Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Fundamentals of Finance for Strategic Decision Making from the University of Michigan

Learn about financing and dealing with business strategies. Master the fundamentals of value creation.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת ביסודות מימון לקבלת החלטות אסטרטגיות של אוניברסיטת מישיגן

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Understanding the time value of money
  • Ability to make calculated financial decisions
  • Applying financial principles in everyday life
  • Understanding of financial theory
  • Applying practical examples from the real world
  • Improving the ability to analyze complex financial problems
  • Understanding of projects and strategic directions of a company

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Financial Analyst
  • Finance Manager
  • Investment advisor
  • Financial Planning Manager
  • Risk Manager
  • Financial Project Manager
  • Accountant
  • Financial Operations Manager
  • Financial Strategy Manager
  • Business consultant

Internship – a four-part course series

In this specialization, you will focus on the mechanics and insights of the central tenet of finance – the time value of money. You will learn the structure and fundamentals through basic assignments and tests with real-world applications.

We have developed this specialization to enable you to understand and apply the basic principles of finance in your daily life. Understanding how to use finance to make personal decisions will also help you understand professional issues and make better decisions.

Upon successful completion of this series, you will be equipped to make informed decisions based on a framework that focuses on advances in financial theory over the past few decades.

Main features of the specialization:

  • An integrative set of courses focused on understanding financial theory and application.
  • Applying everything learned through practical examples.

The four courses in this specialization build on each other, are supported by real-world examples, and include well-designed assessments/quizzes to test your knowledge and enhance your learning experience. The assessments will gradually increase in complexity as you gain a greater understanding of the application of finance to complex issues.

Hands-on Learning Project

The entire curriculum is built around real-world problems, both during the study of various frameworks and in numerous assessments aimed at giving you the opportunity to apply and learn. The fourth course serves as a summative experience that consolidates everything learned, allowing you to understand projects and strategic directions of a company.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction to the Time Value of Money (TVM)

Course 1

  • Duration: 12 hours
  • Rating: 4.8 (902 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Understand and apply one of the two central principles of finance – the time value of money (TVM)
  • Evaluate alternatives
  • To make decisions

Skills you will gain:

  • Category: Financial Analysis
  • Category: Financial Forecasts
  • Category: Financial Model Development

Advanced concepts in the time value of money (TVM)

  • Duration: 14 hours
  • Rating: 4.8 (74 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Understand the concept of time value of money (TVM) using explanations and advanced question banks.
  • Apply the TVM concept to real-world financial planning and college savings problems
  • Learn more about lending and apply TVM concepts to lending and borrowing.

Skills you will gain:

  • Category: Financial Analysis
  • Category: Financial Planning (Business)
  • Category: Time Value of Money (TVM)

Stocks and bonds

  • Duration: 9 hours
  • Rating: 4.6 (387 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Pricing and trading of bonds
  • Pricing and trading of stocks
  • How are companies appointed and why?

Skills you will gain:

  • Category: Stock Pricing
  • Category: Financial Market Trading
  • Category: Bond Pricing

Advanced understanding of stocks and bonds

  • Duration: 12 hours
  • Rating: 4.6 (43 ratings)

What you will learn:

  • Learn about stock pricing, growth, and different types of growth
  • Learn about different sources of risk in bonds and apply the concepts to practical assignments.

Skills you will gain:

  • Category: Bond Pricing
  • Category: Financial Market Trading
  • Category: Stock Pricing

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