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See also Finance courses listed under Commerce in this section of the Calendar.

Permission of the Department of Finance and Management Science is required for all 300- and 400-level finance classes. COMM 203 is prerequisite to all senior finance courses in addition to prerequisites stated with each specific course description. Students are advised against taking 400-level finance courses prior to their fourth year. The department may not offer all the finance electives in any given year.


UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES
FIN 400.6
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Honours Seminar in Finance
1&2(3S)
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Honours program.

Directed readings and individual research in the area of Finance. The major course requirement involves the preparation of an Honours research paper under the supervision of one or more faculty (Honours Advisors) in the particular area of specialization. The Honours paper is normally presented at a department seminar.


GRADUATE COURSES
Department of Finance & Management Science, College of Graduate Studies & Research
FIN 801.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Advanced Corporate Finance
1(1.5L - 1.5S)

Provides students with a fundamental understanding of the current issues of interest in research in the modern theory of corporate finance. It provides students with a theoretical background in areas such as security issuance, capital raising and corporate governance. Presentation and discussion of articles from academic journals are used as tools to enhance student learning. Commonly used empirical research methodologies are also introduced.

FIN 802.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Advanced Investment Theory
1 (1.5L – 1.5S)

Examines the main theoretical and empirical themes of investments. Beginning with the classic efficient markets research from the 1960s, we progress through important new developments from the past two decades. The theoretical material is from a textbook specifically intended for finance M.Sc. students. Articles from leading academic journals present the empirical research. Extensive student discussion is used throughout the semester.

FIN 803.3
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Empirical Methods in Finance
2 (2L – 1P)

Presents a critical look at current financial models and gives the student experience in the systematic analysis of financial data. Characteristics of financial data will be explored using tests for stationarity, co-integration and GARCH analysis as well as other techniques. Students are exposed to a suite of analytical tools that allow rigorous assessment of the characteristics of the financial data and models.

FIN 990
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Seminar in Finance

A forum in which faculty members, visiting professors and M.Sc. students will present research papers. All students that are undertaking the M.Sc. program are required to attend and present at least one paper during their program

FIN 994
Registration Info — 2003-2004 Regular Session» Research in Finance

Students undertaking research should register in this course each year until completion of the program.


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