ENGRG 3230

Engineering Economics and Management

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Introduction to engineering and business economics investment alternatives and to project management. Intended to give students a working knowledge of money management and how to make economic comparisons of alternatives involving future benefits and cost. The impact of inflation, taxation, depreciation, financial planning, economic optimization, project scheduling, and legal and regulatory issues are introduced and applied to economic investment and planning and project-management problems.

Prerequisites or corequisites: CEE 3040 or ENGRD 2700 or ILRST 2100 or STSCI 2200 or AEM 2100 or permission of instructor.

Fees Materials, $130. Fee amount approximate.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP

Learning Outcomes

• Gain a working knowledge of money management and how to make economic comparisons of alternative engineering designs or projects.
• Understand the impact of inflation, taxation, depreciation. Financial planning, economic basis for replacement, project scheduling, and legal and regulatory issues are introduced and applied to economic investment and project-management problems.
• Appreciation of ethical and other non-economic issues related to professional and personal financial and economic decisions.

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