301
395
395
395
395
395
240
360
480
600
720
No students Aggregate uni t costs
AC=F/N+V
Li near (AC=F/N+V)
Year 1 No of students Accumulated F annualized (total) Aggregate unit costs TC=F+VxN AC=F/N+V Income per student Income Profit
Year 2 120 120 652356 395 699774 5831 1140 136800 -562974
120 240 652356 395 747192 3113 1140 273600 -473592
Year 3 120 360 652356 395 794610 2207 1140 410400 -384210
Year 4 120 480 652356 395 842028 1754 1140 547200 -294828
Year 5 120 600 652356 395 889446 1482 1140 684000 -205446
Year 6 120 720 652356 395 936864 1301 1140 820800 -116064
Year 7 120 840 652356 395 984282 1172 1140 957600 -26682
Year 8 120 960 652356 395 1031700 1075 1140 1094400 62700