FNC 485 - Empirical Methods in Finance, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): MTH 105 or MTH 108 or MTH 235 or PSY 278 or ECN 279 or FNC 280
The objective of this course is to provide statistical models and their applications of data in business and finance. Emphasis will be on intuitive reasoning and applied statistical modeling rather than mathematical proofs. All applications will be analyzed using software such as SAS. Bloomberg will be the primary source of data for this course. Students at the end of the course will have a working knowledge to conduct an empirical analysis - datasets required, computational needs, and implementation.