Xi Yang

Introduction to Finance (FIN 500) Introduction to financial management and decision making. A customized course, designed to provide a survey of finance for graduate students who do not necessarily have previous training in the disciplines. Different sections of the course will cover different sets of topics.

Quantitative Finance (FIN 502) Quantitative methods used for financial decision making. Topics include elements of statistics, mathematics, and specific analytical tools used in the study and practice of finance.

Quantitative Finance II (FIN 503) This course covers topics in time series analysis with an emphasis on applications. It is intended to prepare MSF students for more advanced courses in finance. This course provides some basic knowledge of financial time series data. It also introduces models and methods widely used by academics and practitioners. The purpose of this course is to understand proper use and limitations of econometric methods in applied time series analysis. 2 graduate hours. No professional credit. Credit is not given for FIN 503 and FIN 580: Section QM2, (68387). This course covers topics in time series analysis with an emphasis on applications. It is intended to prepare MSF students for more advanced courses in finance. This course provides some basic knowledge of financial time series data. It also introduces models and methods widely used by academics and practitioners. The purpose of this course is to understand proper use and limitations of econometric methods in applied time series analysis.

Advanced Corporate Finance (FIN 521) Addresses both the theoretical and applied aspects of firms' financing decisions; topics include capital structure and cost of capital theories; mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts; options, warrants, and convertibles; venture capital and initial public offerings; and pensions.