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MSE 261 - Engineering Economics: Financial Management for Engineers

Introductory finance: time value of money, cash flow analysis. Investment evaluation methods: present worth, annual worth, and internal rate of return. Depreciation models and asset replacement analysis. The impact of inflation, taxation, uncertainty, and risk on investment decisions.

Prerequisites

Engineering students only. Not open to Architectural, Biomedical, Civil, Environmental, Geological, and Systems Design Engineering students.

Corequisites

None

Antirequisites

AE392, BME364, CIVE392, ECE390, ENVE392, GEOE392, SYDE262

Offerings

Spring 2026 [1265]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 00133180 / 123
LEC 00233190 / 80
TUT 10133200 / 123
TUT 10233210 / 80

Winter 2026 [1261]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001521995 / 10015:00 - 16:20 T,Th
LEC 0025220106 / 13413:30 - 14:50 T,Th
LEC 003522160 / 7014:30 - 15:20 F
TUT 101522295 / 10009:30 - 10:20 W
TUT 1025223106 / 13410:30 - 11:20 W
TUT 103522460 / 7015:30 - 16:20 F

Fall 2025 [1259]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001557296 / 10510:00 - 11:20 M,W
LEC 002557398 / 11015:00 - 16:20 M,W
LEC 0035574123 / 13413:30 - 14:50 M,W
TUT 101557596 / 10513:30 - 14:20 F
TUT 102557698 / 11010:30 - 11:20 W
TUT 1035577123 / 13416:30 - 17:20 M

Spring 2025 [1255]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 0014665105 / 12313:00 - 14:20 M
LEC 002466768 / 8014:30 - 15:20 W
TUT 1014668105 / 12314:30 - 15:20 M
TUT 102466968 / 8015:30 - 16:20 W

Winter 2025 [1251]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001762978 / 10015:00 - 16:20 T,Th
LEC 002763078 / 11513:30 - 14:50 T,Th
LEC 003763155 / 7010:30 - 11:20 W
TUT 101763378 / 10009:30 - 10:20 W
TUT 102763478 / 11510:30 - 11:20 W
TUT 103763555 / 7011:30 - 12:20 W

Fall 2024 [1249]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001809994 / 10510:00 - 11:20 M,W
LEC 002810096 / 11315:00 - 16:20 W
TUT 101810394 / 10513:30 - 14:20 F

UW Flow Ratings

Liked: 37.46%

37.46%

Easy: 79.17%

79.17%

Useful: 41.70 %

41.70%

MSE 261 leads to

MSCI 262 - Managerial and Cost Accounting

MSE 454 - Technical Entrepreneurship