That Finance Course I Should Have Taken in College
In this course, you will learn the Finance skills necessary to succeed in both business and in life.
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Course overview
This course will help you achieve both personal and business success.
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
This course is for anyone who wants to understand the fundamentals of finance. Build a strong foundation and you build a sturdy structure.
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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.
What you’ll get out of this course
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!
What people are saying
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Meet your instructor
Greg Pierce
Greg Pierce
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/.
Course syllabus
3 live sessions • 5 lessons • 3 projects
Week 1
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Ross, Westerfield, Jordan "Fundamentals of Corporate Finance: Chapter 1
Complete by May 14 - ✍️
Session 1 Project (due 12/4/22)
Submit by May 14 - 📄
Ross/Westerfield/Jordan "Fundamentals of Corporate Finance" textbook
Complete by May 14 - 📄
Introduction to Corporate Finance Lecture Video
Complete by May 14
May
14
Session 1 - Introduction to Corporate Finance
Introduction to Corporate Finance - Session 1
In this module, you can expect to learn the basic types of financial management decisions, the role of the financial manager, the implications of the various forms of business organizations, and the conflicts of interest that can arise between company managers and owners.
Week 2
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Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
Complete by May 21 - ✍️
Chapter 2 Excel Problems 1-10 in McGraw-Hill Connect
Submit by May 21
May
21
Session 2 - Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow
Financials Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow - Session 2
In this module, you can expect to learn the difference between accounting book value and market value, the difference between accounting income and cash flow, the difference between average and marginal tax rates, and how to determine a company's cash flow from its income statements and its balance sheets.
Week 3
- 📄
Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
- ✍️
Chapter 3 Excel Problems in McGraw-Hill Connect
Submit by May 28
May
28
Session 3 - Working With Financial Statements
Working With Financial Statements - Session 3
In this session, you will learn how to standardize financial statements to be able to compare companies of all sizes to yours, how to compute and interpret the most popular financial ratios, what determine's a firm's profitability, and problems and pitfalls of financial analysis.
Course schedule
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).
Learning is better with cohorts
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