Coursera
Free Online Course (Audit)
English
Paid Certificate Available
9 weeks long, 12 hours worth of material
selfpaced
Overview
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Finance is for “Non-financial Managers” who want to understand key financial principles and apply them in a real-world context. Over the course of the program window, you will work your way through a series of nine modules that move from understanding basic financial principles to applying financial analysis and ratios to drive decisions. In addition, each module is capped with an ending self-evaluation to ensure that you have absorbed the following key learning objectives:
+ Understand the language associated with finance
+ Know how and whento use financial terms and analysis techniques
+ Read and assess company performance using financial statements
+ Recognize the link between organizational strategy and financial objectives
+ Use "the numbers" to your best advantage to make more informed decisions
+ Understand the language associated with finance
+ Know how and whento use financial terms and analysis techniques
+ Read and assess company performance using financial statements
+ Recognize the link between organizational strategy and financial objectives
+ Use "the numbers" to your best advantage to make more informed decisions
Syllabus
- Introduction
- This module will introduce the professor and provide an overview of the course.
- Financial Statement Basics
- This module will provide an overview of Financial Statements.
- Financial Statement Manipulation
- This module will teach the "How-to"s for common sizing and other techniques for the manipulation of financial documents.
- Financial Statement Analysis
- This module will explain ratio analysis.
- Valuation Ratios
- This module will discuss effective tax rates, valuation ratios, and management of assets.
- Time Value of Money
- This module will teach the time value of money.
- Investment Decision Techniques
- This module will demonstrate a variety of investment decision techniques.
- Cost of Capital and Risk Management
- This module will teach cost of capital, including weighted average cost of capital, and risk management
- Course Wrap-up
- This module will review at a high level various components of the course.
Taught by
Thomas Smith
