FIN 580

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Special Topics in Finance

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Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

0 to 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Approved for 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. Credit is not given for FIN 528 and FIN 580 (66393), Section ADF. Prerequisite: Varies by section.

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FIN 580 class schedule data for spring 2020
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
46818	Lecture-Discussion	A1	3:00PM -5:30PM	R	ARR Discovery Partners Inst. CHI	Peterson, B	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/21/20-03/13/20 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Basics of Trading Alg. Design Section Info: Basics of Trading Algorithm Design. This course will meet at the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) in Lecture Room B. There will be the option to view lecture session remotely. Course is open to City Scholars. Basics of Trading Algorithm Design will focus on the structure of quantitative strategies, and on the different types of strategies used in production by trading firms and asset managers. The second half of the semester, Deeper Analysis of Algorithm Testing, will focus on more advanced techniques for model evaluation, feature engineering, and using modern methods such as machine learning, as well as practical application of these skills to strategy building. This course will provide a detailed research process and tools for assessing, conceptualizing, replicating, and developing systematic trading strategies. Students will apply their knowledge in hands-on projects to replicate and evaluate existing research and to create and evaluate a new strategy model. Development of systematic trading strategies should follow a highly scientific and repeatable process. This course will start by reviewing categories of systematic strategies, drawing out patterns followed throughout the industry. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS: Financial Engineering or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC. Not intended for Intl Exchange - Grad students.
46819	Lecture-Discussion	A2	3:00PM -5:30PM	R	ARR Discovery Partners Inst. CHI	Peterson, B	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/16/20-05/06/20 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Analysis Testing Trading Alg. Section Info: Analysis and Testing of Trading Algorithms. This course will meet at the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) in Lecture Room B. There will be the option to view lecture session remotely. Course is open to City Scholars. Basics of Trading Algorithm Design, during the first half of the semester, focused on the structure of quantitative strategies, and on the different types of strategies used in production by trading firms and asset managers. Deeper Analysis of Algorithm Testing will focus on more advanced techniques for model evaluation, feature engineering, and using modern methods such as machine learning, as well as practical application of these skills to strategy building This course will provide a detailed research process and tools for assessing, conceptualizing, replicating, and developing systematic trading strategies. Students will apply their knowledge in hands-on projects to replicate and evaluate existing research and to create and evaluate a new strategy model. Development of systematic trading strategies should follow a highly scientific and repeatable process. This course will start by reviewing categories of systematic strategies, drawing out patterns followed throughout the industry. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Financial Engineering or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
68115	Lecture-Discussion	C	8:00AM -9:20AM	TR	3001 Business Instructional Fac	Noonan, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/16/20-05/06/20 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Professional Development
66090	Lecture-Discussion Lecture-Discussion	CSQ CSQ	9:00AM -12:30PM 2:00PM -6:00PM	MTWRF MTWRF	3007 Business Instructional Fac 3007 Business Instructional Fac	Lariviere, D Lariviere, D	Date Range: 01/06/20-01/17/20 Section Title: Computer Science for Quants Section Info: Virtually all aspects of modern finance are now heavily reliant on both technology and computer science. Software engineering has become an increasingly useful and often even essential skill and discipline for those intending to work in the financial industry. This two week course is intended to offer advanced students an ultra accelerated deep-dive into many of the essential aspects of computer science and software development to the students of the MSFE and MSF programs. The underlying motivation of this course is to provide students from non-CS backgrounds with the additional exposure, knowledge, and skills often required in order to secure employment in the financial industry in roles requiring or substantially benefiting from software development or data analytics. Topics covered will include core foundational aspects of computer science (data structures and algorithms, discrete math, boolean logic and algebra, scientific computation, computer architecture, computer networking, operating systems, programming languages and compilers, and databases), professional software developer tools and best practices (object-oriented programming, various IDEs and software debugging methods, unit and integration testing, version control systems, continuous integration, bug tracking, project management, devops, and software design patterns) and various continuing high demand topics and skills in industry (Big Data, AI/ML, cloud computing and virtualization, enterprise system architecture, computer security, and high availability and fault-tolerant design). Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, MS: Financial Engineering, MS: Finance - UIUC, or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
47087	Lecture	DEV	8:00AM -9:20AM	TR	3001 Business Instructional Fac	Noonan, J	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/21/20-03/13/20 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Professional Development Section Info: Registration restricted to MSF students only. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
66013	Discussion/ Recitation	DV1	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	130 Wohlers Hall	Noonan, J	Part of Term: A Date Range: 01/21/20-03/13/20 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Professional Development
69358	Lecture-Discussion	ETA	6:00PM -7:20PM	MW	100 Gregory Hall	Smith, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Entrepreneurship Thru Acquistn Section Info: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) is the exciting career path where business professionals buy and grow existing small businesses. For individuals with business skills and a desire to make a meaningful impact, this path is significantly less risky than starting new businesses around unproven product or service ideas. The course will introduce ETA and cover how to search for, value, finance, and grow small business acquisitions. Invited speakers include entrepreneurs and acquisition professionals. No prior background in finance is required. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
68116	Lecture-Discussion	F	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	130 Wohlers Hall	Noonan, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/16/20-05/06/20 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Professional Development
60175	Lecture-Discussion	G1	3:30PM -4:50PM	MW	1029C Business Instructional Fac	Gao, X	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Financial Data Mgt. & Analysis Section Info: Financial Data Management and Analysis. Proper data handling and management is essential to the success of data analysis. The primary goal of this course is to learn principles and practices of data management with an emphasis on working with financial databases. Students will gain practical skills in data storage, data preparation, and data extractions that eventually lead to data analysis. Data management procedures including SQL queries, and data analysis techniques using large-scale statistical software are presented. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, MS: Finance - UIUC, or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
60176	Lecture-Discussion	G2	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	1029C Business Instructional Fac	Gao, X	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Financial Data Mgt. & Analysis Section Info: Environmental regulation has become ubiquitous; Modern business leaders need to be aware of how it affects their businesses and how to operate within its constraints. The focus of this course is the design and critique of domestic environmental policies such as liability law, taxation, command-and-control regulations, and permit markets. We compare their effectiveness and distributional impacts, including effects on regulated firms, and discuss the differential effects these policies can have on technological progress. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Finance - UIUC, MS:Finance -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
62533	Lecture-Discussion	GCF	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	241 Wohlers Hall	Sholem, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Growth Corp Capital Funding Section Info: Registration restricted to MSF and MBA. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, MS: Finance - UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC, or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
69355	Online	IMB	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Almeida, H	Date Range: 01/15/20-03/10/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Corporate Finance I & II Section Info: Wednesday 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Wednesday 7:45 pm – 9:15 pm Thursday 8:30 am – 10:00 am Registration in this section is restricted to students admitted to the iMBA degree program. Additional ID verification fee for each 4 week course at Coursera is required. Restriction(s)Restricted to MBA: iMBA Online -UIUC. Restriction(s): Restricted to MBA: iMBA Online -UIUC or MS:Accountancy Online -UIUC.
66148	Practice	INT	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Widdicks, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Section Title: Internship
59305	Lecture-Discussion	JOR	9:00AM -10:30AM	F	1029C Business Instructional Fac	Rodriguez Orjuela, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Adv. Data Sci & Python for Fin Section Info: Advanced to Data Science & Python. This advanced course in Python and data science will cover concepts such as 1. Advanced data cleaning and preparation, regular expressions, text and sentiment extraction. 2.Pandas working with large datasets and best practices (adv cleaning, merge, shape, etc). 3.Fundamentals of Web scrapping and extracting data from APIs. 4.Working with DateTime types and time series data. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC, MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC, MS: Finance - UIUC, or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
68516	Lecture-Discussion	MW	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Widdicks, M	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/16/20-05/06/20 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Practicum
69356	Online	ONL	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Almeida, H	Date Range: 01/15/20-03/10/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Corporate Finance I & II Section Info: Wednesday 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Wednesday 7:45 pm – 9:15 pm Thursday 8:30 am – 10:00 am Registration in this section is restricted to students who have earned a Bachelors Degree. Additional ID verification fee for each 4 week course at Coursera. This section is open to off-campus students only. Restriction(s): Restricted to NDEG: iMBA Online-UIUC Restriction(s): Restricted to NDEG: iMBA Online - UIUC or MS:Accountancy Online -UIUC.
47517	Conference	PHD	11:30AM -12:50PM	F	245 Wohlers Hall	Pennacchi, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 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 or PHD: Finance - UIUC.
69623	Lecture-Discussion	QI2	2:00PM -4:50PM	F	240 Wohlers Hall	Zhang, Q	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Quantamental Investment Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to NDEG:Finance - UIUC, MS: Financial Engineering, or MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
69431	Lecture-Discussion	RE2	3:30PM -6:20PM	W	ARR Business Instructional Fac	Briggs, S	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/16/20-05/06/20 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Advanced Real Estate Topics Section Info: This course meets in room 3015/3017 of the Business Instructional Facility (BIF). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec - UIUC.
46904	Conference	SEM	11:30AM -12:50PM	F	245 Wohlers Hall	Pennacchi, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 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 or PHD: Finance - UIUC.