Mathias Hasler
May 9, 2026 · Historical comment
Super passionate and responsive prof, always looking to help students do well. Problem sets and practice tests mirrored the exams and were incredibly helpful. Highly recommend.
MFIN1021 · Finance
Carroll School of Management
This course was formally called Basic Finance.This course introduces the fundamentals of the areas of corporate financial management, money and capital markets and financial institutions.Corporate finance topics include the time value of money, the cost of capital, capital budgeting, financial analysis, and working capital management. Financial markets and institutions cover the role of financial intermediaries and instruments as they function in a complex economic system.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.6 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.6 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.4 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.6 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.5 / 5
4.4 / 5
Assistant Professor, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.7 / 5
4.6 / 5
Professor, Griffith Family Chair, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.1 / 5
4.0 / 5
Assistant Professor, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.4 / 5
4.3 / 5
Coughlin Family Professor, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.6 / 5
4.3 / 5
Professor of the Practice, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.1 / 5
3.9 / 5
Assistant Professor, Finance, Carroll School of Management
3.5 / 5
3.6 / 5
Lecturer, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.0 / 5
3.7 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.3 / 5
4.1 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Finance, Carroll School of Management
3.9 / 5
3.8 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Finance, Carroll School of Management
4.4 / 5
4.4 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
May 9, 2026 · Historical comment
Super passionate and responsive prof, always looking to help students do well. Problem sets and practice tests mirrored the exams and were incredibly helpful. Highly recommend.
Dec 13, 2025 · Historical comment
Definitely difficult, but will be completely fine if you stay on top of things. Not heavy work wise. Tests will often throw a curveball that you will need to truly understand the material to get correctly.
Dec 3, 2025 · Historical comment
Exams make up nearly your entire grade. Nice guy and doesn't take attendance but he literally just reads off the slideshow
Nov 18, 2025 · Historical comment
He tricks you in the beginning with easy quizes. Then he ramps it up. I am now failing this class. GPA destroyed no chance at internship. Do not take
Nov 12, 2024 · Historical comment
Good straightforward lectures with very light homework - usually 1-5 problems per week. Exams are hard but if you study with the practice tests they're doable. Super knowledgable.
Apr 9, 2024 · Historical comment
He is a very knowledgeable professor and a decent lecturer. Homework is very reasonable and he gives lots of review and practice exams with solutions for the tests.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
12 sectionsFall 2024
9 sectionsSpring 2024
11 sectionsFall 2023
7 sectionsSpring 2023
11 sectionsFall 2022
7 sectionsSpring 2022
10 sectionsFall 2021
7 sectionsSpring 2021
13 sectionsFall 2020
8 sectionsSummer 2020
2 sectionsSpring 2020
6 sections