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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Finance for Non-Financial Professionals by University of California, Irvine

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About the Course

This course is for non-financial professionals, managers, and business leaders seeking to understand core finance and accounting concepts to drive organizational growth and impact financial decisions. You will gain a basic understanding of finance and accounting principles, enabling you to analyze financial information and assess the impact of your decisions across functional areas. Specific topics include financial analysis, planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash flow management, and strategic financing. You will learn to apply these concepts through practical exercises, potentially leveraging tools like Microsoft Excel for financial analysis and forecasting. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Explain the importance of finance and interpretation of financial information. 2. Apply accounting and finance concepts to analyze financials. 3. Understand key accounting and finance terms. 4. Examine financial statements using key ratios. 5. Explain the importance of the budgeting process. 6. Learn key components needed to improve profitability. To be successful in this course, no prior finance or accounting background is required....

Top reviews

NG

Aug 20, 2015

I am enjoying this class so far. It has given me a new way to look at companies and evaluate their financial stability. I look forward to taking more classes from University of California.

HK

Aug 17, 2020

This is very good course for non financial professions ,it give us the idea of accounting equations,financial statements,pricing or costing methods and market valuation in a very simple way.

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By Agustin G

Feb 1, 2017

The course was good overall. I would have enjoyed more practical exercises, specially in the Valuation module.

By Liubina D

May 3, 2020

Thank you some much, great course indeed ... I just wanted to get some more details about the budgeting too!

By Nguyen T N A

Oct 24, 2018

The lectures are very easy to understand. Moreover, this course help me build a strong financial foundation.

By Maya B

Feb 13, 2017

Definitely a great course for beginners. The pace is great and the exposure to key terms is very beneficial.

By M A W

May 22, 2020

The course was well summarized. I would like to have more interactive exercises in addition to the quizzes.

By CARLOS A A T

Jul 16, 2021

It helps a lot to understand finances, if you are not an expert, the only thing I would add are examples

By Kaan H

Apr 8, 2022

Valuable training for getting fundemental finance termi terminology and familiar basic finance tools

By Avani T

Jul 18, 2020

Great course for beginners. Although more modules could have been included for costing and valuation

By Jerish J J

Jun 8, 2020

Really a good course for non-financial professionals, who are in entry level to mid level of career.

By Ojas N

Sep 26, 2020

Gives an introduction to financial and accounting terms and gives an basic understanding about it .

By Alexandre S

Mar 11, 2018

gave me a sense of finance and the teacher was very clear but the language was the biggest barrier.

By Christian F

Nov 5, 2017

It's brief but it was a revealing look into the world of finance and accounting for me. I liked it!

By Deleted A

May 29, 2016

Brief overview of the topic but well presented. Thanks to the teacher, the university and Coursera.

By Erik T

Aug 19, 2015

It was a good intro course. However, I wish there were a few more videos to go a bit more in-depth.

By 藍元宗 ( L

Sep 22, 2015

This course gives a good introduction for financial knowledge. However, the quizes are too simple.

By Claudio P

Mar 4, 2016

Excellent course, definitely worth taking if you have free time and are willing to expand your kn

By Bassam D

Dec 7, 2015

Good course, good introduction about finance, but some terms and topics require more explanation.

By Maria G

Nov 14, 2015

Simply and clearly explained, good examples. Just what you need for a short review of the topic.

By Suhendi P

Aug 30, 2018

As a non-finance background, I could easily follow the lecture and gain a better understanding.

By Daniel F O

Oct 11, 2017

Good course, comprehensive at this level. I suggest to try to add more exercises (not optional)

By arun B

Oct 16, 2024

Course covers very Basics of Finance & Accounting in simple words. Very brief on the topics.

By Hessam K

Jan 11, 2016

It was a great Course. I found it very concise, to the point and well presented.

Hessam K.

By Alexandre C

Oct 5, 2015

A very good course that introduced a lot a financial concepts. Not too deeply but widely.

By Nicolas A

Apr 27, 2016

It was a good course but there were things missing, such as exercises and more examples.

By Genise W

Oct 27, 2015

Great class....l.loved it !!! Great class to learn about business, finance and money !!