Fall 2026

Seminar-workshop in Finance

FINANCE 973 is a PhD-level seminar focused on generating original finance research for dissertation and academic publication.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 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).

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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

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Fall 2026

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction3 / 300

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Student experience

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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).

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Topics

  • Finance research
  • PhD dissertation work
  • Academic publication

Skills

  • Generate original research for dissertation and publication

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FINANCE 973 · Fall 2026

Seminar-Workshop in Finance

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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    "title": "Seminar-Workshop in Finance",
    "credits_min": 2,
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    "typically_offered": "Occasionally"
  }
]
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "3eeeb4ca2693f8c18f9db822ed20885116423cc677076566afb513ab1358c356",
  "requirements_status": "needs_review",
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  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
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