6478 (v.4) Engineering Investment and Analysis 660


Area:

Department of Civil Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Tutorial:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Economic consequences of engineering management decisions. Capital budgeting. Time value of money. Project and component life, depreciation methods, inflation and obsolescence. Economic replacement policy and comparative method for project evaluation. Interest rates. Cost benefit analysis. The effect of borrowing on investment projects methods of funding. Hire and leasing of plant. Income tax consideration. Risk analysis. Case studies.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

30900 Civil Engineering (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Trimester 1 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area