Modules 1-6
Module 1
ACCT 604
Financial Statements 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Accounting: Introduction to financial accounting, including the objectives of financial statement analysis. Discussion of the limitations of the financial information used in financial statement analysis.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: FINE 673
- **This course will be held on June 26, 27, 28, July 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18 & 19 and final exam on July 22nd.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Course Add is the fourth lecture day.
- **Web ADD only.
- **No web drop allowed.
- **Web withdrawal not applicable.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FINE 678
Financial Economics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Theoretical foundations of modern financial economics, including the principles underlying the theoretical results on individual portfolio decisions under uncertainty and the implications for the valuation of securities.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: FINE 673.
- **This course will be held on July 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26 & 29 and final exam on August 1st.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Course Add is the fourth lecture day.
- **Web ADD only.
- **No web drop allowed.
- **Web withdrawal not applicable.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
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FINE 690
Advanced Topics in Finance 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Review of current topics in finance.
Offered by: Management
- **This course will be held on July 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26 & 29 and final exam on August 1st.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Course Add is the fourth lecture day.
- **Web ADD only.
- **No web drop allowed.
- **Web withdrawal not applicable.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Module 2
FINE 670
Fundls of Financial Research
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Research methodology, where a research project will be carried out under the supervision of the Faculty supervisor. Specific tools will be tailored based on a
particular research topic and the recommendations of the supervisor.
Offered by: Management
- **This is a project course; therefore there are no formal meeting times.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Course Add is the fourth lecture day.
- **Web ADD only.
- **No web drop allowed.
- **Web withdrawal not applicable.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FINE 681
International Capital Markets
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: International finance, including comprehensive analysis of the institutions and the theoretical models that characterize open economies.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: FINE 673.
- **This course will be held on August 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22 & 23 and final exam on August 26th.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Course Add is the fourth lecture day.
- **Web ADD only.
- **No web drop allowed.
- **Web withdrawal not applicable.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Module 3
FINE 679
Corporate Finance Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Fund raising for companies: The choice between long-term debit and equity. The basic concepts of valuing a company.
Offered by: Management
FINE 680
Investments
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Financial markets, portfolio theory, and portfolio management.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: FINE 673.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
Module 4
FINE 688
Mergers and Acquisitions
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Mergers and acquisition (M&A) activities and the processes used to successfully accomplish and create shareholder value from these activities. Joint ventures and alliances, governance and regulatory, cross border M&A, divestitures.
Offered by: Management
FINE 674
Fintech
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Exploration of the impact of information technologies on financial systems. How the digitalization of payments affect the structure of the banking system and sustains
financial inclusion. Basic principles of cryptography and use them to understand the architecture of large permissionless blockchains. The capabilities and limitations of this technology as well as its developments (permissioned blockchains, smart contract, stablecoins). The role of platforms in the development of new financial
technologies and the role of artificial intelligence in finance.
Offered by: Management
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken FINE 691 when topic was "Fintech".
Module 5
FINE 671
Applied Finance Project
9 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Research project supervised by a Faculty member of the Desautels Faculty of Management.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
FINE 682
Derivatives
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Introduction to the valuation and hedging of derivatives contracts such as options, futures and forwards.
Offered by: Management
FINE 683
Advanced Corporate Finance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Financial tools required for good business decisions, focusing on the relation between finance and corporate strategy.
Offered by: Management
Module 6
FINE 684
Fixed Income Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Fixed income financial instruments and their uses for financial engineering and risk management.
Offered by: Management
FINE 691
Advanced Topics in Finance 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Current topics in finance.
Offered by: Management