INVESTMENT THEORY

ECON/FINANCE 320

Course Description

Structure and functioning of securities markets; principles of portfolio construction; models of the tradeoff between risk and expected return.

Prerequisties

ECON/FINANCE 300 , (MATH 213 or MATH 222 ) and (GENBUS 307 , GENBUS 317 , GENBUS 656 , ACTSCI 654 , ACTSCI 655 , ECON 400 , ECON 410 , MATH/STAT 310 , STAT 312 , or STAT 333 or concurrent enrollment) or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average

3.43

5.27% from Historical

Completion Rate

99.64%

1.11% from Historical

A Rate

35.4%

22.66% from Historical

Class Size

274

54.39% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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Sebastien PLANTE

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3.8

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Jeremy Whitish

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