Courses FIN5910 FIN5910 DR:FINANCIAL RESEARCH PROJ-SRI
Other titles (29) DR:ANALYSIS CAMPAIGN FINANCING DR: INVESTMENT STRATEGIES DR: INVESTMENT VALUATION DR: RISK AND DIVERSIFICATION DR: BANK FAILURE ORG CULTURE DIRECTED RESEARCH D.R.- INV PRODUCTS & STRATEGY DIR RES - FUNDS & EXCHANGES DIR RES - CORPORATE FINANCE DIR RES- DERIVATIVES DIR RES - STOCKS ANALYSIS DIR RES - FINANCIAL MODELS D.R.-SARBANES OXLEY PROJECTS D.R.- MKT ANALYS OF FIN STATE DIR RES - CONVERTIBLE BONDS DIR RES - PORTFOLIO MGMT DIR RES - TECHNICAL ANALYSIS D.R. - MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE D.R.-STUDIES/PRIVATE EQUITY DIR RES - REAL ESTATE DR- FIN DISTRESS & BANKRUPTCY D.RES -FIXED INCOME SECURITIES D.R.- FIXED INCOME SECURITIES D.RES- TECH ANALYSIS OF STOCKS DIR RES - STRUCTURED FINANCE DR RS - RISK MANAGEMENT DIR RES - RISK MANAGEMENT DR RS NEURAL NET FORECASTING DR RES INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
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Data refreshed Sep 1, 2026 Description Section information text: For a directed research course, a student and professor design a self-study course based around a common research interest shared by both. A directed research must be approved by the professor and the Associate Dean of GSOM. It can be designed as either a 0.5 unit or 1 unit course. The Directed Research Course Request Form should be completed and submitted to Associate Dean Andrea Aiello (aaiello@clarku.edu). For questions or additional information, contact your academic advisor. This directed research is done in the subject area of finance.
Offerings and forecast 2006–2016 Sections Demand
Forecast Sections by year and season Year Fall Spring Summer Intersession 2030 7% 2030 Fall: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 fall terms since 2018. 7% 2030 Spring: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 spring terms since 2018. 7% 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. 8% 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. 2029 6% 2029 Fall: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 fall terms since 2017. 6% 2029 Spring: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 spring terms since 2017. 6% 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. 7% 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2028 7% 2028 Fall: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 11 fall terms since 2016. 7% 2028 Spring: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 1 of 11 spring terms since 2016. 5% 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. 7% 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2027 7% 2027 Fall: 7% chance, high confidence. Offered in 1 of 12 fall terms since 2015. 9% 2027 Spring: 9% chance, high confidence. Offered in 2 of 12 spring terms since 2015. 6% 2027 Summer: 6% chance, high confidence. Offered in 1 of 12 summer terms since 2015. 6% 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2016 1 1 section 1 1 section Not offered n/a No data 2015 Not offered 1 1 section 4 4 sections n/a No data 2014 Not offered Not offered Not offered n/a No data 2013 Not offered Not offered Not offered n/a No data 2012 Not offered 1 1 section 1 1 section n/a No data 2011 3 3 sections 2 2 sections Not offered n/a No data 2010 4 4 sections 2 2 sections 1 1 section n/a No data 2009 3 3 sections 4 4 sections Not offered n/a No data 2008 5 5 sections 3 3 sections 1 1 section n/a No data 2007 4 4 sections 4 4 sections Not offered n/a No data 2006 9 9 sections 4 4 sections 2 2 sections n/a No data
Forecast Under 15% 15–39% 40–69% 70–89% 90%+ Not enough history
Fall Spring Summer Intersession More sections Not offered No data
Meeting times Recent first Async/TBA, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM Carlson Hall 2007-3 2006-1 2006-2 2006-3 2005-3 2005-4 +5 more Also offered in Fall 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2004, Spring 2004, Spring 2004 Async/TBA, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Carlson Hall 2005-2 2004-1 Async/TBA, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Carlson Hall 2005-1 Fri, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Carlson Hall 2001-4 2001-5 Async/TBA, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Carlson Hall 2001-1 Fri, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM Carlson Hall 2001-2 Async/TBA, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM Carlson Hall 2001-3 Async/TBA, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Carlson Hall 1999 Show 1 more Expand all
2016–17 1 entry Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2016–17 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2016 Sitikantha Parida Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 25817
2015–16 1 entry Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2015–16 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2016 Zhenyang Tang Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 35514
2014–15 5 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2014–15 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Summer 2015 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 10533 Summer 2015 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 2 2 of 2 enrolled 10458 Summer 2015 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 10459 Summer 2015 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 10460 Spring 2015 Laura M. Graves Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 34857
2011–12 5 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2011–12 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Summer 2012 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 10284 Spring 2012 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 32141 Fall 2011 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 - / 1 No enrollment data; capacity 1 22018 Fall 2011 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 2 / 2 2 of 2 enrolled 21930 Fall 2011 Matthew D. Ingram Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 21968
2010–11 6 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2010–11 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2011 Wendy Jeffus Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 40949 Spring 2011 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 40992 Fall 2010 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 28788 Fall 2010 Wendy Jeffus Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 5 / 5 5 of 5 enrolled 28628 Fall 2010 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 3 / 2 3 of 2 enrolled 28694 Fall 2010 Sondra Vitols Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 28717
2009–10 6 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2009–10 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Summer 2010 Wendy Jeffus Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 13364 Spring 2010 Wendy Jeffus Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 38087 Spring 2010 Wendy Jeffus Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 38089 Fall 2009 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 26797 Fall 2009 Matthew D. Ingram Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 26809 Fall 2009 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 26841
2008–09 9 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2008–09 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2009 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 37160 Spring 2009 Serguey Khovansky Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 37161 Spring 2009 Wendy Jeffus Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 2 2 of 2 enrolled 37199 Spring 2009 Joseph Sarkis Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 37348 Fall 2008 Serguey Khovansky Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 26024 Fall 2008 Bhaswar Gupta Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 26089 Fall 2008 Bhaswar Gupta Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 26165 Fall 2008 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 26163 Fall 2008 Wendy Jeffus Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 26170
2007–08 8 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2007–08 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Summer 2008 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 4 / 4 4 of 4 enrolled 12953 Spring 2008 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 2 2 of 2 enrolled 36457 Spring 2008 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 2 2 of 2 enrolled 36476 Spring 2008 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 36600 Fall 2007 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 5 / 5 5 of 5 enrolled 25195 Fall 2007 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 25196 Fall 2007 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 25308 Fall 2007 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 1 1 of 1 enrolled 25237
2006–07 13 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2006–07 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2007 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 35762 Spring 2007 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 35773 Spring 2007 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 35883 Spring 2007 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 35913 Fall 2006 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 24501 Fall 2006 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 24656 Fall 2006 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 24504 Fall 2006 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 24609 Fall 2006 William F. Mosher Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 24618 Fall 2006 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 24629 Fall 2006 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 24655 Fall 2006 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 0 1 of 0 enrolled 24652 Fall 2006 William F. Mosher Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 0 1 of 0 enrolled 24653
2005–06 14 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2005–06 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Summer 2006 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 11878 Summer 2006 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 11880 Spring 2006 William F. Mosher Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 35207 Spring 2006 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 3 / 10 3 of 10 enrolled 34993 Spring 2006 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 35089 Spring 2006 William F. Mosher Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 35090 Fall 2005 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 23920 Fall 2005 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 23836 Fall 2005 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 23873 Fall 2005 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 23874 Fall 2005 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 23936 Fall 2005 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 23937 Fall 2005 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 20 1 of 20 enrolled 23994 Fall 2005 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 23996
2004–05 7 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2004–05 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Summer 2005 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 11499 Spring 2005 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 33175 Spring 2005 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 33032 Spring 2005 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 3 / 10 3 of 10 enrolled 33033 Spring 2005 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 5 / 10 5 of 10 enrolled 33174 Spring 2005 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 33183 Spring 2005 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 33196
2003–04 4 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2003–04 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2004 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 3 / 10 3 of 10 enrolled 32127 Spring 2004 Joel Sternberg Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 32238 Spring 2004 Julie Tamarkin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 32126 Spring 2004 Richard B. Spurgin Tutorial/Priv Inst/Self-Paced 1 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 32128
2001–02 5 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 2001–02 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2001 Richard B. Spurgin Research 0.5 1 / 20 1 of 20 enrolled 26040 Fall 2001 Julie Tamarkin Research 0.5 2 / 10 2 of 10 enrolled 26051 Fall 2001 Julie Tamarkin Research 0.5 - / 20 No enrollment data; capacity 20 26068 Fall 2001 Julie Tamarkin Research 0.5 1 / 20 1 of 20 enrolled 26213 Fall 2001 Richard B. Spurgin Research 0.5 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 26215
1999–00 1 entry Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 1999–00 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 1999 Joseph H. Golec Seminar/Proseminar 1 1 / 20 1 of 20 enrolled 24438
1994–95 2 entries Credit-bearing sections of FIN5910, 1994–95 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Summer 1995 Daniel A. Verreault Seminar/Proseminar 1 1 / 30 1 of 30 enrolled 10428 Summer 1995 Rudolph C. Yaksick Seminar/Proseminar 1 1 / 10 1 of 10 enrolled 10353