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1.00 CreditDescription:
This course counts toward the following majors: Analytical Finance, Finance
This course studies the effects of time and uncertainty on decision making. Topics include discounted cash flow valuation, stock and bond valuation, the term structure of interest rates, bond duration, capital budgeting under certainty and uncertainty, portfolio theory, asset pricing models and efficient markets.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of (a) probability and statistics through linear regression and (b) financial accounting. Requirement (a) may be satisfied with prior or concurrent registration in DECS-434, sufficient previous course work in statistics or attending Finance I statistics tutorials (available fall quarter only). Requirement (b) may be satisfied with prior or concurrent registration in ACCT 430 or sufficient previous course work in financial accounting. MECN-430 is recommended.
To qualify for a Finance I (FINC-430) waiver, you must have passed a comparable course with a grade of A. The type and level of material covered in the course are represented by chapters 1-13 and 23 of the text by Brealey and Myers, Principles of Corporate Finance. You need not request a Finance I waiver to enroll in FINC-440 (Turbo). To help you decide whether you should waive Finance I, take the self-assessment test online at www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/finance/curriculum/finance1waiver.htm.
Prerequisites:
TMP Students: DECS-434-0 OR DECS-437-0
Corequisites:
None
We are currently in the Fall 2009 quarter.
Academic Year: 2009-2010 Quarter: Fall 2009 Sec ID Instructor Day Time Location 61 Kuhnen MR 08:30 - 10:00 Jacobs (G42) 62 Kuhnen MR 10:30 - 12:00 Jacobs (G42) 63 * Vissing-Jorgensen TF 08:30 - 10:00 Jacobs (G05) 64 * Vissing-Jorgensen TF 10:30 - 12:00 Jacobs (G05) 71 * Kuhnen M 18:00 - 21:00 Wieboldt (TBD) 72 Vissing-Jorgensen T 18:00 - 21:00 Wieboldt (TBD)
Academic Year: 2009-2010 Quarter: Winter 2010 Sec ID Instructor Day Time Location 61 Kondo TF 08:30 - 10:00 Jacobs (TBD) 62 Kondo TF 10:30 - 12:00 Jacobs (TBD) 63 Kondo TF 13:30 - 15:00 Jacobs (TBD) 64 Tarhan MR 13:30 - 15:00 Jacobs (TBD) 71 Tarhan M 18:00 - 21:00 Wieboldt (TBD) 72 * Green R 18:00 - 21:00 Wieboldt (TBD)
Academic Year: 2009-2010 Quarter: Spring 2010 Sec ID Instructor Day Time Location 71 Green R 18:00 - 21:00 Wieboldt (TBD) 76 Braun S 13:30 - 16:30 Wieboldt (TBD)
Academic Year: 2009-2010 Quarter: Summer 2010 This course has not yet been scheduled.
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