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Economics & Finance · Year 2 · Deepening
S4 Accounting and financial management
Use accounting to make decisions, measure investment performance, value a company and build financial models.
197hours of coursework
20weeks at 10 h
3steps
13new courses
2universities
Target skills
- Costs, budgets and management control
- Advanced financial accounting
- Investment performance and portfolio management
- Valuation, value creation and financing
- Quantitative models and spreadsheets
- Corporate risk management
Semester project
Valuing a company with discounted cash flows, with a spreadsheet model and a sensitivity analysis.
Courses this semester
- 1University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Understanding Financial Statements: Company Position Beginner 12 h 4.8 (1,404) Understanding Financial Statements: Company Performance Beginner 12 h 4.7 (797) Accounting for Business Decision Making: Measurement and Operational Decisions Beginner 18 h 3.8 (190) Accounting for Business Decision Making: Strategy Assessment and Control Beginner 16 h 3.8 (119) - 2University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIntermediateMicrosoft Excel
Stated prerequisites: Some related experience required; statistics background recommended
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Financial Accounting: Foundations Beginner 13 h 4.7 (4,678) Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics Intermediate 12 h 4.7 (1,774) Investments I: Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation Intermediate 27 h 4.7 (944) Investments II: Lessons and Applications for Investors Intermediate 20 h 4.8 (903) Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation Beginner 22 h 4.7 (1,190) Corporate Finance II: Financing Investments and Managing Risk Beginner 17 h 4.8 (900) - 3University of PennsylvaniaBeginnerMicrosoft Excel, Spreadsheet Software
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling — 10 h 4.6 (9,396) Introduction to Spreadsheets and Models — 8 h 4.2 (3,893) Financial Acumen for Non-Financial Managers Beginner 10 h 4.5 (991) Introduction to Corporate Financealready taken — 9 h 4.6 (6,478)
Reading
Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial AccountingOpenStaxCosts, budgets and performance management.Free (OpenStax)
Principles of FinanceOpenStaxTime value of money, stocks, bonds, risk and corporate finance.Free (OpenStax)
Things to watch
- Two Fundamentals of Accounting courses are rated 3.8: rely on Principles of Accounting, Volume 2.
- Introduction to Corporate Finance (Wharton) appears twice in the curriculum: it is counted once.
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