Singapore University of Social Sciences

Engineers regularly have to choose between different engineering project proposals. e.g. Which projects are worthwhile? Which project should have higher priority? Is one design better than another in terms of long term and short term cost trade-off’s? Projects require money that has to be disbursed at different times to design and build, and after they are built, revenues or benefits occur, usually for years. Engineering Economic Analysis aims to help engineers understand the implications of their decisions on the use of limited capital resources, taking into account the time-value of money, and provides techniques for engineers to perform analyses and comparison between different alternatives. This course also gives the engineer a basic knowledge to understand financial statements, ratio analysis, depreciation and alternative analysis methods in judging if a project is worthwhile. The course is specifically tailored and approached from an engineering prospective for engineers, and therefore will defer from the conventional economic courses usually offered to business students.