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University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Finance and Accounting

University of Pennsylvania via Coursera Specialization

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.

Courses

Taught by

Brian J Bushee, Jessica Wachter and Michael R Roberts

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