MFIN 8820 Management of Financial Institutions
This course considers banks and other financial institutions as information and deal-making entities. This broad perspective is used to explain how and why changing information and contracting technologies are altering the structure of the financial services industry and financial regulation. Lectures explore the implications of these ongoing changes for the methods financial institution executives should use to measure and manage an institution's risk and return.
Course overview
- Department
- Finance
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer
Catalog details
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.19 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.51 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 14
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Robert James | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 39 of 49 |
| Fall 2025 | Robert James | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 100 of 111 |
| Summer 2025 | Robert James | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 27 of 33 |
| Spring 2025 | Robert James | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7–9 hrs/week | 35 of 39 |
| Fall 2024 | Robert James | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 1–3 hrs/week | 91 of 101 |
| Summer 2024 | Robert James | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 10+ hrs/week | 25 of 31 |
| Spring 2024 | Robert James | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 37 of 41 |
| Fall 2023 | Robert James | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 of 88 |
| Summer 2023 | Robert James | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 of 35 |
| Spring 2023 | Robert James | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 59 of 61 |
| Fall 2022 | Robert James | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 76 of 79 |
| Summer 2022 | Robert James | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 10+ hrs/week | 20 of 37 |
| Spring 2022 | Robert James | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 52 of 82 |
| Fall 2021 | Robert James | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 49 of 97 |