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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
ENGINEERING ECONOMY MÜH351 Fifth Term (Fall) 3 + 0 4

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY3
SEMESTERFifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Assistant Professor Nureddin Kırkavak
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Have an abilitiy to understand the basic principles of engineering economy;calculation of ordinary and compound interest, money-time relationships, internal rate of return, inflation and cost analysis.
2) Have an ability to identify, formulate, and solve economy engineering problems.
3) Operate the cash flow of the projects and compare variable enginnering projects in terms of economy.
4) Have a knowledge about models of amortisation and apply them.
5) Use Excel as a tool to solve the problems.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThe course is design for engineering students to explain the relationship between engineering and economics with special emphasis on capital budgeting.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Engineering Economics, Cost Concepts
2nd Week cost threads
3rd Week Cost Calculation Techniques
4th Week Time Money and Equivalence Relations
5th Week Time Money and Equivalence Relations
6th Week Time Money and Equivalence Relations
7th Week Money Time Relations Practices
8th Week Money Time Relations Practices
9th Week Midterm
10th Week Project Rating
11th Week alternative Benchmarking
12th Week Depreciation and Income Tax
13th Week Cost / Benefit Analysis
14th Week Uncertainty and risk environments
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGBusiness Engineering Economy, William G. Sullivan, Pearson International Edition, 14th edition (2009)
Fundamentals of Engineering Economics 3/e, Chan S. Park, Auburn University, Prentice Hall, 2013
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Presentation,Project,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term135
Quiz125
Attendance15
Total(%)65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)35
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14228
Preparation for Final exam12020
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam12020
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework
Total Workload114
Total Workload / 303,8
ECTS Credits of the Course4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONEnglish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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