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Financial Management

Jeff Flesher, Oktay Urcan, Heitor Almeida, Scott Weisbenner, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois, and Stefan Zeume

This Specialization covers the fundamentals of strategic financial management, including financial accounting, investments, and corporate finance. You will learn to evaluate major strategic corporate and investment decisions and to understand capital markets and institutions from a financial perspective, and you will develop an integrated framework for value-based financial management and individual financial decision-making.

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This Specialization covers the fundamentals of strategic financial management, including financial accounting, investments, and corporate finance. You will learn to evaluate major strategic corporate and investment decisions and to understand capital markets and institutions from a financial perspective, and you will develop an integrated framework for value-based financial management and individual financial decision-making.

The Financial Management Specialization is part of the University of Illinois iMBA Program. Each course in this Specialization also fulfills a portion of the requirements for a University of Illinois course that can earn you college credit.

When you complete the Financial Management Specialization, you will:

· Have a solid foundation in developing an integrated framework for strategic financial decision-making.

· Have a thorough understanding of financial statements and the financial information they provide, and be able to critically evaluate and analyze cash flows statements.

· Understand the management and evaluation of portfolios and firm valuation techniques.

· Understand how to incorporate risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and understand how companies make financing and investment decisions.

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Seven courses

Financial Accounting: Foundations

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In this course, you will learn the basics of financial accounting information. You will start with an overview of what financial accounting information is and the main financial statements. You will then learn how to code financial transactions in financial accounting language and about accrual accounting. You will then critically analyze how firms recognize revenues and finish with an analysis of accounting for short-term assets.
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Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics

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In this course, you will explore advanced financial accounting topics, including accounting for fixed assets, liabilities, shareholders' equity, and cash flow statements.
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Investments I: Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation

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In this course, we will discuss fundamental principles of trading off risk and return, portfolio optimization, and security pricing. We will study and use risk-return models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and multi-factor models to evaluate the performance of various securities and portfolios.
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Investments II: Lessons and Applications for Investors

In this course, you will review the fundamentals of investments, including the trade-off of return and risk when forming a portfolio, asset pricing models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the 3-Factor Model, and the efficient market hypothesis. You will be introduced to the two components of stock returns – dividends and capital gains – and will learn how each is taxed and the incentives provided to investors from a realization-based capital gains tax.
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Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation

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In this course, you will learn how to use key finance principles to understand and measure business success and to identify and promote true value creation. You will learn how to use accounting information to form key financial ratios to measure a company’s financial health and to manage a company's short-term and long-term liquidity needs.
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Corporate Finance II: Financing Investments and Managing Risk

In this course, you will learn how companies decide on debt levels and capital sources. You will also learn how to measure and manage credit risk and financial distress. You will discuss dividend and share repurchase mechanics and how to return cash to investors. Finally, you will learn how to use derivatives and liquidity management to offset financial risks, including currency risks.
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Financial Management Capstone

The Financial Management capstone provides a learning experience that integrates across all courses within this specialization. You will analyze a situation from a company's perspective and develop a financial management plan.
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Time
64 hours
Level
Intermediate
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Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Instructors
Jeff Flesher
Oktay Urcan
Heitor Almeida
Scott Weisbenner
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
Stefan Zeume
Level
Intermediate
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