Introduction to Finance and Accounting Coursera

Overview

This Introduction to Finance and Accounting Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Pennsylvania 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.

What you'll learn

• Discounting and compounding arbitrary cash flow streams in order to value different claims and make better financial decisions.

• Difference between NPV and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

• Classification of cash flows into operating, investing, and financing activities

• How companies account for investments in debt and equity securities

Skills you'll gain

• Accounting

• Finance

• General Accounting

• Decision Making

• Investment Management

• Budget Management

• Problem Solving

• Business Analysis

• Mathematics

• Mathematical Theory & Analysis

• Strategy and Operations