This course introduces the essential aspects of financial engineering to engineering management students. No prior background in finance is assumed. The topics of the course include: a brief review of basic probability and statistics; introduction to time series models; calculation of investment returns; portfolio theory; the Capital Asset Pricing model; option pricing; value-at-risk; and real options valuation. The students will learn to apply the financial engineering tools to aid managerial decision making and managing risk in engineering enterprises.

Continuous Assessment: 45%

Examination: 55%

Examination Duration: 2 hours