本課程為財金所的財務理論課程，希望透過一學期的時間，使學生對財務理論有一個較為完整的學習，同時也對相關主題之期刊發表論文做一研討，使同學可以進一步瞭解與熟悉財務理論的發展現況。

The five seminal and internally consistence theories upon which modern fiance is founded will be learned in this course are: (1) utility theory (2) state-preference theory (3) mean-variance portfolio theory (4) the capital asset pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory (5) option pricing theory. The teaching objective of this course is let the student have a completely understanding and have a sound foundation in finance theory after learning the course.

Copeland, Weston, and Shastri, 2005, Financial Theory and Corporate Policy, Addison-Wesley. ISBN:0321127218.