COMMERCE 2FA3 - Introduction to Finance

3 unit(s)

This course introduces the main instruments and institutions in the Canadian financial system. The basic concepts and models of modern financial theory are introduced through lectures and “hands-on” problem solving. Topics include: the time value of money, capital budgeting, the trade-off between risk and return and security valuation.
Prerequisite(s): COMMERCE 2AA3; ECON 1B03; one of MATH 1A03, MATH 1LS3, MATH 1M03, 1N03, MATH 1X03, MATH 1ZA3 or 1Z04; registration in any Commerce, Engineering and Management, Honours Business Informatics, or Honours Actuarial and Financial Management, or four or five-level non-Commerce program. Students in a four- or five-level non-Commerce program must have at least B- in one of ECON 1B03, ECON 2G03, ECON 2X03. (See Note 2 above.)
Antirequisite(s): Not open to students with credit or registration in ECON 2I03.