DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CE 319-ENGINEERING ECONOMY : Engineering Economy, General introduction and Background, objectives, references, The Economic Environment and Cost Concepts, Cost – Volume Relationships, Law of Supply and Demand, Introduction to Selection in Present Economy, Total Cost in Material Selection, Economy of location, Alternative Machine Speed, Materials with Limit Supply, Proficiency, Economy Selection of Beams, Production, Money-Time Relation, Simple and Compound Interest, Finding F when Given P, Finding P when Given F, Finding F when Given A, Finding A when Given F, Finding A when Given P, Summary. Deferred Annuities, Beginning of Period CF, Middle of Period, Gradient F/G, A/G, Changing Interest Rates, Basic Methods for making Economy Studies-five methods.PW, AW, CR, Future Worth, and IRR, ERR, ERRR, The Payback Period.