The finance discipline in the Management PhD program prepares you to become a productive researcher and teacher at a top university. Each student follows a slightly different path, depending on research interests, allowing you some flexibility in the curriculum below.
Doctoral research course in the area of finance.
Credits: variable
Semesters offered: Fall 2023 | Spring 2024
Fall 2023 (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 11481 | F2F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Tiu, Cristian I | ||
| 11565 | F1F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Fotak, Veljko N | ||
| 11521 | F5F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Wu, Chunchi | ||
| 22941 | F7F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Chung, Kee Ho | ||
| 11452 | F6F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Huh, Sahn Wook | ||
| 11472 | F3F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Suk, Inho |
Spring 2024 (01/24/2024 - 05/07/2024)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 21056 | S4F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Tiu, Cristian I | ||
| 11167 | S1F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Chung, Kee Ho | ||
| 20858 | S3F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Fotak, Veljko N | ||
| 11049 | S5F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Wu, Chunchi | ||
| 11037 | S2F | TUT | ARR | Arr Arr | Huh, Sahn Wook |
After passing the comprehensive exam, you will work closely with your faculty advisor toward the completion of your thesis. While you may continue to take regular classes, your focus will be on the quality of your research and its publishability.
If you are a doctoral student in the School of Management who is interested in obtaining an external area of focus in Economics, you should consult with your academic advisor. The following courses satisfy the Management doctoral core requirements in statistics (two courses) as well as the requirements for an external focus area in Economics (a grade point average of 3.0 is required in external focus area courses).
ECON 611 Mathematics for Economists I
ECON 613 Introduction to Econometric Theory
ECON 665 Microeconomic Theory I
Plus one course from the following:
ECON 614 Econometric Theory II
ECON 712 Econometrics: Time Series Analysis
ECON 731 Optimal Contract Theory
ECON 666 Microeconomic Theory II
MGO 797 Accounting workshops are required for one credit-hour.
If you are a doctoral student outside of the School of Management who is interested in obtaining an external area of focus in Finance, you should consult with your academic advisor. Course requirements are:
This course provides students with a general understanding of the operation of capital markets and basic analytical tools of investment management. Specifically, the course covers such topics as principles of valuation, risk analysis, modern portfolio theory, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), market microstructure, index models, arbitrage pricing models, bonds and common stocks valuation, efficient market hypotheses, investment management, and option pricing models.
Credits: 3
Semesters offered: Fall 2023 | Spring 2024
Fall 2023 (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 22822 | F2F | LEC | W | 6:30 - 9:20 p.m. | Jacobs 122 | Jiang, Feng | |
| 11623 | F1F | LEC | TR | 11 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Jacobs 110 | Jiang, Feng |
Spring 2024 (01/24/2024 - 05/07/2024)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 11166 | S1F | LEC | MW | 12:30 - 1:50 p.m. | Jacobs 112 | Chung, Kee Ho |
Students taking this course should expect to learn about financial derivatives. Among others, students will learn about how to price financial derivatives and how to incorporate various real-world frictions into binomial trees and stochastic processes (such as underlying the commonly used Black & Scholes model). In a case-study we will use R programming to replicate the risk-neutral price of a variance swap (underlying the so called Volatility Index or VIX). The course will be of particular interest for students who contemplate pursuing a career in the financial industry, e.g. as a Quantitative Analyst. The required prior courses depend on your trajectory (e.g., MGF 633 "Investment Management" or MGF 634 "Quantitative Methods in Finance"). Please consult your study guide for details. In general, students are expected to possess good knowledge of mathematics and statistics. Students should also feel comfortable with Excel and some basic programming knowledge will be helpful. Mathematical, statistical, and Excel skills required for this course will be reviewed during the course.
Credits: 3
Semesters offered: Spring 2024
Spring 2024 (01/24/2024 - 05/07/2024)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 11168 | S1F | LEC | MW | 11 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Jacobs 110 | Roesch, Dominik Maximilian |
This course provides an in-depth treatment of corporate finance concepts for all finance majors, with the purpose of furthering students' understanding of major corporate financial policies and decisions. These decisions include choosing between competing investment opportunities, measuring risk and return, how to value a business, how much debt to issue, how much equity to issue, what level of dividend to payout, and incentive structure for managers, and so on. The course starts with a discussion on corporate financial goals and corporate governance issues. It then proceeds to cover topics that center on corporate investment decisions, corporate valuation, and capital structure issues.
Credits: 3
Semesters offered: Fall 2023 | Spring 2024
Fall 2023 (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 11466 | F1F | LEC | TR | 2 - 3:20 p.m. | Jacobs 122 | Labert, Thomas A |
Spring 2024 (01/24/2024 - 05/07/2024)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 11172 | S1F | LEC | F | 10 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. | Jacobs 110 | Unknown |
MGF 740 Theory of Finance
Students taking this course should expect to learn about financial derivatives. Among others, students will learn about how to price financial derivatives and how to incorporate various real-world frictions into binomial trees and stochastic processes (such as underlying the commonly used Black & Scholes model). In a case-study we will use R programming to replicate the risk-neutral price of a variance swap (underlying the so called Volatility Index or VIX). The course will be of particular interest for students who contemplate pursuing a career in the financial industry, e.g. as a Quantitative Analyst. The required prior courses depend on your trajectory (e.g., MGF 633 "Investment Management" or MGF 634 "Quantitative Methods in Finance"). Please consult your study guide for details. In general, students are expected to possess good knowledge of mathematics and statistics. Students should also feel comfortable with Excel and some basic programming knowledge will be helpful. Mathematical, statistical, and Excel skills required for this course will be reviewed during the course.
Credits: 3
Semesters offered: Spring 2024
Spring 2024 (01/24/2024 - 05/07/2024)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 11168 | S1F | LEC | MW | 11 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Jacobs 110 | Roesch, Dominik Maximilian |
This course focuses on the theory of finance and its application to corporate policy decision analyses. Theoretical and empirical papers from various journals will be covered. Students will be exposed to both classical papers on selected topics and the latest development in corporate finance theory.
Credits: 3
Semesters offered: Spring 2024
Spring 2024 (01/24/2024 - 05/07/2024)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 20849 | S1F | SEM | R | 3:45 - 6:45 p.m. | Unknown | Unknown |
MGF 742 Information and Capital Markets
"The course covers topics related to market microstructure, such as information asymmetry, liquidity, trading, and price efficiency. Course materials include path-breaking works in the past, recent developments in theories, and newly documented empirical evidence. The course will help equip students with the knowledge and methodological tools required to write scholarly articles that are potentially publishable in leading journals in finance and related fields."
Credits: 3
Semesters offered: Spring 2024
Spring 2024 (01/24/2024 - 05/07/2024)
| Reg. Num. | Section | Type | Topic | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 22313 | S1F | SEM | R | 3:45 - 6:35 p.m. | Jacobs 282 | Chung, Kee Ho |
Any of the 600-level courses may be waived if the student has had an equivalent prior course.
Refer to the PhD Handbook for complete information on:
