Fall 2024 Finance B8322 section 001

Private Equity Field Study

PE Field Study Lab

Call Number 16742
Day & Time
Location
T 2:20pm-3:20pm
880 Kravis Hall
Points 1.5
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Michael Ewens
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

The “Private Equity Lab” offers a distinctive experiential learning opportunity for students to engage directly with private equity firms on real-world projects. This course is a blend of academic instruction and hands-on experience, tailored for those looking to deepen their understanding of private equity (PE) through practical application. Partnering with PE firms identified through the Columbia Business School's (CBS) alumni network in the New York City area, this program supports students who work on specific research projects integral to the firms' current deals, portfolio management, or investment strategy. These projects are screened to be mission-crucial but not mission-critical for the firms. This ensures students will work on meaningful projects while protecting the partner firm’s performance.  The course thus facilitates a connection between a student and a PE firm with a self-contained research project that could benefit from the student’s skills.  
The course aims to coordinate a collection of such projects that would otherwise be organized as “Field Study Projects” in independent studies and seeks to overcome the challenge of students sourcing these opportunities and identifying faculty advisors to mentor the project. Importantly, this is not an internship arrangement, and students are not paid (thus, the hours worked are capped at the usual amount of total expected class time).  
 

Web Site Vergil
Department Finance
Enrollment 22 students (50 max) as of 12:05PM Sunday, December 8, 2024
Subject Finance
Number B8322
Section 001
Division School of Business
Open To Business
Section key 20243FINC8322B001