Introduction to Finance and Accounting
University of Pennsylvania via Coursera Specialization
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Overview
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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This 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.
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Master 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.
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The 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.
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In this course, you’ll learn the basic fundamentals of corporate finance. Based on the pre-term qualifying courses for Wharton MBA students, Professor Jessica Wachter has designed this course for learners who need a refresher in financial concepts, or for those who are learning about corporate finance for the first time. You’ll identify foundational concepts in corporate finance, such as NPV, Compound and Simple Interest, and Annuities versus Perpetuities. You’ll also learn how to apply the NPV framework to calculating fixed-income valuation and Equity, using hypothetical examples of corporate projects. By the end of this course, you’ll have honed your skills in calculating risk and returns to optimize investments, and be able to assess the right set of financial information to achieve better returns for your firm.
Taught by
Brian J Bushee, Jessica Wachter and Michael R Roberts