FIN 377 - Investments–Fall 2024
Section 1: 10:00-10:50 AM M, W, F, Somsen 328
Instructor: Larry Schrenk, Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Finance
Contact Information, Office Hours, Etc.: See my Home Page.
Syllabus
Course Chatbot/AI Tutor: This course has an OpenAI GPT (chatbot) designed to answer questions about the mechanics of the course and the course content. You can use this to find information, explain concepts, get examples, test yourself on the material, etc. Further instructions are available on the chatbot webpage. IMPORTANT: This is a preliminary, beta version; absolutely no guarantees of accuracy are implied. Also, OpenAI may limit the number of questions you can ask in any one session.
The FIN 377 course chatbot is also available as a Microsoft Copilot. Unlike the OpenAI GPT, there should not be a limit to the number of questions you can ask the Copilot chatbot. I would appreciate any feedback on these course chatbots especially if you could compare the performance of the two.
Click on the links for information about each subject:
Prerequisite–FIN 360 - Corporate Finance. Grade only
Feedback–If you would like to give me anonymous comments about the course, you can do so through this Qualtrics Anonymous Survey.
Learning Objectives–What you will learn.
Materials–What do you need to buy and how you get it as cheaply as possible.
Schedule of Topics, Dates and Supplementary Material–What will you learn in the class.
Instructor and Office Hours–Who is this guy and how do you get in touch with him.
Financial Calculator Guide, A Guide to the Financial Applications on the TI-83/84 Graphing Calculator–These are guides (.docx) I wrote to help you with financial calculations.
Please note that the policies in the syllabus are subject to change at the instructor's discretion.