Teaching Experience

University of Alabama

FI 389 - Financial Analysis and Modeling

Course Description:

The main objective of the course is to help students to analyze financial problems and develop sophisticated financial models in all major areas of finance using Excel. The ability to apply your financial knowledge learned in the school in real-life situations is as important as the knowledge itself. To prepare you for your career development, this course focuses on real-life applications of financial management and investments concepts. The topics covered include spreadsheet applications for time value of money, capital budgeting, capital asset pricing, cost of capital, stock and bond valuation etc. Advanced topics include portfolio optimization and VBA, etc.

Summary of Teaching Evaluations

o Summer 2014: 5.00/5.00

o Summer 2014: 4.67/5.00

o Fall 2014: 4.45/5.00

o Spring 2015: 4.07/5.00

o Summer 2015: 4.62/5.00

o Summer 2015: 4.56/5.00

o Spring 2016: 4.33/5.00

o Spring 2017: 4.52/5.00

o Spring 2018: 4.47/5.00