廣外王學(xué)姐：我在伊利諾伊大學(xué)學(xué)金融的日子！（學(xué)習(xí)篇）

FIN 511

Investments

官方簡(jiǎn)介：

Introduction to investment analysis, including the theory and implementation of portfolio theory; empirical evidence on the performance of financial assets; evaluation of portfolio investment strategies; and the extension of diversification to international markets.

任教老師：Joshua Pollet

課程難度：3/5

課程比較基礎(chǔ)，主要是對(duì)基本金融理論以及金融工具的介紹。但是老師會(huì)拓展很多課外內(nèi)容，并且絕不照本宣科，所以學(xué)到的東西遠(yuǎn)比課本要多。作業(yè)稍微有一點(diǎn)小多，不過老師給分還不錯(cuò)。Pollet講課很有趣，畢業(yè)于哈佛，是我在MSF最喜歡的三個(gè)老師之一。

FIN 512

Financial Derivatives

官方簡(jiǎn)介：

Introduction to options, futures, swaps and other derivative securities; examination of institutional aspects of the markets; theories of pricing; discussion of simple as well as complicated trading strategies (arbitrage, hedging, and spread); applications for asset and risk management.

任教老師：Martin Widdicks

課程難度：4/5

MSF項(xiàng)目中最值得以及性價(jià)比最高的課程，教授是金融系最棒最帥的。課程主要圍繞著給各種金融工具定價(jià)展開，對(duì)數(shù)學(xué)有一定要求，但難度不太大，因?yàn)榻淌谥v解實(shí)在是太清晰。想不到什么不選的理由。Widdicks人太nice了，非常認(rèn)真負(fù)責(zé)，我在UIUC最喜歡的三個(gè)老師之一。

FIN 521

Advanced Corporate Finance

官方簡(jiǎn)介：

Addresses both the theoretical and applied aspects of firms financing decisions; topics include capital structure and cost of capital theories; mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts; options, warrants, and convertibles; venture capital and initial public offerings; and pensions.

任教老師：Prof. Weisbenner

課程難度：2/5

教授以2008年金融危機(jī)為切入點(diǎn)開始講課，會(huì)詳細(xì)分析其中各大破產(chǎn)的公司所經(jīng)歷的問題和結(jié)局，講完金融危機(jī)以后開始比較系統(tǒng)地授課。主要會(huì)教授并購(gòu)重組、公司融資、公司估值、公司管理等內(nèi)容。教授上課的時(shí)候還是比較天馬行空的，不會(huì)完全照著ppt講，但考試的內(nèi)容基本上都在ppt和他的課堂板書里面。作業(yè)是有5個(gè)小組case和1個(gè)小組project，沒有個(gè)人的作業(yè)，小組case基本上是兩周一個(gè)，形式是看case文章并回答教授給的問題，包括小組討論和寫case的answer的時(shí)間，平均每個(gè)耗時(shí)8-10個(gè)小時(shí)。小組project是學(xué)期快結(jié)束的時(shí)候提交，既要寫報(bào)告也要做presentation。有一個(gè)期中考試和一個(gè)期末考試。

FIN 563

Investment Banking

官方簡(jiǎn)介：

This course will serve as one of the basic building blocks for future employment in

Investment Banking and Valuation. It is meant to examine key issues in financial statement analysis as it applies to financial forecasting, diagnosis of managerial, operating or other problem areas and evaluation of management practices. Two sides of this course: theory and real life application. As new topics are introduced case applications with real financials across numerous industries will be utilized. This case intensive approach utilizing real life examples will help to illustrate key analytical concepts and to provide the practitioner insight into trends and topics that surround financial statement analysis today. This is a hands-on course that will provide you with the necessary analytical tools required in investment banking and corporate finance careers. It is a fast-paced course in which you will utilize multiple valuation models to determine the intrinsic value of companies and price investment banking deals Knowledge of accounting and Excel is required. It is highly recommended that students take at least the first two levels of the Excel tutorials offered in the MIL (Market Information Lab) and/or FIN 418 before entering this course.

任教老師：Prof. Reitz

課程難度：3/5

本課名字很高大上，叫做投資銀行學(xué)，比較實(shí)用。教授之前在投行工作，授課內(nèi)容也是投行的main business，主要學(xué)習(xí)各種估值方法，用excel和capital IQ比較多。教授上課前會(huì)上傳ppt，他上課的時(shí)候只挑他認(rèn)為重要的幾面ppt講，所以需要同學(xué)提前做好預(yù)習(xí)工作。教授會(huì)要求每天看華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)，每周考一次market quiz，十道題，考報(bào)紙上的內(nèi)容。會(huì)有兩次content quiz，類似于階段性測(cè)驗(yàn)，有一個(gè)期末考試。個(gè)人作業(yè)有4次，基本上可以拿滿分，因?yàn)榻淌谝笸瑢W(xué)每次作業(yè)上傳兩次，第一次提交就得一半的分，然后教授給答案，修改自己的答案以后再提交可以得到另一半的分。還有兩次小組project，每次都要做ppt，但只展示一次。

FIN 579

Applied Portfolio Management

官方簡(jiǎn)介：

Applies academic topics on financial markets, security analysis/valuation and portfolio management to hands-on investment management. Students will form and review objectives, constraints, and investment policy as it relates to the clients money under management. They will purchase securities, monitor performance of the portfolio, and make recommendations for any adjustments to the holdings. They will be fully educated and responsible for the fiduciary and ethical standards of professional money management as guided by the CFA Institute.

任教老師：Kevin Waspi

課程難度：4/5

給學(xué)生提供一個(gè)為客戶管理資產(chǎn)的實(shí)踐機(jī)會(huì)。每個(gè)學(xué)生將負(fù)責(zé)研究一支到兩支股票，通過基本面分析，對(duì)該股票做一個(gè)全面的研究，最終在課堂進(jìn)行展示，并為客戶作出投資推薦。課堂以討論為主，常常有業(yè)界大佬來講座很有幫助，老師講解較少，沒有硬性作業(yè)，但需要閱讀大量相關(guān)書籍。另，教授有點(diǎn)愛諷刺人，所以如果選了這門課，放平心態(tài)就好。

FIN521 Cases in Financial Strategies

任課老師：Xuan Yuhai

課程難度：5/5

特意把這門課留在壓軸說！我在UIUC 最喜愛的課，沒有之一！這門課讓我覺得我在UIUC的學(xué)費(fèi)值得了！課程內(nèi)容非常充實(shí)，實(shí)用，老師非常有人格魅力，講課非常好，讓人不自覺被吸引。課程難度比較高，課堂進(jìn)度非?？欤枰褙炞?。每次下課都覺得自己收獲了整個(gè)世界。內(nèi)容主要講各個(gè)Harvard Business School出版的Case，case的范圍涉及各類估值，LBO，real option，project finance和liquidation and bankruptcy等，可以說內(nèi)容非常廣泛且實(shí)用了，面試投行的同學(xué)都說面試時(shí)被問到很多這節(jié)課講過的東西。這門課適合金融基礎(chǔ)較為扎實(shí)（一般是第三個(gè)學(xué)期才會(huì)上這門），能夠?yàn)檫@門課花費(fèi)比較多時(shí)間（一般每周課下需要為這門課花費(fèi)12-15小時(shí)左右，如果不花費(fèi)這些時(shí)間上課很難保證一直跟得上老師），課程最好愿意踴躍與老師互動(dòng)（老師會(huì)經(jīng)常提問，課堂參與度占總成績(jī)40%，不是那種只要出現(xiàn)在課堂就能拿分的，而是要involve進(jìn)去）。Xuan是個(gè)非常有魅力的老師（中國(guó)人哈哈），畢業(yè)于哈佛，也是哈佛商學(xué)院的教授，只是短期來UIUC交換（所以珍惜啊，交UIUC的學(xué)費(fèi)上哈佛的課），他對(duì)學(xué)生的要求也比較嚴(yán)格，如果只是想混個(gè)成績(jī)就不要去了，這門課大多數(shù)人都是B+左右的分?jǐn)?shù)。分?jǐn)?shù)占比為class participation 40%, midterm presentation 30%, final exam 30%(final總共6個(gè)小時(shí)，案例分析形式，可以選擇在任何地點(diǎn)考試，難過的是六個(gè)小時(shí)根本不夠用)…強(qiáng)烈推薦這門課，學(xué)到非常多，簡(jiǎn)直impressing！