Finance for Non-Finance Professionals by Rice University
This short course covers all of the important concepts covered in a full semester MBA finance course, but in a more accessible way at a very high conceptual level. The purpose is to provide you with a plan and structure for making financial decisions.
The fundamentals of financial valuation, including the time value of money, compounding returns, and discounting the future, will be covered in this course. You'll learn about discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation and how it differs from other approaches. The course also takes you inside the thoughts of a corporate financial manager and teaches you how to use capital budgeting's core tools. It will look at how, when, and where money is spent, as well as how to make decisions between investment, growth, and dividends, and how to maintain solid fiscal discipline. This course then combines our risk discussion with our valuation framework and incorporates it into a number of practical applications.
This course does not require any prior knowledge of money. Rather, it is meant to serve as a starting point for anyone interested in learning more about stock markets, valuation, or corporate finance. It will go over all of the tools and quantitative analysis in detail, as well as build a roadmap to help people understand the seemingly complex judgments that financial experts make.
By the end of the course, you'll have a better knowledge of the primary conceptual levers that influence financial decision-making and how they relate to other business sectors. The course should also serve as a roadmap for where you can continue your financial education, and it would be a fantastic introduction for any students considering an MBA or a Finance emphasis but who have no prior experience in the field.
This course offers:
- Shareable Certificate: Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online courses: Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible Schedule: Set and maintain flexible deadlines.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 14 hours to complete
- Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish
Coursera Rating: 4.8/5
Enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-for-non-finance
