FINA 6343 — Credit Risk Management

3 semester hoursGraduateLecturetypical days: TBostonTraditional

Introduces credit and counterparty risk-management practices in banking, corporate and commodity finance, commercial real estate, bonds, and credit derivative markets. Banking and corporate sectors face significant capital funding challenges as central banks respond to inflationary pressures. Presents a range of analytic methods used to assess risk exposures in credit portfolios, price credit products, and hedge credit risk exposure and interest-rate volatility. Covers factors driving corporate ratings and policies aimed at ensuring bank solvency. Models related to credit risk management are presented in class. Assignments employ a variety of technology tools.This course is only available to students who matriculated in a Northeastern program prior to Fall 2026 that requires completion of this course.

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Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20241343597%1.0
Summer A 2025173520%28.0

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 17% · T 83% · W 17% · Th 0% · F 0%

Common patterns: T (83% of sections), MW (17% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

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Summer A

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

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