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COMM 3203: Financial Institutions 
Comprehensive Revision Guide and Notes 2025 
 
Part 01: About This Guide 
Part 02: Sample Examination 
Part 03: Suggested Solutions to Exam Paper 
Part 04: Study Tips for Students 
 
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Dalhousie University - COMM 3203: Financial Institutions

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	Dalhousie University
Study Level	Undergraduate
Course Code	COMM 3203
Course Name	Financial Institutions
Notes Title	Comprehensive Revision Guide and Notes
Format	PDF
Page Length	28

Prepare for COMM 3203: Financial Institutions at Dalhousie University with this concise, student-friendly guide. It covers the core topics in depth, includes exam-style questions, and shares practical tips to avoid common pitfalls. You’ll get a clear picture of exam structure and expectations, plus straightforward explanations of key theories, tools, and calculations. Worked examples show how to apply ideas step by step, so you can study smarter and faster. Fully updated to match current materials, this guide helps you stay organized and confident for every assessment.

This course, COMM 3203: Financial Institutions is designed to introduce students to the structure and operations of financial institutions in Canada, and the role they play in the growth and operation of capital markets. The class content includes reviewing the operation and functioning of various types of financial institutions and their roles in the economy. An emphasis is put on measuring different types of risks and methods for managing these risks for financial institutions, particularly the banks. The topics include interest rate risk management, credit risk management, market risk management, regulation, and so forth. The role of derivative securities in various hedging strategies is also reviewed.

Prerequisites: Average grade of B- between COMM 2202 and COMM 2203; or MGMT 3201 with a minimum grade of B-.

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COMM 2401	Introduction to Marketing
COMM 2501	Statistics for Business
COMM 2603	Legal Aspects of Business
COMM 3105	Intermediate Financial Accounting I
COMM 3111	Intermediate Financial Accounting II
COMM 3116	Cost Management
COMM 3203	Financial Institutions
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COMM 4240	Advanced Corporate Finance
COMM 4402	Derivatives
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ECON 1102	Principles of Macroeconomics
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ECON 3338	Econometrics I
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