Mathematics of Finance for Mathematics/Economics Students

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 33A, and 170A or 170E or Statistics 100A. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 174A, Economics 141, or Statistics C183/C283. Mathematical modeling of financial securities in discrete and continuous time. Forwards, futures, hedging, swaps, uses and pricing (tree models and Black-Scholes) of European and American options, Greeks and numerical methods. P/NP or letter grading.

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10-15 hrs/week
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    Quarter Taken: Winter 2024 In-Person
    Grade: B-

    AVOID THIS TEACHER AT ALL COST!!! He doesn't know how to teach and makes the exam very difficult

Course

Instructor
Gurdogan, H.U.
Previously taught
24S 24W 23F

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance not required

  • 1 midterm

  • Finals week final

  • 100% recommend the textbook

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