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.
Lectures (two hours), tutorial (one hour)
Prerequisite(s): COMMERCE 1AA3 (or 2AA3); ECON 1B03; one of MATH 1A03, 1LS3, 1M03, 1N03, 1X03, 1ZA3 or 1Z04; registration in any Commerce, Engineering and Management, Honours Business Informatics, or Honours Actuarial and Financial Mathematics, 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 ARTSSCI 2E03, ECON 1B03, ECON 2G03, 2X03.
Antirequisite(s): Not open to students with credit or registration in ECON 2I03.