FIN 580

Spring 2011 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 18-May 4

Special Topics in Finance

Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 18 hours in a semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 32 hours in subsequent semesters. Prerequisite: Varies by section.

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FIN 580 class schedule data for spring 2011
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
46818	Lecture-Discussion	COM	10:00AM -11:20AM	TR	Location Pending	Yontz, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Comm for Finance Academics Section Info: For Finance PhD students. Meets in 2052 BIF. Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Finance -UIUC.
47087	Lecture-Discussion	DEV	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Vonnahme, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Section Title: Professional Development Section Info: Registration restricted to MSF students only. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC.
46808	Lecture-Discussion	OC	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Business Instructional Fac	Yontz, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Oral Comm for Finance Profssnl Section Info: Registration restricted to MSFs. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC.
47517	Conference	PHD	11:30AM -12:50PM	F	Business Instructional Fac	Almeida, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Section Title: Finance Doctoral Seminar Section Info: Seminar for Finance Doctoral Students. This CRN to be used for students not presenting a paper during the semester. Other students must receive consent of instructor to register. Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Finance -UIUC.
46819	Lecture-Discussion	RM	9:30AM -10:50AM	MW	Business Instructional Fac	Pearson, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Risk Management Section Info: COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR SEMINAR IN RISK MANAGEMENT: The course will cover the main ideas and tools for financial risk measurement, as currently practiced at some of the leading financial institutions. The techniques covered will include, among others, value-at-risk, credit value-at-risk, and stress testing. It will consider their strengths and limitations, and the criticisms that have been made of internal risk management. The course will study a number of cases of risk management failures in order to identity the lessons that can be learned from the risk management failures. Students will be expected to prepare for and participate actively in the case discussions. Course requirements will consist of a number of 1-page written assignments responding to the readings and cases, class participation, a group project, and a final examination. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
46904	Conference	SEM	11:30AM -12:50PM	F	Business Instructional Fac	Almeida, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Finance Doctoral Seminar Section Info: Seminar for Finance Doctoral Students. This CRN to be used for students who will be presenting a paper during the semester. Other students must receive consent of instructor to register. Restriction(s): Restricted to PHD:Finance -UIUC.