Econ 184 Winter Quarter Class Application

Econ 184: Institutional Investment Management: Theory and Practice is a winter quarter seminar being taught by Rob Wallace, Chief Investment Officer of Stanford's endowment and senior investment staff.

Students in Econ 184 will learn the economic theory behind Stanford's investment program and develop a practical framework for assessing asset allocation and active management solutions in the real world.  Students will have the opportunity to learn directly from world-class investment managers spanning public equity, private equity, absolute return, and real assets.  

Econ 184 will be a fast-paced and highly interactive seminar class offered to a maximum of 20 undergraduate students, selected by application.  Students must have completed, or be simultaneously enrolled in, Econ 50 and Econ 102A to be eligible.  

The course will meet on Monday afternoons in the winter quarter from 1:30pm to 4:20pm at Stanford Management Company's office in the Graduate School of Business.  A mandatory discussion section will be held on Friday afternoons from 1:30pm to 2:20pm.  

Interested students should submit a statement of up to one page describing why they are interested in taking the course and an unofficial transcript to econ184@smc.stanford.edu by December 13, 2019.  In addition, if you have any questions, please reach out to econ184@smc.stanford.edu.