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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Finance for Non-Finance Professionals by Rice University

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About the Course

This short course surveys all the major topics covered in a full semester MBA level finance course, but with a more intuitive approach on a very high conceptual level. The goal here is give you a roadmap and framework for how financial professional make decisions. We will cover the basics of financial valuation, the time value of money, compounding returns, and discounting the future. You will understand discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation and how it compares to other methods. We also step inside the mind of a corporate financial manager and develop the basic tools of capital budgeting. We will survey the how, when, and where to spend money, make tradeoffs about investment, growth, dividends, and how to ensure sound fiscal discipline. Our journey then turns to a Wall Street or capital markets perspective of investments as we discuss the fundamental tradeoff between risk and return. We then synthesize our discussion of risk with our valuation framework and incorporate it into series of direct applications to practice. This course requires no prior familiarity with finance. Rather, it is intended to be a first step for anyone who is curious about understanding stock markets, valuation, or corporate finance. We will walk through all of the tools and quantitative analysis together and develop a guide for understanding the seemingly complex decisions that finance professionals make. By the end of the course, you will develop an understanding of the major conceptual levers that push and pull on financial decision making and how they relate to other areas of business. The course should also serve as a roadmap for where to further your finance education and it would be an excellent introduction of any students contemplating an MBA or Finance concentration, but who has little background in the area....

Top reviews

RM

Aug 16, 2020

This is a very well designed course. Taking you through basics and in the end puts you in a real business scenario where you are expected to take a decision based on the tools and concepts you learnt.

KH

Mar 27, 2020

Great Course, Very solid start for those who are trying to enter Finance world.

It makes you love this field if you are not familiar with it and have no previous experience.

Great Job Professor.

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By 121913601044 g

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Jul 27, 2021

NICE

By khethan r

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Sep 23, 2020

good

By HASAN B Y

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Aug 31, 2019

Good

By Muhammad F M M K ( R - R F

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Jun 13, 2022

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By DEMIRHAN A

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Sep 5, 2019

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By Guillaume L M

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Jun 8, 2019

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By FERAS A M

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Nov 20, 2018

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By Nitika S

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Apr 17, 2021

It’s good to gain knowledge but few of the topics on which questions are asked in the quiz aren’t covered in the video lecture and there’s no discussion on the quiz questions. Couldn’t even find how to get certificate of completion of this course

By Sereysetha L

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Aug 10, 2021

Professor Watson is great however in regards to the exams at the end, there are a few errors that need to be fixed

By Nwose G

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Jul 3, 2021

good

By Enrico G

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Oct 18, 2024

OK

By Deleted A

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Nov 2, 2020

I liked the teacher's enthusiasm, however, I did not feel prepared for the Capstone project and struggled with week 4. I was enjoying building spreadsheets and learning excel functions, but the information given in the weekly questions doesn't match up with the information provided for the Capstone project, and it left me feeling overwhelmed. It would take me a lot longer than an hour to figure it out, so I decided it would be a waste of time to complete this course. I'm a college student and my classes in school take precedence over this. Now I just feel I have wasted precious time I could have been putting toward other classes. If this is the only course you are taking and you aren't a full-time student, maybe you will have better luck than I have had.

By Baboloki M

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Jul 25, 2024

I took this course in 2022 and completed it. Vividly remember even seen my certificate. However it doesn’t even show under my accomplishments? What gives? That’s why Iv rated it low

By Nuno M

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Dec 5, 2020

this course need more development especially with course video same time its difficult to understand ..

By Lee A M

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Apr 22, 2023

GOOD

By Daniela L

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Oct 5, 2023

I think that the person who suscribe to this course should have previous finance knowledge because there's a lot of terminology of the area that can be confusing for non-finance profesionals. If you're from a field completely distant from finance, the course is going to be tricky and difficult, is not for non-finance profesionals.

By Omar A

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Aug 16, 2024

I was expecting some useful lessons, like how to budget, how to financially report, and these kinds of things. I don’t like the material in the course at all. Plus, the capstone project is too hard for non-financial people!

By Omeid R

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Sep 15, 2021

Terrible job explaining what should be fairly straight-forward concepts. You're better off learning from investopedia.com for free.

By sanghamitra d

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Aug 21, 2019

concept never cleared. most of the difficult sums which are given in exam are not properly taught.

By Mohamed A

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Jan 3, 2024

أريد الانسحاب من هذه الدورة

By Azizi H

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Dec 22, 2023

Would not let me un-enroll