Information Systems Analysis and Design

IE405, Spring 2010

 

 

                                                       

Engineering Economy

 

Lecture Notes: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter4, Chapter 5,  Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8

 

M/W/F. 10:05AM-11:00AM

 

 

 

IE405

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

ROOM: EPS400

 

Spring 2010

 

INSTRUCTOR:

Yuanshun Dai, Ph.D.

OFFICE: ESH 409

OFFICE PHONE: (865) 974-3079

EMAIL: ydai1@eecs.utk.edu

Teaching Assistant: TBA

Email: TBA

OFFICE HOURS:

8:30-9:30AM, Tuesday;

and 11:00-12:00, Thursday

Office: ESH 309

TEXTBOOK:

William G. Sullivan, E.M. Wicks, J.T. Luxhoj,

Engineering Economy, the 13th Edition, 2006

ISBN: 0-13-148649-7

DESCRIPTION:

Concepts, methodologies, techniques, and tools essential for Engineering Economy are covered. The processes and related methodologies and skills in the Engineering Economy are broadly introduced yet in depth.

OBJECTIVES:

Successful students will be able to perform as Financial Analysts for Engineering.

GRADING:

GRADE GUARANTEE

http://registrar.tennessee.edu/go_ug_grades.shtml

ASSIGNMENTS

30%

Quiz 1

35%

  Quiz 2

      35%

 

 

POLICIES:

Assignment is due at the beginning of the class. No late work is accepted. Plagiarism is defined as “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own, to use (another's production) without crediting the source” and “to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” as on Merriam-Webster Online http://www.m-w.com/. Refer to http://www.lib.utk.edu/instruction/plagiarism/ for more details.

 

Tentative Schedule:

 

DATE

TOPICS

TEXT REFERENCE

Week 1

Introduction

Chapter 1 

Week 2

Cost Concepts

Chapter 1,2

Week 3

Money-Time Relationships and Equivalence

Chapter 4

Week 4

Money-Time Relationships and Equivalence

Chapter 4 

Week 5

Money-Time Relationships and Equivalence

Chapter 4

Week 6

Money-Time Relationships and Equivalence, and Applications of Money-Time Relationships

Chapter 4,5

Week 7

Applications of Money-Time Relationships

Chapter 5

Week 8

Applications of Money-Time Relationships

Chapter 5 

Quiz 1

(Chapter 1,2,4,5)

Week 9

Comparing Alternatives

Chapter 6

Week 10

Comparing Alternatives

Chapter 6 

Week 11

Comparing Alternatives, and Depreciation and Income Taxes

Chapter 6,7 

Week 12

Depreciation and Income Taxes

 Chapter 7

Week 13

Depreciation and Income Taxes

Chapter 7

Week 14

Price Changes and Exchange Rates

Chapter 8 

Week 15

Price Changes and Exchange Rates, and Replacement Analysis

Chapter 8

Week 16

Price Changes and Exchange Rates

Chapter 8

Quiz 2

(Chapter 6,7,8)

 

Modifications might be made to this syllabus if necessary to assure a good class. Modifications will be made in writing in advance.