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About the Course

In this course, you’ll learn the basic fundamentals of corporate finance. Based on the pre-term qualifying courses for Wharton MBA students, Professor Jessica Wachter has designed this course for learners who need a refresher in financial concepts, or for those who are learning about corporate finance for the first time. You’ll identify foundational concepts in corporate finance, such as NPV, Compound and Simple Interest, and Annuities versus Perpetuities. You’ll also learn how to apply the NPV framework to calculating fixed-income valuation and Equity, using hypothetical examples of corporate projects. By the end of this course, you’ll have honed your skills in calculating risk and returns to optimize investments, and be able to assess the right set of financial information to achieve better returns for your firm....

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It would be very helpful if the solutions were provided to missed quiz questions - there were a few questions I tried a couple times and could never figure out.

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The course seems well researched-- I just have a hard time grasping these formulas and terms at the same time. They all seem to blend together when you add financial terminology into the algebra.

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By Nikolai K

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Aug 25, 2021

It has very good videos and notes but very confusing nonetheless. You need to do your own research and wont find the answers in the notes or videos. It would be great if they explained the test from each week at the end since im not really learning anything from my mistakes. Anyways great course definitely not for beginners

By Melissa D

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Jul 28, 2022

The verbage of the questions in the quizes is very ambiguous and I found this particular instructor really hard to follow and the examples not helpful. Definitely not a beginner course under her instruction but this definitely gave me a VERY real understanding of how hard this can be without the right understanding.

By Aigerim K

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May 31, 2021

The material covered on the videos is clear and easily understood. But there is a whole Week 5 (which is ungraded), which contains important topics, which are not covered by the lecturer on the videos. There are many pdf files in the end that are not straightforward to understand from just reading them.

By Weston B

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Jul 17, 2021

The content of this course was very advanced and mathematical, but I did not feel like the course design was very student-friendly. Some concepts I had learned previously in another university, so that helped a lot. But for a complete beginner to finance, this would have probably received lower stars.

By Wiktor S

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Jun 27, 2022

The notes should be more explicit or the questions/the video should be more adjusted to the objectives of the course; otherwise there are examples on the exam that require knowledge or thinking not even remotely elaborated on during the course.

By marx m

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Feb 10, 2021

I enjoyed the course thoroughly, I did find at times the Lecturer being too vague on some of the methods, purely because I found some of the questions in the quizes were not covered to the extent I would have understood them faster.

By David G

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Mar 4, 2021

Good course only gave it 3 stars because of the multiple technical issues when taking the tests which was frustrating at times to say the least. Otherwise instructor is good and the notes are great study aids.

By Johanna J

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Nov 29, 2021

The quizes were extremely difficult in comparison to the rest of the course and the hints on how to answer the questions were misleading and caused me enter in the correct answer in the incorrect format.

By Giselle L

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Apr 18, 2023

Too many of the interesting concepts in the course were skipped over and designated as optional for my preference e.g. CAPM. Instead there was an over emphasis on number crunching in the quizzes.

By Christian A

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Dec 13, 2023

Great info, but the questions are notoriously difficult and hard to understand. Most questions arent directly discussed but you have to find the right approach to the questions yourself.

By Connor C

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Mar 26, 2022

The rounding for the answers needs to be more clear for certain questions. Also, there are spelling and formatting mistakes in the written notes. But overall, OK

By Lace B

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Oct 4, 2022

Classes and notes cover very little of what is actually in the quiz. As it is more difficult to ask questions online I would expect more thorough videos.

By MA X

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May 22, 2022

the course itself is great, but sometimes the term used in the video isn't match the one present in the question, which really causes some confusion

By Vaishnavi B

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Sep 18, 2021

The lectures were not very comprehensive. In addition, there seem to be quite a few errors in the quiz questions, which create a lot of confusion.

By Erin M

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Feb 25, 2022

Smart professor, but not the best at teaching. She just goes through the motions without explaining. Does not seem like an intro course either.

By Antoine F

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Mar 7, 2024

Very technical with limited real life example that would be good to highlight the potential for such mathematical load and terminologies.

By ENRIQUE E R T

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Apr 7, 2022

The course is good but it could improve some details. Sometimes it get confused in some terms and formulas. But it in general is good.

By Nabukenya A M

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Jun 8, 2024

Sometimes explanations can be a bit confusing and too fast paced. Simpler examples can be used in relation to everyday life.

By Jayesh K

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Apr 2, 2024

Missing a feeling of intuition for the Finance and lacking a well structured course delivery/content.

By Agung B S

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Sep 26, 2021

Kurangnya soal case yang berat sehingga bagi calon murid baru akan sangat kesusahan memahami.

By Eeshan M

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Mar 15, 2021

more real life examples (as in quizzes) should have been explained in the module

By Sourav K

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Jun 22, 2021

The content is very nice but the explanation in the videos is not good at all.

By Atin W

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Apr 13, 2024

can be improved. difficulty understanding the instructor at several times.

By Yiqi J

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Feb 7, 2021

Understand basic concept of corporate finance but not very in-depth.

By Michelle R

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Jul 24, 2024

Falta explicar temas más completos para poder completar los quizz