Archived-Announcements-2013

Previous announcements for 4N4 (in reverse time order):

• 30 Sep: A bit of a frustrating tutorial today with Capital Cost estimation; but we'll resolve the issues in class this week.
• 27 Sep: the tutorial for Monday is posted. Have a good weekend.
• 25 Sep: an important memo about the SDL course project has been posted. Please read it before class on Friday.

• 23 Sep: for those with a management background, this description of PV and FV will be easy to understand in terms of annuities. For the rest of the class, this is an alternative view of the PV and FV calculations.

• 20 Sep: An article from CEP on Calculating financial indicators, written by two people at Dow Chemical. Please read this article as self-directed learning.

• 19 Sep: an electronic version of the group instructions issued at the tutorial last Monday. This additional task is not supposed to take too much time; your group should be keeping track of minutes in some form; this process just formalizes that.

• 18 Sep: Interesting stats in this article today that 40% of retirees in the study believed they did not prepare enough for retirement, and about 40% of this subset didn’t realize this until they left the work force. Read the article to see what prevented them from saving more.

• 17 Sep: the slides for Wednesday's class are ready. I always post the old and new slides, because most students print multiple slides per page, and need the older slides to continue their printouts seamlessly.

• 17 Sep: the topics of DCFRR and MARR are always confusing at first, this is normal and OK. Take a minute to tell me what you find confusing, and I will address it in tomorrow's class with an example.

• 16 Sep: The first Quest test is posted, and you would have received an email about it. The email contains a unique login code for you; please click and answer the questions. If you did not receive a code, or wish to receive another one, please go to http://quest.mcmaster.ca
  • The Quests are graded [12% of your overall course grade].

• 12 Sep: The slides for Friday's class are posted now.
• 11 Sep: The midterm date is confirmed, 16 October, 18:30, MDCL 1102

• 11 Sep: A spreadsheet with all the calculated examples in class is posted. I will add to this spreadsheet as the course progresses.

• 11 Sep: Stats Canada just released a video today on the income sources for Canadians

• 11 Sep: Please note, as stated in the course outline, it is imperative that all group submissions include a cover letter. There is a heavy penalty for not doing so. Please read this advice on composing your cover letters. Also, there are some instructions (below) on how to submit electronically - please follow them carefully.

• 10 Sep: slides for Wednesday's class are posted now

• 09 Sep: slides for Tuesday's class are posted now

• 08 Sep: Here is the group allocation for 4N4 for the rest of the term. See you in the tutorial on Monday where you will get to know your group members and start developing your team.

• 06 Sep: The cut-off time for the questionnaire has passed. If you have not filled it out, please do so anyway. You might still be able to get the grouping you choose, but there are no guarantees, as most of the groups have been formed. Fill in this questionnaire.

• 04 Sep: Your first reading for the first tutorial/assignment: the 2013 AIChE Salary Survey.
  • An actual job interview question: "What kind of salary do you expect"?

• 04 Sep: Be prepared to fill in this questionnaire before Saturday evening (18:00) to select your groups for the course. We will start tutorials off on Monday morning in your groupings. More info will be given in class on Friday, or check out the class slides ahead of time.

• 03 Sep: The course starts on 6 September 2013 at 09:30. See you at the first class where we will review the course outline and the course objectives. The optional slides are available for you to print and bring with.