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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

EM

Feb 21, 2019

An excellent well-rounded course and perfect for anyone who would like to gain some insight into financial practices. I would highly recommend this course, "Finance for Non-Financial Professionals."

JE

Sep 21, 2017

Loved the course contents, the explanations and the pace. I would have liked to have a discussion forum and see the correct solutions to the test, and especially the peer assignment.

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By TERESA G

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Jan 11, 2016

The teacher is great and the subject is very interesting

By Marco R

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Sep 10, 2015

Very good overview. Could be a little bit more in-depth.

By Paul J K

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Oct 31, 2015

Good basic overview of financial practices and methods.

By Tsvetan E

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Oct 21, 2020

A bit too basic. Not all dettails were explained well.

By Goran M

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Dec 2, 2015

Decent with space for improvement (a bit more content)

By Asjad M

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Sep 24, 2015

Good for Non-Finance professionals to get an overview.

By Pablo G

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Dec 27, 2020

Very nice introductory course to go over the basics.

By Niki S

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Aug 19, 2020

So far this course can be understood well for me.

By Victoria A O

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Oct 7, 2022

It was well taught and it is easy to understand

By Xia Y

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Aug 17, 2015

Good brief introduction! Expecting more details.

By Abdirisaq M A

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Nov 17, 2020

this is was fun. please provide advance course

By Руслан Ч

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Sep 4, 2015

The cource was to easy for me. I expected more

By Stefanie S

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Apr 5, 2018

Excellent teacher, slides need improving! :)

By Sunil A

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Sep 27, 2017

Excellent starter course for Finance Basics.

By Deleted A

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Aug 15, 2015

For being a free course, it was pretty good.

By Deleted A

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Jan 24, 2020

Good Course to Grow and Enrich Ourselves

By Christopher U E

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Feb 27, 2023

Thank you, information about marketing.

By Linda C

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Feb 27, 2021

Good grounding for non finance people..

By Prasanna K

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Oct 1, 2015

Good, Introductory Course on Finance,

By aman g

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Oct 27, 2015

nice introductory course on finance

By Giovanni V

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Jan 16, 2025

Very good introduction to Finance.

By WANG Q

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Nov 9, 2015

Very easy to understand...good le

By Baskar M V

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Feb 9, 2016

A very good course for beginners

By MD. F R S

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Jul 7, 2020

Basic Knowledge about Finance.

By 刘文俊

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Mar 18, 2016

Good course,is very good fo me