Applied Security Analysis and Investment Management II involves managing an actual investment portfolio, conducting security analysis, implementing strategies, and reporting performance and diagnostics to trustees.
Introduction to financial management of firms and investment decision making, emphasizing theory and practice across securities markets, capital budgeting, and asset valuation.
Covers theory and practice of firm financial management, including capital budgeting, valuation, capital structure, dividend policy, cost of capital, and M&A.
Derivative Securities: Theory and Practice covers pricing and uses of options, forwards, futures, and ETFs, emphasizing portfolio trading via an online platform with mathematical and statistical analysis.
Analysis of Fixed Income Securities covers fixed income securities and derivatives, asset-backed/mortgage-backed securities, pricing and portfolio strategies, and term structure models.
Advanced Topics Seminar for Finance PhD students discussing current and emerging interests in financial economics, analyzing open questions and new methodologies.
Multinational Business Finance applies financial theory to multinational operations, covering the international financial environment, capital flows, foreign exchange management, hedging, and multinational capital budgeting.
Multinational Business Finance covers theory applied to multinational firms, including foreign investment analysis, working capital, and international monetary affairs.
Introduction to Folklore surveys US and global traditions, examining how beliefs, songs, stories, sayings, dances, festivals, and artifacts address identity, authenticity, and authority.
Intermediate course exploring various topics in folklore, folklife, myth, foodways, or music. Students synthesize information and communicate via essays and presentations.
Advanced exploration of folklore, folklife, myth, foodways, or music. Students develop communication skills through essays, presentations, and critical analysis of folklore theories.
One student noted that the volume of assigned readings was high, leading them and others to stop completing the materials fully or in depth during class.
Explores the development of the vampire legend in folklore, literature, cinema, television, and popular culture in relation to colonization, race, gender, sexuality, and class.
An examination of mythology, literature, ritual, and religion from Nordic areas and Scandinavia, focusing on pre-Christian beliefs and medieval folklore.
There was almost no homework, and students found that simply showing up to class and preparing for each midterm was sufficient to achieve a good grade.