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3.00 Credits
Examines financial markets from an investment/portfolio manager point of view. Analyze some of the major financial institutions, such as the stock and options markets (exchanges). Study how financial securities (such as stocks, bonds, options, and futures) are valued in a well-functioning financial market. Understand the theory of optimal portfolio selection based on the notions of static and dynamic portfolio efficiency, capital market equilibrium (a.k.a., the Capital Asset Pricing Model) and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory, bond valuation and immunization, the binomial model and its connection to the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and hedging with financial futures in theory and practice. Review professional publications, such as the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Financial Analysts Journal. Prerequisite: Fin 340.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a framework for making financial decisions in an international context. Topics include: relevant features of international markets and instruments (such as foreign exchange, currency futures, options, swaps, Eurobonds, etc.); models of exchange rate determination; the issue of foreign exchange risk exposure from a corporate perspective; corporate risk management; problems related with capital budgeting in a multi-currency/environment; global investment management issues (risk return tradeoff across countries and global asset allocation); project finance; international taxation; cross-border mergers and acquisitions; and international corporate governance. Prerequisites: Fin 340 and Fin 448.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the organization and function of financial markets from the corporate perspective with an emphasis on investment banking activities. Topics: design, issuance, and trading of corporate securities; risk management; and corporate control transactions. Develop familiarization with current practices while building a conceptual framework for understanding and anticipating change in the institutions that comprise the financial markets. Prerequisites: Fin 340 and Fin 451 required. Fin 441 and Fin 448 recommended.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced study of corporate financial management. A major focus is the relationship between the internal decisions of the corporation and the valuation of the firm in the capital market. Topics: capital budgeting systems, capital structure, debt policy, cash and working capital management, short- and long-term financial planning. Prerequisite: Fin 340.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the theory and practical application of derivative securities such as futures, options, and swaps. Central to the theory of derivative security pricing is arbitrage and payoff replication. In practice, derivative securities provide a principal route to manage and, in particular, hedge financial risk. Futures, options, and swaps on different types of underlying assets are examined with emphasis on pricing and application. Prerequisite: Fin 340.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on implementation of models for pricing and hedging derivative securities in the equity, currency, and fixed-income markets. Students learn to write programs in a programming environment such as MATLAB to implement the Black-Scholes model, binomial models, Monte-Carlo methods and finite-difference methods. The derivatives studied include exotic equity and currency derivatives and caps, floors, and swaptions. The goals of the course are to learn more about the various instruments that are traded, the various assumptions and methods that may be chosen in modeling them, and the importance of the assumptions in determining the prices and hedges that are chosen. The course is especially useful to students pursuing careers in sales and trading who interact with research departments and students pursuing careers in asset management. Prerequisites: Fin 451 and permission of instructor. Same as B62 537
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3.00 Credits
A research-based laboratory class for freshmen. Students join a national experiment organized by HHMI, with the goal of isolating and characterizing bacteriophage viruses found in the soil in the St. Louis area. Laboratory work includes isolation and purification of your own phage, DNA isolation and restriction mapping, and EM characterization of your phage. Several WU phages are selected for genome sequencing over winter break and are annotated in the spring. Prerequisites: high school courses in biology and chemistry, at least one at the AP or International Baccalaureate level; and permission of the instructor. Limited to 40 students. One hour lecture, one hour discussion, and three hours lab per week.
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3.00 Credits
A research-based laboratory class for freshmen. Students join a national experiment organized by HHMI, with the goal of genomic characterization of a local phage. Laboratory work focuses on learning computer-based tools for genome analysis followed by annotation and comparative analysis of the genome of the WU phage, which was isolated fall semester and sequenced over winter break. Prerequisites: high school courses in biology, chemistry, and physics, at least one at the AP or International Baccalaureate level; and permission of the instructor. Limited to 20 students; preference given to those completing Biol 191, Phage Hunters. One hour lecture, one hour discussion, and three hours lab per week. Prerequisite: admission to the FOCUS program.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a reading-and-discussion seminar designed for students interested in an interdisciplinary program in history, literature, and language. It covers a series of major topics in French and German history, beginning with the French Revolution and culminating in the origins of World War I. The unifying theme is the concept of the nation and development of nationalism. Major topics include Napoleon, the revolutions of 1848, and German unification; related topics include such issues as women and the concept of the nation. The seminar reads texts such as the Abbe Sieyes' "What is the Third Estate?" (in translation) and will review excerpts from such films as Abel Gances's Napoleon and Jean Renoir's La Marseillaise.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Exploration of cultural expressions and depictions of nationalism in France 1789-1914 with emphasis on literary forms-poetry, prose, drama-against the background of social and political change and in particular against the background of Franco-German relations. Course includes investigation of the use of gender to construe the nation; founding myths; the roles of men, women, and the family in the nation; the importance of language and other ethnic markers; the creation and function of heroes; versions of the past; cultural stereotyping of the French vs. the German, as well as contemporary critiques of nationalism. Taught in English. Course should be enrolled as 3 units, or 4 units with trip. Corequisite: each student should enroll in the level of French language instruction that follows his or her fall course.
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