IE 320 Tentative Lecture/Assignment Schedule
# Date Day Topic Ch. Assigned Due Remarks
1 1/19 W Course Introduction        
2 1/21 F Engineering Economic Decision 1 HW1    
3 1/24 M Computers in Engineering Economic Analysis 1      
4 1/26 W Understanding Financial Statements 2    
5 1/28 F Using Ratios to make business decisions 2 HW2 HW1  
6 1/31 M Cost concepts and behavior 3      
7 2/2 W Compund Interest for Sets of Cash Flows 3      
8 2/4 F Time Value of Money 4 HW2  
9 2/7 M Economic Equivance 4 HW3  
10 2/9 W Interest Formulas 4      
11 2/11 F Nominal and Effective Interest Rate 5      
12 2/14 M Equivalence Analysis using Effective Interest 5 HW4 HW3  
13 2/16 W Commercial Loan Transactions 5    
14 2/18 F Present Worth Analysis 7      
15 2/21 M Variations of Net Present Worth 7 HW5 HW4  
16 2/23 W Comparing Projects 7      
17 2/25 F Annual Equivalent Worth Analysis  8      
18 2/28 M Annual Equivalent Worth Analysis + Review 8 HW6 HW5  
19 3/2 W Exam 1   Exam 1 Exam 1 Till Ch 7
20 3/4 F Exam review; Applications and Min Cost 8      
21 3/7 M Rate of Return 9      
22 3/9 W Rate of Return 9 HW6  
23 3/11 F Internal Rate of Return 9      
  3/14 M Spring Recess        
  3/16 W Spring Recess        
  3/18 F Spring Recess        
24 3/21 M Internal Rate of Return 9 HW7    
25 3/23 W Comparing Alternatives 9      
26 3/25 F Depreciation 10  
27 3/28 M Depreciation: ARCS, MARCS 10 HW8 HW7  
28 3/30 W Income Taxes 11      
29 4/1 F Income Taxes 11      
30 4/4 M Inflation and Deflation 13 HW9 HW8  
31 4/6 W Inflation and Deflation 13      
32 4/8 F Replacement Analysis 15      
33 4/11 M Replacement Analysis 15 HW10 HW9  
34 4/13 W Replacement Analysis 15      
35 4/15 F Developing Project Cash Flows 12    
36 4/18 M Developing Project Cash Flows + Review 12   HW10  
37 4/20 W Exam 2   Exam 2 Exam 2 Ch 8-13,15
38 4/22 F Review+Project, Sensitivity and Risk Analysis 14      
39 4/25 M Project, Sensitivity and Risk Analysis 14      
40 4/27 W Project Presentations        
41 4/29 F Project Presentations        
42 5/2 M Review        
Revised   3/21/2005