MFIN8860

Derivatives and Risk Analytics

Name: Derivatives and Risk Analytics
Rating: 4.27 (458 reviews)

This course is reserved for special topics, offering advanced course work in sub-fields of finance. This year, MFIN8860 is an introduction to derivative assets, financial engineering, and risk management. The course covers the pricing of futures and options contracts as well as securities that contain embedded options, risk management strategies using positions in derivative securities, static hedging, and dynamic hedging. Applications from commodity, equity, bond, and mortgage-backed markets are considered.STEM-designated

Course overview

Department: Finance
School: CSOM
Credits: 3

Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.27 / 5

Based on 458 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-07-23. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Cheng Jiang
Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024 · Official rating 4.38/5
Gang Nathan Dong
Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.63/5
Alan Marcus
Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.55/5
Colm Mullarkey
Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.07/5

Sections

Section 01
Summer 2026 · Cheng Jiang · On-line Asynchronous · Offered
Section 01
Fall 2026 · Gang Nathan Dong · Fulton Hall 130 Tu 07:00PM-09:30PM · Offered