CIVE 292Engineering Economics
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Offered
- Fall, Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1978–79 to 1994–95 (before that, 1972–73 to 1977–78 used the number for Socio-Economic Aspects of Civil Engineering); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
An introductory course on the principles of engineering economy. Basic concepts. Capital. interest formulas and derivations. Annual worth comparisons. Present worth. Return on investment. Benefit-cost ratio depreciation. Effect of taxes.
As printed in the 1978–79 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Reviewed on UW Flow
36% liked it44% easy50% useful
From 11 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
I did not like this course at all. I didn't like the professor and the material taught was very boring and dry. However, some of the things you learn from this class can be useful for financing your future, investments, etc.
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Content honestly isn't that bad at all. Don't listen to the old reviews, there's a new prof, the material is actually really easy, the entire course is given to you on a single sided formula sheet. It is literally plugging in ratios, but it's not as boring as it sounds.
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Easy and worthwhile course
Dec 2015 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Chris Bachmann is an awesome teacher! Enjoyed the way how he explained the topics very clearly. He even wrote everything on the chalkboard according to studens' request. Midterm and final were challenging but not too hard, and practice problems given were very helpful in preparing for them. Course included two group assignments that were a bit rushed in the end of the term.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention CIVE 292, November 2014 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2015
Do you feel like there is a segregation between the faculties here? Do you feel there an inherent elitism in some faculties? 24 points, 57 comments
“I have to make a speech, and the topic I have is Segregation & Elitism between Faculties here at Waterloo. So, I would like to hear some opinions on this. …”
u/lotuschan: “… CIVE 292/491) 10 Technical Electives 4 Complementary Electives Because of the way the cohort system works, I'm taking classes with the exact same group of jerks lovely people for 2/3rds of my degree. …”
Fall 2014
Advice about "management science" option in engineering undergrad 0 points, 2 comments
“Hi guys, I am currently enrolled in civil engineering, going into 3A in January 2015. I have to choose my option; my current choices are either environmental, water resources and management sciences. …”
u/greenscheme: “… The good thing about being in civil eng and taking the option is that CIVE 292 and CIVE 332 can be subbed for 2 of the required courses, and as you've already done MSCI 211, you only have to complete 3 elective courses. For my electives, I took MSCI 432 and 551. …”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1972–73 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1978–79 to 1994–95 14 calendars
An introductory course on the principles of engineering economy. Basic concepts. Capital. interest formulas and derivations. Annual worth comparisons. Present worth. Return on investment. Benefit-cost ratio depreciation. Effect of taxes.
Offered Fall, Winter · 2 class, 2 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit
1972–73 to 1977–78 5 calendars
Another title: Socio-Economic Aspects of Civil Engineering, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
An overview of the man-environment interaction. General economic concepts of human welfare and resource allocation, engineering economic decisions, breakeven and minimum cost analysis, engineering methods of resource allocation, scheduling of resource allocation, concepts of interest, time evaluation of tactical and strategical alternatives.
298, 299 Seminar The engineer in society. Principles, methods and practice of Civil Engineering. Informal lectures.