ECON 4640 — Financial Economics

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional

Introduces students to the theory of investments, including the principles of risk and return, the theory of portfolio selection, asset pricing models such as the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and arbitrage pricing theory (APT), valuation of stocks, bond pricing and the term structure of interest rates, and options (what they are and how to use them). Geared toward nonbusiness majors who are interested in a rigorous course in finance.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - ECON 2315 (min D-)
  - ECON 2316 (min D-)
- one of:
  - ECON 2350 (min D-)
  - BUSM 22EM
  - MATH 2280 (min D-)
  - MATH 3081 (min D-)
  - MGSC 2301 (min D-)
  - BUSM 224M
  - POLS 2400 (min D-)
  - PSYC 2320 (min D-)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	40	40	100%	0.0
Fall 2024	1	48	48	100%	0.0
Spring 2025	1	44	45	98%	1.0
Fall 2025	1	43	43	100%	0.0
Spring 2026	1	44	44	100%	0.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 62% · T 0% · W 58% · Th 60% · F 18%

Common patterns: MWR (40% of sections), M (22% of sections), R (20% of sections), WF (18% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Mark Hooker (53% of students) · reviews
Nan Zhou (47% of students) · reviews

Spring

Nan Zhou (69% of students) · reviews
Mark Hooker (31% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (ECON course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ECON courses · Plan it at numap.app