Finance through Movies

Catalog description

This First-Year Seminar is designed to introduce students to the field of finance through the lens of movies. Students will gain an understanding of a breadth of topics including corporate form of business entity, corporate governance, and role of a corporation in a society. We will also cover stock trading and role of information in stock trading. Finally we will discuss value creation through mergers and divestitures. Does not satisfy any major or minor Finance requirement. Does not satisfy any free elective credit.