A Model for Incorporating Finance Literature Into Undergraduate Courses

Abstract

The reading of academic literature typically occurs at the graduate level - often at the masters level and certainly for doctoral students. This article presents a way in which undergraduate students at a regional state university benefit from reading and reporting on scholarly articles in finance. Undergraduates in the course on Security Analysis and Portfolio Management are required to present published papers as if the papers were their own research. Students have historically performed well on multiple choice, short answer and discussion questions that assess their knowledge of the papers. Student feedback has been very positive. This article serves to help instructors incorporate articles into their undergraduate curriculum and provide some suggestions learned from years of doing so.