Students enrolled in this sequence of courses manage a portion of the Kellogg School’s endowment. The courses combine investment theory with exposure to leading practitioners. Students will rotate across roles of industry analysts, traders, quantitative analysts, and portfolio managers. All students are required to take two full quarters of credit in the practicum, and can take up to three quarters. Students completing two quarters of the practicum have the option of registering for a third quarter.
Co-requisites:
1) For their first quarter of the practicum, students must have taken or be simultaneously enrolled in one of the following classes: FINC 442: Financial Decisions; FINC 444: Value Investing; FINC 448: M&As, LBOs and Corporate Restructuring; FINC 477: Global Entrepreneurial Finance; ACCT 451 Financial Reporting and Analysis or ACCT 452: Issues in Financial Reporting, (or have the requirement waived by the instructor.)
2) Before graduation: either FINC-950 (Capital Markets) or FINC-465 (Derivative Markets I).
Co-requisites:
1) For their first quarter of the practicum, students must have taken or be simultaneously enrolled in one of the following classes: FINC 442: Financial Decisions; FINC 444: Value Investing; FINC 448: M&As, LBOs and Corporate Restructuring; FINC 477: Global Entrepreneurial Finance; ACCT 451 Financial Reporting and Analysis (or have the requirement waived by the instructor.)
2) Before graduation: either FINC-950 (Capital Markets) or FINC-465 (Derivative Markets I).
Prerequisites for 458: Permission of instructor; FINC 431: Finance II or FINC 440: Accelerated Corporate Finance.
Co-requisites:
1) For their first quarter of the practicum, students must have taken or be simultaneously enrolled in one of the following classes: FINC 442: Financial Decisions; FINC 444: Value Investing; FINC 448: M&As, LBOs and Corporate Restructuring; FINC 477: Global Entrepreneurial Finance; ACCT 451 Financial Reporting and Analysis or ACCT 452: Issues in Financial Reporting, (or have the requirement waived by the instructor.)
2) Before graduation: either FINC-950 (Capital Markets) or FINC-465 (Derivative Markets I).