Advanced Financial Theory

The overall aim of the course is to advance students’ understanding of financial theory. The course provides a thorough understanding of main advances in the central concepts of financial theory.

The course is designed for those with demonstrated finance skills who wish to deepen their knowledge of finance and develop a specialization in one or more sub-disciplines of finance and financial data analytics. The course also provides an appropriate foundation for students intending to proceed to the PhD program in Finance.



Teaching Format

The teaching consists of lectures, computer lab exercises, and group work, and requires a significant portion of self-study on the part of students.

The language of instruction is English.


Assessment

The course contains the following weighted assessment tasks:
1. Individual final examination: constitutes 70% of total course points.
2. Seminar assignments: constitutes 30% of total course points.


The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.


Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.

No special literature.

Course reports are displayed for the three most recent course instances.








Course coordinator: coursecoordinator@sbs.su.se
Head of course: Sara Jonsson

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