Semester	Spring Semester, 2025
Department	Integrated Curriculum by Dept. of Finance
Course Name	Investments
Instructor	Cha Yunju
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Required
Prerequisite	Economic Analysis、Economics、Intro Microeconomics、Introduction to Economics、Introduction to Economics(ENG)、Principle of Economics,Fundamental Accounting (I)、Fundamental Accounting(I)、Introduction to Financial Accounting、Priciple of Accounting,Financial Accounting Q4、Fundamental Accounting (II)、Fundamental Accounting(II)

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Week	Date	Topic
1	19-Feb	Course Introduction
2	26-Feb	Asset classes and financial instruments
3	5-Mar	Security markets
4	12-Mar	Risk and Return
5	19-Mar	Efficient diversification
6	26-Mar	Capital asset pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory
7	2-Apr	No Class due to University Holidays
8	9-Apr	Capital asset pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory
9	16-Apr	Midterm exam
10	23-Apr	Efficient market hypothesis
11	30-Apr	Mutual funds and other investment Companies
12	7-May	Evaluating Investment performance
13	14-May	Bond Prices and Yields, Bond Portfolios
14	21-May	At-home team project (Analyzing stock returns)
15	28-May	At-home team project (Analyzing stock returns)
16	4-Jun	Bond Prices and Yields, Bond Portfolios
17	11-Jun	Options and Futures
18	18-Jun	Final Exam

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

TBA

Requirement/Grading

Your grade will be based on the following:

Mid-term exam (35%) and final exam (35%):

Attendance/participation (10%):

Team projects (20%):

Textbook & Reference

We will mainly use lecture notes. Requirement textbook is Essentials of Investments, Zvi Bodie,Alex Kane,Alan J. Marcus, Twelfth edition 2022, McGraw Hill Education. You may use earlier editions. Textbooks do not change dramatically over time.

Urls about Course

Attachment

Yunju Cha_Syllabus_Investment_pdf.pdf