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Virginia Tech

FIN-3134: Financial Analytics

Description: This course provides an understanding of the theory and practice of making financial decisions for corporations through the understanding of relevant data and applying computational and statistical methodologies to decision making. Topics include the time value of money, risk and return, security valuation, and interest rate determination. Some key concepts and computational and statistical modeling are completed in Excel. Pre: Sophomore standing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 101

Average GPA: 2.70 (rounds to B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 12.03%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 10.48%

Brian R Hart202417.9%31.5%27.1%5.4%3.8%14.2%2.5753
Staff Mackinlay202431.5%37.6%26.1%1.3%1.4%2.0%2.9613
Derek D Klock202413.8%34.3%18.3%8.9%2.8%21.9%2.616
John C Easterwood202416.2%31.5%37.2%1.9%2.7%10.5%2.647
Pecora Alexandre Reggi202324.0%31.5%21.3%12.9%1.5%8.8%2.713
Bradley S Paye202422.9%49.5%22.3%1.7%0.9%2.7%2.9417
Andrew Mackinlay202432.5%36.5%28.6%0.0%2.5%0.0%2.972

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Winter 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W