Introduction to Finance and Accounting
University of Pennsylvania via Coursera Specialization
Overview
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This specialization provides an introduction to corporate finance and accounting, emphasizing their application to a wide variety of real-world situations spanning personal finance, corporate decision-making, financial intermediation, and how accounting standards and managerial incentives affect the financial reporting process.
It begins with concepts and applications like time value of money, risk-return tradeoff, retirement savings, mortgage financing, auto leasing, asset valuation, and many others. The specialization uses Excel to make the experience more hands-on and help learners understand the concepts more directly. From valuing claims and making financing decisions, to elements of a basic financial model, the coursework provides a solid foundation to corporate finance.
The specialization then moves to financial accounting, enabling learners to read financial statements and to understand the language and grammar of accounting. The coursework introduces bookkeeping fundamentals, accrual accounting, cash flow analysis, among much else! Finally, using the foundational knowledge of accounting, the specialization teaches learners how to understand and analyze key information that companies provide in their statements, including types of assets and liabilities and longer-term investments and debts, and finally the difference between tax reporting and financial reporting.
Syllabus
Course 1: Fundamentals of Finance
- Offered by University of Pennsylvania. In this course, you’ll learn the basic fundamentals of corporate finance. Based on the pre-term ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Introduction to Corporate Finance
- Offered by University of Pennsylvania. This course provides a brief introduction to the fundamentals of finance, emphasizing their ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Offered by University of Pennsylvania. Master the technical skills needed to analyze financial statements and disclosures for use in ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: More Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Offered by University of Pennsylvania. The course builds on my Introduction to Financial Accounting course, which you should complete first. ... Enroll for free.
- Offered by University of Pennsylvania. In this course, you’ll learn the basic fundamentals of corporate finance. Based on the pre-term ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Introduction to Corporate Finance
- Offered by University of Pennsylvania. This course provides a brief introduction to the fundamentals of finance, emphasizing their ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Offered by University of Pennsylvania. Master the technical skills needed to analyze financial statements and disclosures for use in ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: More Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Offered by University of Pennsylvania. The course builds on my Introduction to Financial Accounting course, which you should complete first. ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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20 reviews
4 weeks long, 6 hours worth of material
View detailsThis course provides a brief introduction to the fundamentals of finance, emphasizing their application to a wide variety of real-world situations spanning personal finance, corporate decision-making, and financial intermediation. Key concepts and applications include: time value of money, risk-return tradeoff, cost of capital, interest rates, retirement savings, mortgage financing, auto leasing, capital budgeting, asset valuation, discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, net present value, internal rate of return, hurdle rate, payback period. -
64 reviews
4 weeks long, 13 hours worth of material
View detailsMaster the technical skills needed to analyze financial statements and disclosures for use in financial analysis, and learn how accounting standards and managerial incentives affect the financial reporting process. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to read the three most common financial statements: the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. Then you can apply these skills to a real-world business challenge as part of the Wharton Business Foundations Specialization. -
5 reviews
6 weeks long, 16 hours worth of material
View detailsThe course builds on my Introduction to Financial Accounting course, which you should complete first. In this course, you will learn how to read, understand, and analyze most of the information provided by companies in their financial statements. These skills will help you make more informed decisions using financial information. -
0 reviews
4 weeks long, 10 hours worth of material
View detailsWelcome to Fundamentals of Finance. This 4 module course will help you understand and affect the performance of your unit or organization’s profitability. By the end of this course, you will be able to implement finance and accounting concepts to drive your organization's growth, analyze financial statements and understand the factors in productivity and profitability, and create forecasting and budgeting. You will also have the ability to evaluate and manage cash flow, implement strategies around financing, and use of ratios in running a business.
Taught by
Brian J Bushee, Jessica Wachter and Michael R Roberts
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