COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENGINEERING ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSI 2037 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BAYRAM KAHRAMAN

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Textile Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geophysical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Mechanical Engineering
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

Engineering economics decisions, cost, profit maximization, the concepts of equivalence is aimed to teach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Engineering economics decisions,
2   Cost
3   Break-even point
4   Economic Equivalence
5   Inflation and escalation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Engineering Economics
2 Engineering Economics Decision
3 General Cost Terms
4 Classifying Costs
5 Classifying Costs
6 Amortization
7 Amortization
8 Break-even point
9 Break-even point
10 Economic Equivalence
11 Methods of Calculating Interest
12 Methods of Calculating Interest
13 Inflation and Escalation
14 Inflation and Escalation

Recomended or Required Reading

NEWNAN, D. G., 1988, Enginering Economic Analysis , Third Edition, Engineering Press, inc., San Jose, California.
RIGGS, J. L., WEST, T., M., 1986, Engineering Economics , Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc., USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lesson will be made in the form of oral presentations classroom discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bayram.kahraman@deu.edu.tr, Phone:+ 09 232 301 75 21

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 3 3
Preparation for Final Exam 1 4 4
Preparation for Quiz etc. 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.154
LO.224
LO.321
LO.421
LO.533