Spring 2027

Seminar-workshop in Finance

Seminar-workshop focused on generating original finance research for PhD dissertations and academic publication.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Zhongtian Chen

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze others' research critically, as well as their own

  • Communicate research findings accurately and effectively

  • Access current top-tier research in Finance

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Business PHD

  • Declared in Business PHD
FINANCE 973

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  • Declared in Business PHD

Professors

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Original research in finance
  • PhD dissertation and academic publication

Skills

  • Critically analyze research
  • Communicate research findings
  • Access current top-tier research

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2022— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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FINANCE 973 · Spring 2027

Seminar-Workshop in Finance

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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    "title": "Seminar-Workshop in Finance",
    "credits_min": 2,
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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