UPenn - Introduction to Finance and Accounting Specialization

Introduction to Finance and Accounting Specialization
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Earn a Certificate upon completion
Skills -Corporate Finance,Financial Accounting,Financial Statement,Accounting,Decision-Making,Discounted Cash Flow,Cash Flow Analysis,Balance Sheet,Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,Accounting Terminology

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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