3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
In this course, you will learn the Finance skills necessary to succeed in both business and in life.
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
In this course, you will learn the Finance skills necessary to succeed in both business and in life.
Course overview
We will accomplish this by understanding the fundamentals of finance. We will dive deeply into the role of the financial manager in the company, understanding the 3 key financial statements, and how financial ratios help us to understand the financial strength of the company
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This course is for folks who want to understand Finance and how financial markets work.
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This course is for startup entrepreneurs and small business owners who know little to nothing about Finance.
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This course is for borrowers who want to know how to calculate their mortgage payment, their car loan payment, their student loan payment.
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This course is for student-athletes entering the NIL space who want a fundamental understanding of Finance to help them run their business.
Financial Decision-Making in Organizations
In this section, we will explore the types of financial management decisions, the role of the financial manager, the different forms of business organization, the overall goal of financial management, and the conflicts of interest that can arise between managers and owners.
Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow
In this section, we will study the three most heavily used financial statements, the differences between book and market value, the difference between marginal and average tax rates, and how to determine a company's cash flow from assets or free cash flow.
Working With Financial Statements
From this section, you will be able to build the statement of cash flows from the income statement and changes in the balance sheet, compute key financial ratios to determine the health and strength of the organization, and know how to calculate the DuPont Identity.
Become Financially Savvy!
In this course, you will become financially savvy in the ways of corporate finance to help you run your business or your new side hustle! And, as a special added bonus, we will learn some very valuable concepts to aid you in your personal financial life!
That Finance Course I Should Have Taken in College
Anonymous
Emily Pasi, MBA
Associate Teaching Professor of Finance, Penn State University
Practicing financial manager/educator with a successful track record in financial analysis and control, accounting, cryptocurrency and the blockchain, strategic planning, management/finance education, mergers and acquisitions analysis, real estate management, and budgeting/forecasting. Rated "one of the America's Best Finance Coaches" by financial web site www.BadCredit.org (3/8/2016). http://www.badcredit.org/11-best-finance-coaches/.
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Financial Decision-Making in Organizations
In this first of four modules, we will explore the role of the financial manager in organizations, the three key financial statements used in organizations, and how to work with these financial statements to make effective decisions via ratio analysis.
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Valuation of Future Cash Flows
In our second module, we will explore budgeting and forecasting for the future. We will also explore both the lump sum time value of money, and discounted cash flow valuation tools for discrete individual cash flows.
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Financial Markets and Institutions
In module three, we will look at interest rates and their impacts on bond valuation, learn how to value a stock, and study the history of capital markets and what lessons we can learn from capital market history.
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Investments
In module four, we will study key investment criteria like NPV, %IRR, and AAR and how to use these tools to make good major investment decisions. Additionally, we will study relevant, incremental, after-tax cash flows and how to use these to calculate OCF and free cash flows. Finally, we will address three types of breakeven analyses.
4-6 hours per week
Sunday Cohort Meetups/Class lectures
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EST
We will meet every Sunday afternoon in mid-May (14th through 28th) from 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm to learn the fundamentals of corporate (and a bit of very valuable personal) finance!
Weekly projects
2 hours per week
Schedule items can also be used to convey commitments outside of specific time slots (like weekly projects or daily office hours).
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
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