Course Description

Macroeconomic principles: money, interest rates, growth. Microeconomic principles: demand and supply, production, consumer utility and elasticity. Net present value, equivalence, rate of return. Public vs. private sector cost-benefit analysis, externalities, risk and uncertainty. Industry and innovation life cycles.

Important Issues

The Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering will no longer post grades. Students may access their grades via the Interactive Voice System (IVS) by phoning (250) 721-2255 and selecting grades reporting (Tel Grades), or via the Internet at http://web.uvic.ca/reco/ and selecting WebView (Student Records On-Line).

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Where classes or examinations are scheduled on the holy days of a religion, students may notify their instructors, at least two weeks in advance, of their intention to observe the holy day(s) by absenting themselves from classes or examinations.

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Instructors will provide reasonable opportunities for such students to make up work or missed examinations.

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Students will cooperate by accepting the provision of reasonable opportunities for making up work or missed examinations.

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The University Secretary's Office will distribute a multi-faith calendar to each academic unit annually.

The University of Victoria is committed to promoting, providing and protecting a positive, and supportive and safe learning and working environment for all its members.

Each student is advised to read the Faculty of Engineering document regarding Standards for Professional Behaviour which contains important infomration regarding conduct during lectures, labs, and in the general use of campus facilitites. The document may be viewed at: http://www.engr.uvic.ca/policy/professional-behaviour.html