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ECON 309 - Survey of Economic and Finance For Scientists and Engineers

(3.00)
This course is designed to provide science and engineering students with the concepts and tools of economic analysis. It will provide students with an understanding of the broad issues that arise in evaluation of public and private-sector decision-making. Students will learn various concepts of costs and benefits, including social costs and benefits that are needed to evaluate the economic feasibility of private and public-sector projects. Topics include: ways of evaluating costs, including social costs, time values of money, general accounting concepts, economic efficiency criteria, methods to evaluate projects, and ways to incorporate risk and uncertainty into project analysis. This course is repeatable for credit.

Course ID: 53317
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Topics: Econ/Financial Analysis, Econ&Finscientists& Engr, Sur Of Econ/Fin, Survey Of Econ/Fin, Econ & Fin Analysis
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)
Requirement Group: You must have completed ECON 101  and either MATH 140  or MATH 151  or MATH 151H  or MATH 155  with a grade of C or better before taking this class.



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