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Virginia Tech

FIN-3104: Introduction to Finance

Description: Overview of financial decision-making process focusing on the creation of wealth. Topics covered include the time value of money, how stocks and bonds are valued, financial decision-making within a firm, an overview of financial markets, and investment banking. The course is designed for finance and non-finance majors.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 153

Average GPA: 2.99 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.13%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.98%

Michael T Kender201428.1%72.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.323
Brian R Hart202346.3%37.8%12.1%0.8%1.8%1.2%3.2511
Debarati Bhattacharya201258.3%41.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.561
Hongyan Li201650.4%23.1%22.5%0.0%0.0%3.8%3.262
Kaschia M Wade202120.8%39.6%25.9%5.8%1.9%6.0%2.736
Derek D Klock202213.1%34.6%33.4%7.1%3.7%8.1%2.513
Raman Kumar201627.7%31.8%27.7%9.8%0.0%2.8%2.843
John M Pinkerton201323.1%34.7%27.0%9.3%3.6%2.4%2.656
G R Thompson201443.2%29.0%17.8%5.2%3.8%1.1%3.0016
Josh D Brooks200834.6%42.3%15.4%3.8%3.8%0.0%2.991
Staff Hosseinian202155.3%32.1%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.392
Nikolaos Artavanis201135.7%35.7%17.8%0.0%7.1%3.6%2.861
Yutong Xie201436.6%60.0%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.291
Haiyan Zhu202148.5%43.6%7.1%0.9%0.0%0.0%3.422
Jing Pan201141.1%29.4%26.5%0.0%2.9%0.0%3.011
Chun Wei Lin202443.7%47.2%6.1%1.4%0.0%1.4%3.322
Thomas B Reilly202327.5%37.5%17.6%2.5%2.5%12.5%2.861
Charles R Sebuharara200922.2%50.0%27.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.931
Eric P Hogan201914.1%41.1%28.2%8.6%3.3%4.6%2.5510
Ajay Bhootra200533.8%42.5%16.9%5.2%1.4%0.0%2.973
Nan Qin201036.9%44.8%7.8%7.9%2.6%0.0%3.011
Vijay Singal201547.4%52.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.411
Sara B Easterwood202333.6%31.0%26.7%1.2%0.0%7.5%3.052
Elesha H Wikle202440.1%41.6%15.8%0.4%0.4%1.7%3.183
Gokhan Sonaer200623.1%43.6%20.5%12.8%0.0%0.0%2.821
Jaideep Chowdhury200651.3%38.5%10.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.371
Don H Andree202417.4%52.0%26.5%1.6%0.5%2.0%2.855
Jacob S Powell202438.5%41.6%14.3%2.7%0.8%2.2%3.155
Elizabeth S Bickmore202335.4%33.0%19.1%1.2%0.0%11.4%3.171
Arthur J Keown202333.5%38.5%22.2%4.2%0.4%1.2%3.0154
Vittorio A Bonomo200624.8%24.1%36.1%12.2%2.8%0.0%2.552
Mete Tepe201280.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.681

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