Financial Management

You will learn the skills essential for evaluating major strategic corporate and investment decisions to understand capital markets and institutions from a financial perspective. This Specialization covers financial accounting, investments, and corporate finance. It provides an integrated framework for value-based financial management and individual financial decision making.
Learning outcomes
- You will have a solid foundation in developing an integrated framework for strategic financial decision making
- You will have a thorough understanding of financial statements and the financial information they provide and develop the ability to critically evaluate and analyze cash flows statement
- You will learn about the management and evaluation of portfolios and firm valuation techniques
- Finally, you will learn how to incorporate risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and understand how companies make financing and investment decisions
Courses
The capstone for the specialization will provide a learning experience that integrates across all the courses within that specialization. It will involve analysis of a situation concerning an actual business with a view to work toward a financial management plan. Students will analyze a situation taking the vantage point of a company and develop a financial management plan (for instance, a global company working in a specific geography chosen by students’ region or country of residence, or other consideration).
The financial management plans will be peer reviewed in a crowd-sourcing format as part of a poster session, with participation by one or more focal companies. The deliverable will be designed to create value from the perspective of potential employers while achieving pedagogical and experiential goals for learners. Learner assessment for the capstone will include quizzes as well as peer reviews of capstone projects.
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