Engineering Economy

General

Prefix

EM

Course Number

632

Course Level

Graduate

College/School

College of Science and Engineering

Description

Introduction to engineering economy, interest formulas and equivalence, decision making among alternative manufacturing projects, accounting and depreciation as applied to industrial accounting, cost benefit analysis of engineering projects, effect of income taxes on engineering project analysis, estimating manufacturing cost elements, decisions under risk and uncertainty as applied to manufacturing.

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Describe engineering economy and its applications in making economic decisions.

Outcome

Explain the concept of time value of money and present worth.

Outcome

Explain internal rate of return and its application in making investment decisions.

Outcome

Solve problems related to depreciation and taxes while considering alternative capital project investment decisions.

Dependencies

Programs

EM632 is a completion requirement for: