Prerequisite(s): ECON 101 and INFO 173 or departmental approval. Restriction(s): Not open to Accounting or Business Administration majors. This course is designed to introduce majors in economics and students throughout the wider University to the elements of financial economics in general, and the principles of investments, in particular. Major areas of focus in this course include interest rate, bond valuation, risk measurement, monetary policy, and exchange rate market. The overall goal of the course is to allow students to explore how rational investors apply decision theory to the problem of investment under uncertainty.