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OLIVER LEVINE

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Raw average: 4.27/5 from 11 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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FIN325 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
One of the most caring professors I have met at UW-Madison. Levine is a smart person who gained his Ph.D. degree at Warton. He shared a lot of interesting news and analyzed them using stuff we learned in class. He truly cares about our success. TAKE HIS CLASS.
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FIN325 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Overall, a good professor. Made class interesting by discussing current events (my favorite part) which were sometimes related to the content in class. Tests seemed pretty hard compared to the content covered in the online lectures. Walked through problems in class to help with the problem sets. Very available for help in-person and on Piazza.
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FIN325 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Prof. Levine is a really smart guy and is very passionate about financial markets. He covers a lot of real-world financial events that don't necessarily have a lot to do with the class, but it's still finance related material and if you're taking this class, you should really know this stuff. Class was enjoyable, 2 tests, 2 group projects.
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FIN325 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Levine is a PhD in econ, tenured, and has only worked in academia. He cant bring material down to an undergrad level and Qs on exams reflect this. Qualitative Qs are about formulas and he only shows hard problems. Lectures are dry and he wastes time by talking about irrelevant current events and continuing ppts from the start not where he left off
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FIN325 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Levine is fine. He's a decent lecturer, but often talks about real-world events that don't seem to apply to the material; he'll often talk about them at a level many students don't understand. It's nice he lets you choose your groups for problem sets/projects, but the two cases were due before the material was ever even covered.
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FIN325 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Overall a good class & I would take this class with Professor Levine again. Problem set questions are taken from the recommended textbook (can check out in the library reserves & answer key can be found with a google search). Multip… Read full reviewShow less
Overall a good class & I would take this class with Professor Levine again. Problem set questions are taken from the recommended textbook (can check out in the library reserves & answer key can be found with a google search). Multiple choice questions on the exams were harder than expected. Lectures brought in real world news/issues which I liked.
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Classes with OLIVER LEVINE

FINANCE 971

Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)

1–3 credits

A PhD seminar involving intensive study and critical examination of recent empirical and theoretical literature in corporate finance.

No offering record · Spring 2026

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Oliver LevineLuanda Cai+1 more

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Fall 2021–Spring 2026 · limited sample

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Spring 2026FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Spring 2025FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Spring 2025FINANCE 725Corporation Finance Theory and Practice
Spring 2025FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Spring 2024FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Spring 2024FINANCE 725Corporation Finance Theory and Practice
Spring 2024FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Spring 2023FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Spring 2023FINANCE 725Corporation Finance Theory and Practice
Spring 2023FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Spring 2022FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Spring 2022FINANCE 725Corporation Finance Theory and Practice
Spring 2022FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Fall 2020FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Fall 2020FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Spring 2020FINANCE 999Reading and Research-finance Phd
Fall 2019FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Fall 2019FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Fall 2018FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Fall 2018FINANCE 990Finance Independent Research Phd Thesis
Fall 2017FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Fall 2017FINANCE 971Seminar-corporate Finance (ph.d.)
Spring 2017FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Fall 2016FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Fall 2016FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Spring 2016FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Fall 2015FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Fall 2015FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Spring 2015FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Fall 2014FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Fall 2014FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Spring 2014FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Fall 2013FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Fall 2013FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Spring 2013FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Fall 2012FINANCE 325Corporation Finance
Fall 2012FINANCE 973Seminar-workshop in Finance
Fall 2011FINANCE 325Corporation Finance

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