ECON 169Applied Value Investing
Economics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Enrollment by application only. Extends principles of introductory value investing class to more advanced and wider variety of applications. Makes use of multiple case studies to enhance comprehension with real-world examples and to highlight necessary valuation skills that students are expected to master. Also covers market dynamics that can create opportunities to find structurally mispriced securities such as rights offerings, spin-offs, restructurings, and liquidations. Designed for students considering careers in security analysis, investment banking, consulting, and corporate finance.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 101, 168, Management 1A, 1B.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
ECON 169
- ECON 177Field Projects in Investing
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.