Appendix A - Courses

Financial Economics

FIN*6000 Asset Pricing U [0.50]
This course examines the theory, application and real-world evidence of how financial markets work. Students examine stock, bond and currency markets, valuation of stocks and bonds and the performance of popular portfolios based on size, value and momentum. Students learn to build optimal portfolios through dynamic asset allocation, examine the risk-return relation in stocks, bonds and currencies.
Equate(s): ECON*6380
Department(s): Department of Economics and Finance
FIN*6100 Corporate Finance U [0.50]
This course provides students with an opportunity to evaluate and analyze corporate financial decision-making. Students examine complex issues related to corporate governance, capital budgeting, capital cost, capital structure, dividend policy, IPOS, and mergers and acquisitions.
Department(s): Department of Economics and Finance
FIN*6200 Empirical Finance and Financial Econometrics W [0.50]
This course examines empirical research in finance, involving the integration of financial theory, financial econometrics, and data analysis. Students conduct empirical research in finance by applying econometric theories, programming analyses in various statistical software, interpreting data to generate insights and communicating findings in writing and oral presentations.
Prerequisite(s): ECON*6140
Equate(s): ECON*6390
Department(s): Department of Economics and Finance
FIN*6300 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management U [0.50]
This course provides students with the opportunity to analyze companies in the context of how they construct equity portfolios and examine the valuation of firms and the calculation of companies’ intrinsic value. Students explore the role and activities of equity security analysis in highly competitive markets.
Equate(s): ECON*6820
Department(s): Department of Economics and Finance
FIN*6400 International Finance U [0.50]
This course provides students with the international finance knowledge required to manage financial assets in a global environment. Students examine foreign exchange forecasting and risk management using various techniques, including derivative instruments. Students discuss articles and cases related to capital flows in international markets, financing trade flows and open economy macroeconomic models.
Equate(s): ECON*6320
Department(s): Department of Economics and Finance
FIN*6800 Special Topics in Finance U [0.50]
This course provides opportunities for graduate students to study topics in finance that are not covered in other graduate-level finance courses. The course is offered when there are both available faculty and sufficient interest among students.
Department(s): Department of Economics and Finance
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Canada
519-824-4120