Applied Finance Undergraduate Course

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For those who've taken applied finance courses in undergrad, is it worth taking to prepare for later advanced finance courses in business school. Debating if I should take this or an easier econ elective to beef up the GPA.

Syllabus-
Students learn advanced skills in the area of Financial Economics. Students develop the concept of risk -adjusted returns, how financial assets price, how markets operate and Companies allocate Capital in complete mathematics. They will tackle portfolio optimization models of Modern Portfolio theory, derivatives pricing using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. The course is designed as an advanced preparation for either the CFA or Actuarial exams. Each weekly lesson will incorporate problems contemporaneous with current world events and Financial news, offering excellent training in real world applications.

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