Teaching
Instructor
Georgia State University - Fundamentals of Valuation (FI 4000)
Undergraduate
This course is intended to provide finance majors with an introduction to the core tools and concepts used in the analysis of investments. Specific topics to be covered include valuation, risk and return analysis, optimal portfolio selection, asset pricing, the analysis and pricing of derivative securities, term structure theory, and the economics of foreign exchange markets. By the end of the course, students should have a broad understanding of the key analytical tools and concepts that will be useful for further study in finance. Students taking this course are expected to have a working knowledge of basic probability and statistics, calculus, and spreadsheet programming.
Instructor
University of Maryland - International Finance (BMGT446)
Undergraduate core
BMGT446 introduces financial management in an international context. We will apply standard economics and finance tools to analyze issues facing a multinational corporation. Topics include exchange rate determination, measuring and hedging exchange rate risk, organization and functions of foreign exchange, international capital market, and financial instruments which are commonly used for hedging purposes.
Evaluation: 3.5/4.0
Comments from Students
"I believe that I learned a lot about international finance and it was interesting."
"Our professor was very responsive and nice."
"This course presented relevant content and useful practice problems. The course was very insightful."
"I liked the structure of the course, with basically one quiz each week on the new material. I also thought the group project was fun and a good way to further apply concepts that I learned in class."
"I liked in the end how our professor started giving us extra practice problems, that was extremely beneficial."