Loading course records
33:390:203
Introduction To Finance
Loading course records
33:390:420 · Finance · School 33 — New Brunswick School of Business
Derivatives introduces futures, options, swaps, and other derivative instruments, with attention to their pricing and practical use. Students examine how derivatives can support hedging, arbitrage, and speculation, including applications in portfolio management.
Weekly effort
An older sample syllabus recommends at least two hours of preparation for each 80-minute class meeting; this is a dated instructor expectation, not a current workload estimate.
How it’s graded
Older undated Rutgers sample syllabus (retrieved 2026-11-03; document is over three years old)
Students rate teaching
SIRS · 2,290 responses · 2014–2025
Spring 2027
7 open in snapshot · 2 instructors
When it meets
Livingston
Checked-in sections · current seat counts are unavailable.
W 10:20 AM · Livingston · 2 sections · 2 open
T 10:20 AM · Livingston · 1 section · 1 open
AI-generated overview
Historical sample syllabus; not a current section policy.
Historical sample syllabus; final exam described as cumulative.
Historical sample syllabus.
Historical sample syllabus.
Evidence term: Older undated Rutgers sample syllabus (retrieved 2026-11-03; document is over three years old). Past weights are not current section policy.
4 units · topic sequence may vary by instructor
Introduce futures and forwards, their pricing, and commodity contracts.
Study calls, puts, parity relationships, and combinations such as spreads and collars.
Explore binomial pricing, Black-Scholes pricing, option sensitivities, and volatility.
Use derivatives for hedging, arbitrage, speculation, and portfolio management.
Student reports describe meaningful instructor variation: one student found Zhong's explanations and slides helpful, while describing Shatz's exams as difficult; another discussion also characterizes the course with Shatz as challenging.
Researched and independently reviewed · 6 sources · 9/12 fields found
officialSummary: found · The Rutgers catalog and sample syllabus describe futures, options, derivative pricing, and practical uses including hedging, arbitrage, and speculation.
Rutgers 33:390:420 Derivatives syllabus Rutgers · "33:390:420" "Derivatives" Rutgers
atAGlance.weeklyHours: found · An older Rutgers sample syllabus recommends at least twice the 80-minute class duration in preparation per class; this is instructor guidance from a stale sample, not a current workload estimate.
Rutgers 33:390:420 Derivatives syllabus Rutgers
courseRatings: not-found · Student evidence is instructor- and term-specific and does not support course-wide numeric scores. Ratings remain unscored.
"33:390:420" "Derivatives" Rutgers · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "33:390:420" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "390:420" Derivatives
assessment: found · Older Rutgers sample syllabus provides an explicitly dated grading mix and exam structure; treat as historical, not current section policy.
Rutgers 33:390:420 Derivatives syllabus Rutgers
fit.bestFor: found · The official syllabus describes applied interest in derivatives, pricing, and risk management.
Rutgers 33:390:420 Derivatives syllabus Rutgers
fit.toughIf: found · The sample syllabus calls for analytical comfort, including continuous compounding, algebraic equation solving, and basic probability; one instructor's student discussion also describes the course as challenging.
Rutgers 33:390:420 Derivatives syllabus Rutgers · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "33:390:420"
prerequisitesInPractice: found · Catalog lists 33:390:380 or 29:390:315. The sample syllabus additionally recommends comfort with continuous compounding, solving two equations in two unknowns, and basic probability.
"33:390:420" "Derivatives" Rutgers
instructorVariation: found · A 2023 student discussion compares experiences with Zhong and Shatz, reporting different perceptions of exam difficulty and explanatory materials; anecdotal and instructor-specific.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "33:390:420" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Derivatives" "Shatz" Rutgers · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Derivatives" "Zhong" Rutgers
chapters: found · Catalog provides official topic areas; the sample syllabus supplies a dated sequence covering futures, options strategies, binomial and Black-Scholes pricing, and volatility.
Rutgers 33:390:420 Derivatives syllabus Rutgers · "33:390:420" "Derivatives" Rutgers
commonPitfalls: not-found · Searches did not establish a recurring course-wide pitfall and correction.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "33:390:420" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "390:420" Derivatives
prepPlan: not-found · No suitably current, course-specific free preparation sequence was established.
Rutgers 33:390:420 Derivatives syllabus Rutgers · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "33:390:420"
studentPerspective: found · Student discussions support instructor-specific impressions about clarity, exam difficulty, and course challenge, rather than a single course-wide experience.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "33:390:420" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Derivatives" "Shatz" Rutgers · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Derivatives" "Zhong" Rutgers
7 open · Livingston
| Section | Status | Instructor | Meeting | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0124689 | Open | Thursday 10:20 AM-1:20 PM at BE 252BE 252 | Livingston | |
| 0224690 | Open | Tuesday 8:30 AM-9:50 AM at BRR 4071; Friday 8:30 AM-9:50 AMBRR 4071 | Livingston | |
| 0324691 | Open | Tuesday 12:10 PM-3:10 PM at BE 250BE 250 | Livingston | |
| 0424692 | Open | Lauren Demarco | Wednesday 10:20 AM-1:20 PM at BRR 3085BRR 3085 | Livingston |
| 0524693 | Open | Joseph Shatz | Tuesday 10:20 AM-1:20 PM at BRR 5071BRR 5071 | Livingston |
| 0624694 | Open | Wednesday 5:40 PM-8:40 PM at BRR 5117BRR 5117 | Livingston | |
| 0724695 | Open | Lauren Demarco | Tuesday 10:20 AM-1:20 PM at BRR 4087BRR 4087 | Livingston |
Historical student surveys
Teaching
4.22
Course quality
4.19
Response rate
55.5%
Coverage
92 offerings · 2014–2025
| Instructor | Offerings | Teaching | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhaodong Zhong | 18 | 4.49 | 4.42 |
| Joseph Shatz | 13 | 4.75 | 4.61 |
| Yuzhao Zhang | 8 | 3.84 | 3.78 |
| Lauren Demarco | 7 | 4.64 | 4.61 |
| Mariya Naumova | 7 | 3.89 | 3.79 |
| Amati A | 5 | 3.86 | 3.86 |
Catalog and planning context
Credits
3
Current campuses
Livingston
Current availability
7 open of 7
Catalog terms
Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
Core codes
None listed
Loaded terms
8
(33:390:380)<em> OR </em>(29:390:315)
No direct degree-list membership appears in the checked-in requirement index.