ISYE 480 Financial Engineering
This is an introductory course on financial engineering, technical difficulty of the subject is kept at a minimum, while the major ideas and concepts underlying modern financial engineering are explained and illustrated. Students will learn about the different types of interest, annuities, debt retirement methods, investing in stocks and bonds. The course covers the binomial model for stock prices, portfolio management, and an elementary introduction to continuous time models and the Black-Scholes formula.
Prerequisite
ISYE251,( MATH242, or MATH213, or MATH215)
Distribution
3-0-3Offered
Spring