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15.394
|
Entrepreneurial Founding and Teams
|
Explores key organizational and strategic decisions in founding and building a new venture. Through a series of cases, readings, and activities, students examine the trade-offs and consequences of early founder decisions: whom to include in the founding team, how to allocate equity among co-founders, how to determine founder roles, how to hire and motivate early-employees, and whether to involve external investors. Aims to equip students with tools and frameworks to help them understand the implications of early decisions, and to build enduring resources that enable the venture to execute even if the original plan changes substantially. Meets with 15.3941 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.3941
|
Entrepreneurial Founding and Teams
|
Explores key organizational and strategic decisions in founding and building a new venture. Through a series of cases, readings, and activities, students examine the trade-offs and consequences of early founder decisions: whom to include in the founding team, how to allocate equity among co-founders, how to determine founder roles, how to hire and motivate early-employees, and whether to involve external investors. Aims to equip students with tools and frameworks to help them understand the implications of early decisions, and to build enduring resources that enable the venture to execute even if the original plan changes substantially. Meets with 15.394 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.396
|
Seminar in Entrepreneurship
|
Group study of current topics related to entrepreneurship.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
rranged
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.397
|
Seminar in Entrepreneurship
|
Group study of current topics related to high-tech entrepreneurship.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
rranged
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.398
|
Corporations at the Crossroads: Leading an Organization Through Change & Challenge
|
Focuses on the CEO and other analogous leadership roles such as co-founder, chairman of the board, etc. Provides a unique opportunity for students to interact with some of the world's leading organizational leaders who are invited to participate in each class. The guest speakers offer advice and answer questions related to issues in management, strategy, and leadership, and the fulfillment experienced via their role and responsibilities.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
2-0-4
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.399
|
Entrepreneurship Lab
|
Project-based subject, in which teams of students from MIT and surrounding colleges work with startups on problems of strategic importance to the venture. Provides an introduction to entrepreneurship, and the action learning component allows students to apply their academic knowledge to the problems faced by entrepreneurial firms. Popular sectors include software, hardware, robotics, clean technology, and life sciences. Meets with 15.3991 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
2-9-1
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.3991
|
Entrepreneurship Lab
|
Project-based subject, in which teams of students from MIT and surrounding colleges work with startups on problems of strategic importance to the venture. Lectures provide an introduction to entrepreneurship, and the action learning component allows students to apply their academic knowledge to the problems faced by entrepreneurial firms. Popular sectors include software, hardware, robotics, clean technology, and life sciences. Meets with 15.399 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
2-9-1
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.401
|
Managerial Finance
|
Introduction to finance from the perspective of business people and finance professionals. Designed to build effective decision-making skills based on sound financial knowledge, focusing on areas such as day-to-day operational issues and management, launching a startup, or negotiating option bonuses. Provides a firm grounding in the modern financial analysis underlying any decision, through three core themes: determining the value of a project, deciding how to finance a project, and managing its risk. Students also hone their ability to negotiate skillfully and speak intelligently about finance. Meets with 15.417 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Some sections are restricted to graduate students only without the permission of the instructor. See syllabus url for further details.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
4-0-5
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.402
|
Corporate Finance
|
Introduction to corporate finance which focuses on financing a firm through turbulence, for innovation, and for growth. Primarily uses case studies to introduce financial analytical tools needed to make real-world value-enhancing business decisions across many industries: how to decide which projects to invest in, how to finance those investments, and how to manage the cash flows of the firm. Meets with 15.418 when offered concurrently.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.403
|
Introduction to the Practice of Finance
|
Explores various career paths within the finance industry, from private equity to public policy, FinTech to social impact, investment banking to investment management, corporate finance to venture capital. Students engage with industry professionals about the challenges they face and how their part of the industry is changing. They also network with peers to discover the challenges and rewards associated with various careers, and explore how coursework connects with industry practice. Priority given in the fall term to MBA students in the MIT Sloan Finance Certificate program.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
2-0-1 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.410
|
Finance Ethics & Regulation
|
Explores a range of ethical issues and challenges that arise in organizations and financial practice. Provides fundamental theories typically used to evaluate ethical dilemmas and references both real situations and hypothetical examples. Highlights the importance of ethical values and their impact on financial regulation for professional practice. Discusses the various factors that influence ethical behavior, such as family, religious values, personal standards and needs, senior leadership behavior, norms among colleagues, organizational expressed and implicit standards, and broader community values. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
2-0-1 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.414
|
Financial Management
|
Provides a rigorous introduction to corporate finance and capital markets, with an emphasis on applications vital to corporate managers. Exposes students to the major financial decisions made by leaders within a firm and to the ways the firm interacts with investors, with a focus on valuation. Topics include project and company valuation, measuring risk and return, stock pricing, corporate financing policy, the cost of capital, and risk management. Presents a broad overview of both theory and practice. Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.511
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.415
|
Foundations of Modern Finance
|
Core theory of capital markets and corporate finance. Topics include functions and operations of capital markets, analysis of consumption-investment decisions of investors, valuation theory, financial securities, risk analysis, portfolio theory, pricing models of risky assets, theory of efficient markets, as well as investment, financing and risk management decisions of firms. Provides a theoretical foundation of finance and its applications. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.
| true |
Summer
|
Graduate
|
6-0-9
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.417
|
Laboratory in Investments
|
Introduction to finance with a lab component that puts theory into practice. Designed to build effective decision-making skills for business and to develop hands-on analytical techniques that are used by investment managers and traders. Lectures provide a firm grounding in financial analysis--determining the value of a decision, deciding how to finance a project, and assessing its risk. Lab sessions introduce students to modern tools and methods used in financial markets. Through team projects, students develop and test asset-pricing models, forecasting methods, and investment strategies using real-world market data. Provides instruction in writing and speaking from a financial perspective. Meets with 15.401 when offered concurrently.
| true |
Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
3-3-9
| null | null | true | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.418
|
Laboratory in Corporate Finance
|
Introduction to corporate finance. Classroom portion primarily uses case studies to introduce financial analytical tools needed to make real-world value-enhancing business decisions across many industries: how to decide which projects to invest in, how to finance those investments, and how to manage the cash flows of the firm. Laboratory sessions are organized around team valuation projects, such as valuation of an oil field and analysis of a potential merger between two public firms proposed by student teams. Projects require extensive use of financial databases. Laboratory sessions also provide instruction on writing and speaking on financial topics. Meets with 15.402 when offered concurrently.
| true |
Fall
|
Undergraduate
|
4-2-9
|
None. Coreq: 15.501
| null | true | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.425
|
Corporate Finance
|
Foundational, applied course providing instruction in the tools and techniques of corporate financial management from the perspective of the CFO. Case studies present the financial tools needed to make value-enhancing business decisions: how to decide which projects to invest in, how to finance those investments, and how to manage the cash flows of the firm. Topics include capital budgeting, investment decisions and valuation; working capital management, security issues; dividend policy; optimal capital structure; and real options analysis. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.426[J]
|
Real Estate Finance and Investment
|
Concepts and techniques for analyzing financial decisions in commercial property development and investment. Topics include property income streams, discounted cash flow, equity valuation, leverage and income tax considerations, development projects, and joint ventures. An introduction to real estate capital markets as a source of financing is also provided. Limited to graduate students.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
4-0-8
|
Permission of instructor
|
11.431[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.429[J]
|
Securitization of Mortgages and Other Assets
|
Investigates the economics and finance of securitization. Considers the basic mechanics of structuring deals for various asset-backed securities. Investigates the pricing of pooled assets, using Monte Carlo and other option pricing techniques, as well as various trading strategies used in these markets. Limited to 55.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
|
11.431, 15.401, or permission of instructor
|
11.353[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.431
|
Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
|
Examines the elements of entrepreneurial finance, focusing on technology-based start-up ventures, and the early stages of company development. Addresses key questions which challenge all entrepreneurs: how much money can and should be raised; when should it be raised and from whom; what is a reasonable valuation of a company; and how funding, employment contracts and exit decisions should be structured. Aims to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. In-depth analysis of the structure of the private equity industry. Meets with 15.4311 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.402, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.4311
|
Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
|
Examines the elements of entrepreneurial finance, focusing on technology-based start-up ventures, and the early stages of company development. Addresses key questions which challenge all entrepreneurs: how much money can and should be raised; when should it be raised and from whom; what is a reasonable valuation of a company; and how funding, employment contracts and exit decisions should be structured. Aims to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. In-depth analysis of the structure of the private equity industry. Meets with 15.431 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Fall
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.417
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.433
|
Financial Markets
|
Provides students with a solid understanding of key financial markets and the empirical skills and tools used to support decision making. Employs an in-depth, empirically-driven exploration of markets, including equity, fixed income, and derivatives. Students apply real-world financial data to test and understand financial models, focusing on key risk factors and risk management concerns in these markets, along with the quantitative tools used to analyze risk. Discusses major institutions and players involved in each market, the evolution of the markets, and issues such as liquidity. Meets with 15.4331 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.4331
|
Financial Markets
|
Provides students with a solid understanding of key financial markets and the empirical skills and tools used to support decision making. Employs an in-depth, empirically-driven exploration of markets, including equity, fixed income, and derivatives. Students apply real-world financial data to test and understand financial models, focusing on key risk factors and risk management concerns in these markets, along with the quantitative tools used to analyze risk. Discusses major institutions and players involved in each market, the evolution of the markets, and issues such as liquidity. Meets with 15.433 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details. Preference to Course 15 students.
| true |
Fall
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.417
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.434
|
Advanced Corporate Finance
|
Exposes students to advanced application of tools and techniques of corporate financial management. Covers complex valuations, modelling of capital structure decisions, financial restructuring, analysis and modelling of merger transactions, and real options. Additional topics include security design, choice of financial instruments, pricing of convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks. Also covers project finance and other hybrid financing facilities.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.402, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.4341
|
Advanced Corporate Finance
|
Exposes students to advanced application of tools and techniques of corporate financial management. Covers complex valuations, modelling of capital structure decisions, financial restructuring, analysis and modelling of merger transactions, and real options. Additional topics include security design, choice of financial instruments, pricing of convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks. Also covers project finance and other hybrid financing facilities.
| true |
Fall
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.418
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.436
|
Corporate Financial Strategy
|
Case-based subject that bridges theory and practice in corporate finance, exploring the connection between finance and strategy. Covers a range of transactions and financial engineering steps used by companies to pursue their strategic goals, such as carve-outs, spin-offs, and related tools to break up and refocus business assets; special purpose vehicles to raise non-traditional capital and reconfigure corporate assets and operations; diversification as a financial strategy; control setups such as dual class shares; recapitalizations and strategic use of debt leverage; steps to address financial distress and bankruptcy; and more. Students work in study teams to complete homework assignments and prepare for class discussion. Includes project and team case competition.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.402, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.437
|
Options and Futures Markets
|
Students develop the economic intuition and technical skills necessary to understand how to hedge and price derivatives, and how to use them for investment and risk management purposes. Topics include determinants of forward and futures prices, hedging and synthetic asset creation with futures, uses of options in investment strategies, relation between puts and calls, option valuation using binomial trees and Monte Carlo simulation, advanced hedging techniques, exotic options, and applications to corporate securities and other financial instruments. Meets with 15.4371 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.4371
|
Options and Futures Markets
|
Students develop the economic intuition and technical skills necessary to understand how to hedge and price derivatives, and how to use them for investment and risk management purposes. Topics include determinants of forward and futures prices, hedging and synthetic asset creation with futures, uses of options in investment strategies, relation between puts and calls, option valuation using binomial trees and Monte Carlo simulation, advanced hedging techniques, exotic options, and applications to corporate securities and other financial instruments. Meets with 15.437 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.417
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.438
|
Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives
|
Develops an overall familiarity with fixed income markets and instruments, and a sophisticated understanding of tools used for valuation, and for quantifying, hedging, and speculating on risk. Topics include duration; convexity; modern approaches to modeling the yield curve; interest rate forwards, futures, swaps and options; credit risk and credit derivatives; mortgages; securitization; with applications to recent market and financial policy developments. Meets with 15.4381 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.4381
|
Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives
|
Develops an overall familiarity with fixed income markets and instruments, and a sophisticated understanding of tools used for valuation, and for quantifying, hedging, and speculating on risk. Topics include duration; convexity; modern approaches to modeling the yield curve; interest rate forwards, futures, swaps and options; credit risk and credit derivatives; mortgages; securitization; with applications to recent market and financial policy developments. Meets with 15.438 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.417
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.439
|
Quantitative Investment Management
|
Focuses on implementing successful investment strategies - blending academic finance with the practice of investment management employed by the world's most sophisticated (quantitative) investors. Covers the dynamics of behavioral finance and their effects on markets; investment strategies in current use, and how to build and test your own quantitative strategies; portfolio construction and trading, considering transaction costs, risk management, and efficient trade execution; and current trends and regulatory changes. Includes guest lecturers. Requires an understanding of basic statistical and financial concepts.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.445
|
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Private Equity
|
Uses case studies to explore the financial aspects of a wide range of corporate mergers and buyout transactions: classic stock and cash mergers; minority squeeze-outs; company sale process and auction design; hostile takeover law and strategy; the structuring, financing and valuation of leveraged buyouts; the structure, history and returns of private equity buyout funds; publicly traded private equity firms; and more. Includes guest lectures on the practices and tools used in private equity and M&A. Students participate in group work, both in and out of class, including a full-term project involving the mock sale of a company. Meets with 15.4451 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415; Coreq: 15.402
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.4451
|
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Private Equity
|
Uses case studies to explore the financial aspects of a wide range of corporate mergers and buyout transactions: classic stock and cash mergers; minority squeeze-outs; company sale process and auction design; hostile takeover law and strategy; the structuring, financing and valuation of leveraged buyouts; the structure, history and returns of private equity buyout funds; publicly traded private equity firms; and more. Includes guest lectures on the practices and tools used in private equity and M&A. Students participate in group work, both in and out of class, including a full-term project involving the mock sale of a company. Meets with 15.445 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.417; Coreq: 15.418
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.446
|
Public versus Private Capital Markets
|
Reviews the merits and trade-offs of public versus private capital markets, which have witnessed tremendous growth over the last decade, from a corporate governance standpoint. Specific phenomena affecting public companies, such as shareholder activism and passive investing, are also considered. Uses corporate case studies for extensive analysis and discussion.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.402, or permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.447
|
International Capital Markets
|
Provides a strategic framework for current and future finance leaders — with domestic or multinational startups, established companies, investment banks or asset management firms — for investing and operating in international capital markets. Covers the determination of rates of returns within countries and internationally, including how financial institutions affect returns and how to trade and hedge international risks including debt crises. Incorporates real-world events into interactive discussions.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.448-15.449
|
Seminar in Finance
|
Group study of current topics related to finance.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
rranged
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.450
|
Analytics of Finance
|
Introduces a set of modern analytical tools that specifically target finance applications. Topics include statistical inference, financial time series, event study analysis, and basic machine learning techniques for forecasting. Focuses on how to apply these tools for financial and macro forecasting, quantitative trading, risk management, and fintech innovations such as Kensho's "financial answer machine'' and big-data lending platforms. 15.457 is a more advanced version of 15.450. Students with solid background in statistics and proficiency in programming are encouraged to register for 15.457.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
5-0-7
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.451
|
Proseminar in Capital Markets/Investment Management
|
Provides a unique opportunity to tackle original research problems in capital market analysis and investment management that have been posed by leading experts from the financial community. Students are assigned to teams, and each team is assigned one such problem. Teams present their solutions at a seminar which is attended by representatives of the sponsoring organization and open to the entire MIT community. Not open to students from other institutions.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
2-0-4
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.452
|
Proseminar in Corporate Finance/Investment Banking/Private Equity
|
This action learning course provides an opportunity to bring theory into practice by working on projects sponsored by leaders in corporate finance, investment banking, and private equity. Students work in teams to analyze and problem-solve, culminating in reports which teams present to sponsors for evaluation and feedback. Develops and hones skills required to distill the complexity of a real-world finance problems and to provide an insightful solution that is sensitive to the full context. Recent project sponsors include leading investment banks (Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan), private equity firms (Apollo, KKR, Carlyle), and consulting firms (McKinsey, Bain PE group). Not open to students from other institutions. Enrollment by application only.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.402, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.453
|
Finance Lab
|
Bridges theory and practice, providing students with an immersive research and analysis experience during IAP followed by a classroom segment in the first half of spring term. Students work with leading industry practitioners and a diverse cross-section of students on collaborative teams, focusing on topical, real-world finance research questions posed by the practitioners. Teams then deliver a nuanced analysis and report findings, gaining insight and coaching from the experts. Practitioners represent a range of financial institutions, including investment management, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, risk, and consulting. Examples of project topics include equity and fixed income research, trading, risk analysis, venture capital valuation, private equity due diligence, and fundamental industry analysis. Application required; restricted to MIT students.
| true |
IAP, Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.454
|
Financial Mathematics
|
Covers fundamental mathematics essential for the study of modern finance: probability, stochastic processes, linear algebra, statistics, optimization, and basic programming in R. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.
| true |
Summer
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.455
|
Advanced Mathematical Methods for Financial Engineering
|
Covers advanced mathematical topics essential for financial engineering and quantitative finance: linear algebra, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics, and basic programming in R. Covers topics at a more advanced level and at a faster pace than 15.454. Restricted to students in the Master of Finance Program.
| true |
Summer
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.456
|
Financial Engineering
|
Exposes students to the cutting edge of financial engineering. Includes a deep immersion into 'how things work,' where students develop and test sophisticated computational models and solve highly complex financial problems. Covers stochastic modeling, dynamic optimization, stochastic calculus and Monte Carlo simulation through topics such as dynamic asset pricing and investment management, market equilibrium and portfolio choice with frictions and constraints, and risk management. Assumes solid undergraduate-level background in calculus, probability, statistics, and programming and includes a substantial coding component. Classroom examples presented using Python and R.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
4-0-5
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.457
|
Advanced Analytics of Finance
|
Introduces a set of modern analytical tools that specifically target finance applications. Topics include statistical inference, financial time series, event study analysis, and machine learning techniques. Focuses on how to apply these tools for financial and macro forecasting, quantitative trading, risk management, and fintech innovations such as big-data lending and robo-advisors. 15.457 is a more advanced version of 15.450. Students with a solid background in statistics and proficiency in programming are encouraged to register for 15.457.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
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5-0-7
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.458
|
Financial Data Science and Computing
|
Covers methods of managing data and extracting insights from real-world financial sources. Topics include machine learning, natural language processing, predictive analytics, regression methods, and time series analysis. Applications include algorithmic trading, portfolio risk management, high-frequency market microstructure, and option pricing. Studies major sources of financial data, raw data cleaning, data visualization, and data architecture. Provides instruction in tools used in the financial industry to process massive data sets, including SQL, relational and multidimensional databases. Emphasizes computer implementations throughout.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
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3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.465
|
Alphanomics: A New Approach to Security Analysis
|
Focuses on investment decisions in the presence of noisy market prices. Exposes students to market mispricing (i.e., deviations between prices and fundamental value) as an equilibrium feature of modern capital markets. Explains the practice of active investing, the relation between information flows and market pricing dynamics, and the roles of retail investors. Provides students with practical takeaways for investing, guided by leading research on cognitive constraints and behavioral biases, institutional frictions, quantitative stock selection, fundamental analysis, and the role of financial analysts.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.466
|
Functional and Strategic Finance
|
Applies finance science and financial engineering tools and theory to the design and management of global financial institutions, markets, and the financial system to better understand the dynamics of institutional change and financial product/service design. Focuses on foundational analytical tools students will rely upon throughout their careers - derivative pricing and risk measurement; portfolio analysis and risk accounting; and performance measurement to analyze and implement concepts and new product ideas. Examines the needs of government as user, producer and overseer of the financial system, and how tools are applied to measure and manage risks in financial and other economic crises (e.g. 1973-1975 vs. 2007-2009 vs. 2020-2022). Preference to MBA and MFin students.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.433 or 15.437
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.467
|
Asset Management, Lifecycle Investing, and Retirement Finance
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Applies finance science and financial engineering tools and theory to asset management, lifecycle investing, and retirement finance. Focuses on foundational analytical tools students will rely upon throughout their careers - derivative pricing and risk measurement, portfolio analysis and risk accounting, and performance measurement to analyze and implement concepts and new product ideas. Students should be comfortable with portfolio-selection theory, CAPM, option pricing, futures, swaps, and other derivative securities. 15.433 is a strongly recommended co-requisite. Preference to MBA and MFin students.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.470[J]
|
Asset Pricing
|
Provides a foundation in the neoclassical theory of finance that underlies more advanced study. Covers arbitrage asset pricing, optimal consumption-portfolio choices, neo-classic theory of corporate finance, static equilibrium models of asset pricing, asymmetric information, and dynamic modeling. Prepares students for further study of asset pricing theories, corporate finance and econometric work in finance. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
4-0-8
| null |
14.416[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.471[J]
|
Corporate Finance
|
Provides an introduction to the basic theoretical and empirical contributions in corporate finance. Covers capital structure, corporate governance and agency problems, the market for corporate control, investments and financing frictions, banking and financial intermediation, and other selected topics. Exposes students to the key methodological tools in modern corporate finance. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
| null |
14.441[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.472[J]
|
Advanced Asset Pricing
|
Focuses on solving, estimating, and empirically evaluating theoretical models of asset prices and financial markets, as well as their microeconomic foundations and macroeconomic implications. Discusses theory and econometric methods, the state of the literature, and recent developments and empirical evidence. Covers topics such as cross-sectional and time-series models, consumption-based and intermediary-based models, financial institutions, household finance, housing, behavioral finance, financial crises, and continuous-time tools and applications. Students complete a short term paper and a presentation. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
| null |
14.442[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.473[J]
|
Advanced Corporate Finance
|
Builds on 15.471 and considers further topics that are at the frontier of corporate finance research. Topics covered include: aggregate effects of financing frictions, financial intermediation, financial distress and bankruptcy, structural estimation of corporate finance models, entrepreneurial finance, venture capital and private equity, and other selected topics. Primarily for doctoral students in finance, economics, and accounting.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
| null |
14.440[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.474[J]
|
Current Topics in Finance
|
Faculty present their current research in a wide variety of topics in finance. Provides a rapid overview of the literature, an in-depth presentation of selected contributions, and a list of potential research ideas for each topic. Faculty rotate every year to cover new topics. Primarily for doctoral students in accounting, economics, and finance.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9 [P/D/F]
| null |
14.448[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.475[J]
|
Current Research in Financial Economics
|
Advanced seminar intended for PhD students interested in finance. Topics and papers vary by term, following the latest research in academia and in correlation with the weekly finance faculty research seminar. Each week, students will critically review the contributions, method of analysis, and presentation of evidence of existing research; one session is devoted to preparing for the finance seminar, while the other session discusses further work on the same topic. Restricted to doctoral students.
| true |
Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3 [P/D/F]
|
Permission of instructor
|
14.449[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.480[J]
|
Science and Business of Biotechnology
|
Covers the new types of drugs and other therapeutics in current practice and under development, the financing and business structures of early-stage biotechnology companies, and the evaluation of their risk/reward profiles. Includes a series of live case studies with industry leaders of both established and emerging biotechnology companies as guest speakers, focusing on the underlying science and engineering as well as core financing and business issues. Students must possess a basic background in cellular and molecular biology.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
None. Coreq: 15.401; permission of instructor
|
7.546[J], 20.586[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.481[J]
|
Financial Market Dynamics and Human Behavior
|
Drawing on the latest research in psychology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, as well as in behavioral and mainstream financial economics, provides new perspectives and insights into the role that human behavior plays in the business environment and the dynamics of financial markets and institutions. Incorporates practical applications from several industries including finance, insurance, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and government policy. Students apply ideas from this perspective to formulate original hypotheses regarding new career opportunities and disruptive technologies in their industry of choice. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Sloan graduate students.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
4-0-5
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
|
6.9350[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.482
|
Healthcare Finance
|
Covers the role of finance in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries; specifically, the application of novel financing methods and business structures to facilitate drug discovery, clinical development, and greater patient access to high-cost therapies. Topics include basic financial analysis for the life-sciences professional; risks and returns in the biopharma industries; the mechanics of biotech startup financing; capital budgeting for biopharma companies; and applications of financial engineering in modern healthcare investment strategies and institutions. Develops a systemic framework for addressing the biggest challenges in the biomedical ecosystem. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Sloan graduate students.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, 15.415, or permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.483
|
Consumer Finance and FinTech
|
Explores consumer finance and the ways in which financial innovation and new technologies disrupt the financial services industry, leading to material change in business models and product design in financial markets. Provides a solid understanding of rational and behavioral aspects of consumer decision-making and how the players, products, funding markets, regulatory frameworks, and fundamentals all interact to shape ever-changing consumer financial markets, including consumer debt, investment, transactions, and advising markets. Covers past and current innovations and technologies ranging from peer-to-peer lending, AI, deep learning, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and open API's, to the role of FinTech startups. A combination of case studies, guest speakers and group discussion provide real-world insight and interactivity, while special review sessions help hone technical skills.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.492
|
Practice of Finance: Crypto Finance
|
Explores the markets for cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. Begins with the basics and economics of crypto assets' underlying blockchain technology and then turns to the trading and markets for cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, other tokens and crypto derivatives. Students gain an understanding and comparison to traditional finance of the market structure, participants, regulation and dynamics of this relatively new and volatile asset class.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.493
|
Practice of Finance: Perspectives on Investment Management
|
Provides an overview of the investment management industry and an introduction to business fundamentals and valuation. Students read company analyst reports, write papers analyzing various companies, and complete an in-depth company analysis as a final paper. Includes presentations by outside speakers in the investment management industry. Class attendance is mandatory.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3 [P/D/F]
|
15.402, 15.414, or 15.415
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.497
|
FinTech Ventures
|
Provides a unique opportunity to work through the nuts and bolts of developing a FinTech startup. Students present ideas, ranging from well-thought-out concepts to emerging ones. Students coalesce around the top ideas to form teams. Each week, a new speaker (entrepreneur, legal expert, venture capitalist) addresses relevant topics, while students present progress reports and receive advice and feedback as they develop their plan for the "Demo Day." Teams then deliver a final pitch in front of a group of investors. A financial background is not required; alternative (legal, financial, technical, operations, etc.) backgrounds are encouraged to apply, individually or as part of a team. Enrollment by application only.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, 15.415, or permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.499
|
Practice of Finance: Climate and Social Impact Investing
|
Deep dive into social impact investing — an approach intentionally seeking to create financial return and positive social impact that is actively measured. Imparts a solid analytical framework for evaluating the spectrum of social impact investments, including mission related investing. Includes a project which provides practical experience in evaluating an impact enterprise or a public markets ESG strategy. Students gain experience in structuring different types of investments, and critically compare and contrast these investments with traditional mainstream investments, with a view to understanding structural constraints. Designed for students interested in the intersection of finance and social impact. Provides career guidance and networking opportunities.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.401, 15.414, 15.415, or permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.501
|
Corporate Financial Accounting
|
Preparation and analysis of financial statements. Focuses on why financial statements take the form they do, and how they can be used in evaluating corporate performance and solvency and in valuation of corporate securities. Introduces concepts from finance and economics (e.g., cash flow discounting and valuation) and explains their relation to, and use in, accounting. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-9
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.511
|
Financial Accounting
|
Introduces concepts of corporate financial accounting and reporting of information widely used in making investment decisions, corporate and managerial performance assessment, and valuation of firms. Students perform economics-based analysis of accounting information from the viewpoint of the user (especially senior managers) rather than the preparer (the accountant). Restricted to Sloan Fellow MBAs.
| true |
Summer
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
Permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.515
|
Financial Accounting
|
An intensive introduction to the interpretation of financial information. Adopts a decision-maker perspective of accounting by emphasizing the relation between accounting data and the underlying economic events generating them. Class sessions are a mixture of lecture and case discussion. Assignments include textbook problems, analysis of financial statements, and cases. Restricted to first-year Sloan master's students.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
4-0-5
|
Permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.516
|
Corporate Financial Accounting
|
See description under subject 15.501. If subject is oversubscribed, priority is given to Course 15 students.
| true |
Fall, Spring, Summer
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
|
Permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.518
|
Taxes and Business Strategy
|
Provides conceptual framework for thinking about taxation and decision-making. Topics include taxation of various investments and types of compensation; retirement planning; considerations for choosing organizational form when starting a business; methods of merging, acquiring, divesting business entities; international tax planning strategies; and high wealth planning and estate tax. Applies current debates on tax policy options and recent tax law changes to class discussions. Intended to show how taxes affect individual investment as well as business decisions. Meets with 15.5181 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.501, 15.511, 15.515, or 15.516
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.5181
|
Taxes and Business Strategy
|
Provides conceptual framework for thinking about taxation and decision-making. Topics include taxation of various investments and types of compensation; retirement planning; considerations for choosing organizational form when starting a business; methods of merging, acquiring, divesting business entities; international tax planning strategies; and high wealth planning and estate tax. Applies current debates on tax policy options and recent tax law changes to class discussions. Intended to show how taxes affect individual investment as well as business decisions. Meets with 15.518 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria for graduate students will differ from those of undergraduates; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Fall
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.501
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.521
|
Accounting Information for Decision Makers
|
Focuses on how organizations use granular-level information from their accounting systems on a day-to-day basis for two purposes -- making decisions and evaluating those decisions after the fact. The primary audience is students who intend to work as managers or management consultants. Featuring real-world situations from diverse operating environments, course content emphasizes practical skills that can be applied across various functional areas within organizations.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.535
|
Business Analysis Using Financial Statements
|
Focuses on the strategic, financial, and accounting analysis of a company by means of historical financial statement data. Also studies financial statement forecasting along with a specific application of forecasting - valuation. Concepts are applied to a number of decision-making contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, merger analysis, and company performance assessment.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
15.501, 15.511, 15.515, or 15.516; Coreq: 15.401, 15.414, 15.415, or 15.417
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.539
|
Doctoral Seminar in Accounting
|
Designed primarily for doctoral students in accounting and related fields. The reading list consists of accounting research papers. Objective is to introduce research topics, methodologies, and developments in accounting, and train students to do independent research.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
rranged
|
15.515
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.540
|
Theory Studies in Accounting Research
|
Exposes PhD students to theoretical foundations of cutting-edge research in accounting. Rotating modules cover topics on disclosure, contracting, compensation, asset pricing, and investments.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.561
|
Digital Revolution: From Foundations to Future Trends
|
Emphasizes programming in scripting languages (e.g., Python) within the context of emerging trends that underlie current and future uses of digital technologies in business. Provides a solid grasp of programming basics and the foundations of computing. Other topics include web technologies, database systems, digital experimentation (A/B testing), crowdsourcing, digital marketplaces, distributed ledger technologies, and AI.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.562
|
Web3 and Strategy: Blockchain, Metaverse, and NFT Essentials
|
Covers how Web3 and the Metaverse impact business strategy, organizations, entrepreneurship, and investing. Lectures and guest speakers discuss blockchain, crypto-assets, decentralized currency design, NFTs, decentralized finance (DeFi) and organizations (DAOs), smart contracts, and the impacts of these technologies on the digital economy and beyond.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.563[J]
|
Artificial Intelligence for Business
|
Explores how to design and evaluate products and policy based on artificial intelligence. Provides a functional (as opposed to mechanistic) understanding of the emerging technologies underlying AI. Presents AI's opportunities and risks and how to create conditions under which its deployment can succeed. No technical background required.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
| null |
6.4150[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.567
|
The Economics of Information: Strategy, Structure and Pricing
|
Analysis of the underlying economics of information with business implications. Studies effects of digitization and technology on business strategy and organizational structure. Examines pricing, bundling, and versioning of digital goods, including music, video, software, and communication services. Considers the economic and managerial implications of data-driven decision-making, search, platform competition, targeted advertising, personalization, privacy, network externalities, and artificial intelligence. Readings on fundamental economic principles provide context for industry speakers and case discussions.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
|
Permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.568
|
The Art of Leading: Experiencing Leadership in Practice
|
Integrates the MIT Sloan 4-Capabilities Leadership model with arts processes to translate leadership capabilities into practice. Through discussions, guest speakers, and reflective exercises, focuses on individual and team practices that develop and sustain effective leadership. Structured around the capabilities of visioning, relating, sensemaking, and inventing as these are expressed in creative processes that facilitate novel perspectives, generate collaborative connections, and enable adaptive innovation.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.570
|
Digital Marketing and Social Media Analytics
|
Provides a detailed, applied perspective on the theory and practice of digital marketing and social media analytics in the age of big data. Covers concepts such as the difference between earned and paid media, predictive modeling for ad targeting and customer relationship management, measuring and managing product virality, viral product design, native advertising, and engaging the multichannel experience. Stresses the theory and practice of randomized experimentation, AB testing and the importance of causal inference for marketing strategy. Combines lectures, case studies, and guest speakers with relevant industry experience that speak directly to the topics at hand.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
|
15.809, 15.814, or permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.572
|
Analytics Lab: Action Learning Seminar on Analytics, Machine Learning, and the Digital Economy
|
Student teams design and deliver a project based on the use of analytics, machine learning, large data sets, or other digital innovations to create or transform a business or other organization. Teams may be paired up with an organization or propose their own ideas and sites for the project. Culminates with presentation of results to an audience that includes IT experts, entrepreneurs, and executives.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
2-0-7
|
Permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.575
|
Economics of Information and Information Technology
|
Builds upon relevant economic theories and methodologies to analyze the changes in organizations and markets enabled by digital technologies. Examines information economics, labor economics, industrial organization and price theory, growth theory, intangible asset valuation, incomplete contracts theory, and design of empirical studies. Extensive reading and discussion of research literature explores the application of these theories to business issues with relevant guest speakers. Students will complete a final research paper and presentation. Primarily for doctoral students.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
|
Permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.576
|
Research Seminar in Information Technology and Organizations: Social Perspectives
|
Examines the assumptions, concepts, theories, and methodologies that inform research into the social aspects of technology. Extensive reading and discussion of research literature aimed at exploring the multiple social phenomena surrounding the development, implementation, use and implications of information technology in organizations. Primarily for doctoral students.
| false |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
|
Permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.579
|
Seminar in Information Technology
|
Group study of current topics related to information technology.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
rranged
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.579-15.580
|
Seminar in Information Technology
|
Group study of current topics related to information technology.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
rranged
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.615
|
Essential Law for Business
|
Provides a solid grounding in what managers need to know about how law shapes opportunities and risks for the businesses they manage and their own careers. Enhances leadership skills for navigating critical law-sensitive junctures that managers encounter in young and mature companies. Explores the legal frameworks of contracts and deals; litigation and liability; employment and changing jobs; regulation and criminal sanctions; complex transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions; finance and private equity; distress, reorganization, and bankruptcy; cutting-edge digital technologies; and effective use of IP. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.6151 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.6151
|
Essential Law for Business
|
Provides a solid grounding in what managers need to know about how law shapes opportunities and risks for the businesses they manage and their own careers. Enhances leadership skills for navigating critical law-sensitive junctures that managers encounter in young and mature companies. Explores the legal frameworks of contracts and deals; litigation and liability; employment and changing jobs; regulation and criminal sanctions; complex transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions; finance and private equity; distress, reorganization, and bankruptcy; cutting-edge digital technologies; and effective use of IP. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.615 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.617
|
Deals, Finance, and the Law
|
Addresses law-sensitive issues arising in the overlapping contexts of complex deals and financial services and products. Covers financial services regulation, employment and job changes, and civil and criminal accountability. Develops managerial skills for handling law-sensitive situations at individual and organizational levels. Meets with 15.6171 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.6171
|
Deals, Finance, and the Law
|
Addresses law-sensitive issues arising in the overlapping contexts of complex deals and financial services and products. Covers financial services regulation, employment and job changes, and civil and criminal accountability. Develops managerial skills for handling law-sensitive situations at individual and organizational levels. Meets with 15.617 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version; consult syllabus or instructor for specific details.
| true |
Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
3-0-6
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.618
|
Startups and the Law
|
The legal framework of entrepreneurship and innovation. Key law-sensitive junctures in launching and growing a startup: assembling a team, organizing a business entity, ownership and compensation, early financing, managing contracts and employees, business distress and winding down, and selling a company. Cutting-edge technologies and intellectual property rights. Designed for those who may start or work in such ventures; or are engaged in research with potential for commercial or social impact; or are otherwise attempting to advance an innovation from idea to impact. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.6181 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
2-0-4 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.6181
|
Startups and the Law
|
The legal framework of entrepreneurship and innovation. Key law-sensitive junctures in launching and growing a startup: assembling a team, organizing a business entity, ownership and compensation, early financing, managing contracts and employees, business distress and winding down, and selling a company. Cutting-edge technologies and intellectual property rights. Designed for those who may start or work in such ventures; or are engaged in research with potential for commercial or social impact; or are otherwise attempting to advance an innovation from idea to impact. No prior knowledge of law expected. Meets with 15.6181 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
2-0-4 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.620
|
Patent Law Fundamentals
|
Intensive introduction to the basic provisions of US patent law, emphasizing the requirements for patentability and the process of applying for a patent. Topics include requirements of utility, novelty, and non-obviousness; eligible subject matter; applying for a patent, including patent searches and the language of patent claims; infringement, defenses, and remedies; comparison of patents with other forms of intellectual property (copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks). Reading materials include key sections of the US patent statute (Title 35, US Code) and related judicial decisions.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
1-0-2 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.621
|
Your Career and the Law: Key Junctures, Opportunities and Risks
|
Explores legal opportunities and risks in employment from the perspectives of both employees and managers. Special attention to issues faced by tech-savvy employees and tech-intensive ventures; employees starting competing ventures; compensation and equity arrangements; the challenges of the gig economy; employee privacy; and discrimination, gender and other inclusion-related issues in the workplace. Led by former practicing attorneys, focuses on how employment law issues play out in the real world. Utilizes realistic scenarios and documents, such as offer letters and non-competition and invention assignment agreements. No prior knowledge of law expected.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
2-0-4 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.622
|
The Law of AI, Big Data & Social Media
|
Focuses on the emerging legal framework of cutting-edge digital technologies, including AI/machine learning, big data and analytics, blockchain, the internet, and social media. Considers the law's impact on the development and application of these technologies, and the legal response to beneficial and mischievous impacts. Topics include law-sensitive aspects of privacy and bias, fintech, fair competition and fair dealing in digital markets, political discourse on social media, digital technologies in the workplace, and intellectual property rights in software and other innovations. Gives special attention to the legal concerns of those planning careers built on cutting-edge skills, and of managers and entrepreneurs bringing innovations from ideas to impact. How to find and make good use of legal advice. Meets with 15.6221 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking graduate version.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
2-0-4 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.6221
|
The Law of AI, Big Data & Social Media
|
Focuses on the emerging legal framework of cutting-edge digital technologies, including AI/machine learning, big data and analytics, blockchain, the internet, and social media. Considers the law's impact on the development and application of these technologies, and the legal response to beneficial and mischievous impacts. Topics include law-sensitive aspects of privacy and bias, fintech, fair competition and fair dealing in digital markets, political discourse on social media, digital technologies in the workplace, and intellectual property rights on software and other innovations. Gives special attention to the legal concerns of those planning careers built on cutting-edge skills, and of managers and entrepreneurs bringing innovations from ideas to impact. How to find and make good use of legal advice. Meets with 15.622 when offered concurrently. Expectations and evaluation criteria differ for students taking undergraduate version.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Undergraduate
|
2-0-4 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.630
|
Law, Ethics, and Data Privacy
|
Surveys selected ethical dilemmas and legal issues that arise in business analytics and AI. Explains how to maintain current knowledge about key laws and regulations for evolving technologies. Issues of data privacy are presented through consideration of the European Legislation General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its requirements. Explores the many ethical dilemmas that arise beyond legal regulations with guests who work on the cutting edge of law, ethics, and data science. Restricted to Master of Business Analytics students.
| true |
IAP
|
Graduate
|
2-0-1 [P/D/F]
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.647-15.649
|
Seminar in Law
|
Group study of current topics related to law.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
rranged
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.655[J]
|
Law, Technology, and Public Policy
|
Examines how law, economics, and technological change shape public policy, and how law can sway technological change; how the legal system responds to environmental, safety, energy, social, and ethical problems; how law and markets interact to influence technological development; and how law can affect wealth distribution, employment, and social justice. Covers energy/climate change; genetic engineering; telecommunications and the role of misinformation; industrial automation; effect of regulation on technological innovation; impacts of antitrust law on innovation and equity; pharmaceuticals; nanotechnology; cost/benefit analysis as a decision tool; public participation in governmental decisions affecting science and technology; corporate influence on technology and welfare; and law and economics as competing paradigms to encourage sustainability. Students taking graduate version explore subject in greater depth.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
| null |
11.422[J], IDS.435[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.657[J]
|
Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development
|
Investigates sustainable development, taking a broad view to include not only a healthy economic base, but also a sound environment, stable and rewarding employment, adequate purchasing power and earning capacity, distributional equity, national self-reliance, and maintenance of cultural integrity. Explores national, multinational, and international political and legal mechanisms to further sustainable development through transformation of the industrial state. Addresses the importance of technological innovation and the financial crisis of 2008 and the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and inflation, as well as governmental interventions to reduce inequality.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
|
Permission of instructor
|
1.813[J], 11.466[J], IDS.437[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.661
|
Building Successful Careers and Organizations
|
Designed to help students learn more about their strengths, and how they can utilize these strengths to manage their career. Draws on the latest research and practices, experiential exercises, and cases studies, and includes guest speakers. Covers the most important aspects of talent (and career) management. No listeners.
| true |
Fall
|
Graduate
|
3-0-3
| null | null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.662[J]
|
People and Profits: Shaping the Future of Work
|
Examines managing work in the 21st century in the interests of both people and profits through the context of rising inequality, technological change, globalization, and the growth of the gig economy. Students evaluate various business and policy interventions intended to improve work through critical analysis of the evidence, interviews with workers and evaluations of firms, and guest speakers. Guests include business leaders at leading-edge firms and labor leaders experimenting with new ways of providing workers a voice in the workplace. Draws on materials from the MIT Task Force on Work of the Future and the online course Shaping Work of the Future.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-1-8
| null |
11.383[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.663[J]
|
Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control
|
Analyzes federal and state regulation of air and water pollution, hazardous waste, greenhouse gas emissions, and production/use of toxic chemicals. Analyzes pollution/climate change as economic problems and failure of markets. Explores the role of science and economics in legal decisions. Emphasizes use of legal mechanisms and alternative approaches (i.e., economic incentives, voluntary approaches) to control pollution and encourage chemical accident and pollution prevention. Focuses on major federal legislation, underlying administrative system, and common law in analyzing environmental policy, economic consequences, and role of the courts. Discusses classical pollutants and toxic industrial chemicals, greenhouse gas emissions, community right-to-know, and environmental justice. Develops basic legal skills: how to read/understand cases, regulations, and statutes. Students taking graduate version explore the subject in greater depth.
| true |
Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-9
| null |
1.811[J], 11.630[J], IDS.540[J]
| false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
15.665
|
Power and Negotiation
|
Provides understanding of the theory and processes of negotiation as practiced in a variety of settings. Designed for relevance to the broad spectrum of bargaining problems faced by the manager and professional. Allows students an opportunity to develop negotiation skills experientially and to understand negotiation in useful analytical frameworks. Emphasizes simulations, exercises, role playing, and cases.
| true |
Fall, Spring
|
Graduate
|
3-0-6
|
Permission of instructor
| null | false | false | false |
False
|
False
|
False
|
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