Government Contracting and Acquisition

Overview

Course Details

Examine the components of government contracting, strategic planning, and the systems acquisition cycle with the Government Contracting and Acquisition BA course at the American Public University.

Working with simulation-based scenarios created from real-world case studies, you learn industry best practices. APU’s online government contracting and acquisition degree enables you to understand the processes and criteria used by the government to evaluate and select proposals for contract following the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).

APU’s transfer-friendly program focuses largely on practice, rather than theory, offering a curriculum shaped in consultation with organizations such as the National Contract Management Association and Management Concepts. 

What You Will Do

• Explain the acquisition cycle and process, contract requirements, types of contracts, and contingency contracting authorities and structure
• Understand how to use and apply a contract audit
• Prepare a Defense Contract Audit Agency report to meet a negotiation objective that considers competitive factors
• Understand the elements of cost in overhead, then use simple regression analysis, learning curve analysis, and statistics to calculate a price and cost objective
• Explain the Joint Theater Support Contracting Command

Accreditation

• This program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.