Contemporary Engineering Economics 4th Edition Solutions
Albina Hickel
This course is traditionally offered every Spring and Summer semester. It is a required course for all INSY graduate programs (MS, MEM, Ph.D.). Given the popularity of the MEM program, a large portion of the class enrollment is now online students. In the past, it was also available to undergraduate students (INSY 5600), but that is not currently an option.
Our goal is to provide the same level of instructor interaction for all students (on-campus and remote learners) that attend live lectures. Attendance to the live lectures is strongly encouraged, but not required. Students that prefer to participate asynchronously will watch recordings of the simulcast lectures, which are made available to everyone for review.
Following that review, an exam similar to the undergraduate final is administered to assess your understanding of these fundamental concepts. If you have not had undergraduate engineering economics or took it long ago, we strongly recommend that you spend some time preparing. You can download a copy of the undergraduate version of the class text, Fundamentals of Engineering Economics (FEE) by Dr. Chan Park, and some sample problems with solutions at the following link: (Dropbox ZIP download).
Use whatever mix of sources (including our class lectures and problem review/prep sessions) that works for you to develop competence in the topic areas identified above, and confidence in your ability to do problems like the ones included in the preparatory materials. That will prepare you for the initial exam and give you a strong footing for the rest of the class.
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