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COMM 4402: Derivatives 
Comprehensive Revision Guide and Notes 2025 
 
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Part 03: Suggested Solutions to Exam Paper 
Part 04: Study Tips for Students 
 
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Dalhousie University - COMM 4402: Derivatives

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	Dalhousie University
Study Level	Undergraduate
Course Code	COMM 4402
Course Name	Derivatives
Notes Title	Comprehensive Revision Guide and Notes
Format	PDF
Page Length	30

This comprehensive study guide is tailored for students taking COMM 4402: Derivatives at Dalhousie University. It provides thorough coverage of the entire course, making it ideal whether you’re preparing for a major exam or strengthening your understanding of key concepts. The guide emphasizes essential exam techniques and highlights core questions critical to your success. With clear diagrams and visuals to improve comprehension and retention, this up-to-date self-study resource reflects the latest course content and ensures you’re fully prepared for every assessment.

This course is an introduction to derivatives and the main applications of derivatives for both investment purposes and corporate finance use. As an introductory or first course in derivatives, the goal is to cover the central concepts and issues that will permit the student to start using the products and understanding the main advantages, as well as the issues with derivative transactions. The course covers both quantitative pricing issues, as well as the many practical qualitative issues involved with the use of derivatives.

Students should be comfortable with basic statistics and algebra. Knowledge of calculus is not required for this course. Students should also be comfortable with Excel spreadsheets and basic Excel mathematical and financial functions.

Prerequisites: COMM 2203.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME
COMM 1060	Introductory Statistics for Science and Health Sciences
COMM 1101	Introductory Accounting I (Financial)
COMM 1503	Introduction to Quantitative Decision Making
COMM 2202	Finance I
COMM 2203	Finance II
COMM 2303	Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
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
COMM 3206	Investment and Money Management
COMM 4240	Advanced Corporate Finance
COMM 4402	Derivatives
ECON 1101	Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 1102	Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2200	Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 3338	Econometrics I
ECON 4440	Time Series in Economics

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