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TIØ4557

Financial Engineering, Specialization Course

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Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2024
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

This course covers advanced topics within finance and economics based on the courses above. Topics covers areas such as real option analysis / investment analysis, methods within financial econometrics, and financial optimization.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, the student should understand important analytical concepts and models in finance and economics. The student should be able to define a research question, apply a method, and understand and discuss results as well as being able to communicate the results and their implications. The candidates should also be able to present his/her own work as well as discuss other papers.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, seminar/student presentations and discussions, guest lectures. The course is in the form of intensive lectures with several hours per day, several days per week, during a limited number of weeks. Compulsory work: Presentations covering areas of the course.

Compulsory assignments

  • Presentation

Further on evaluation

Written exam counts 100% of the grade. There are compulsory presentations to be made by the students. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Required previous knowledge

At least one of the following two 4th year courses must have been taken: TIØ4140 Project Finance and TIØ4317 Empirical and Quantitative Methods in Finance. Students must also take Financial Engineering Specialization Project.

Course materials

Will be given when the course start.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TIØ4556 3.7 sp Autumn 2011
TIØ4555 2.5 sp Autumn 2011
TMA4268 2 sp Autumn 2023
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Business Economics
  • Financial Economics
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management