In this class, students will acquire hands-on and/or applied experience in diverse aspects of the research process in any field of Biochemistry under the direction and supervision of a faculty advisor. Typically, these projects are related to the research program of the advisor. Student experiences often include: familiarizing themselves with a research topic, generating interesting questions, designing experiments, acquiring technical and instrumentation skills, collecting and analyzing data, writing and/or presenting their results.

Explore and experience vicariously through various case studies the difficulties of investing in real assets where models predicated on homogeneity within the asset class or assumptions of some market efficiency, fail. Unlike traditional courses in real estate investing, issues arising in, e.g., private-public partnerships, international clienteles, and sustainability are examined.

The focus of this course is on the financial theory and empirical evidence that are relevant to management of investment portfolios. The topics covered include the relation between risk and return, diversification, asset allocation, portfolio optimization, factor models, market efficiency, and other related topics. The course will focus on the tools, applications, and concepts that go into investments. It relies heavily on quantitative methods and provides students with the ability to build valuation models to suit various investment strategies.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the area of corporate finance and investments. Students will learn about the basic concerns and responsibilities of financial managers, and gain an appreciation of the methods of analysis employed by them. Students will learn both theory and practice of corporate finance and investments.

This course provides an introduction to programming with a focus on business and analytics applications. The curriculum supports the development of skills in data extraction and manipulation as well as automating data analysis tasks. Students will become adept in the use of important libraries and will be able to use trusted open-source resources to support continued development of programming skills. No prior programming experience expected.