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FIN-5184: Currencies and Global Finance

Description: Explores the international economic environment, including analyses of exchange rates, international monetary systems, contemporary currency regimes, and current financial crises. Examines a firms exposure to various kinds of exchange risks and the methods and financial instruments used to manage those risks. Introduces global opportunities open to firms for raising capital, foreign investment in financial assets, and managing currency and interest rate risk.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: FIN-5024

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.77 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 66.52%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Olga V Livingston2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.931
Raman Kumar202274.7%23.6%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.734

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2024Term050% W