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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

Impact your financial decisions and learn how to affect the performance of your unit's profitability and of your organization. In this course gain a basic understanding of finance and accounting concepts to drive your organization's growth. Upon completion of this course, you will have gained general financial knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the impact of your decisions outside your functional area. Content of the course includes selected aspects of finance from a non-financial specialist perspective. Specific topics include: financial analysis; planning, forecasting, and budgeting; cash flow, and strategic financing. This class will be interactive and will require the active involvement of the participants in finance related activities. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Explain the importance of finance and interpretation of financial information 2. Apply the concepts of accounting and finance to analyze financials 3. Learn about key accounting and finance terms 4. Examine financial statements by using key ratios 5. Explain the importance of budgeting process 6. Learn about key components needed to improve profitability...

Top reviews

AC

Dec 14, 2017

I've enjoyed this course. Prof. Standen gives a very basic but clear overview of the most common financial topics, wished I had this course a couple of years ago it would have made my life way easier.

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."

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By Sunil G

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Sep 27, 2015

Good content for a short duration course.

By Mert O

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Jan 22, 2021

It was simpler than I expected.

By SRIVATSAN T S

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Dec 28, 2021

I expect to be much detailed

By Dung T N

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May 16, 2020

Too fast, lack of examples

By Seho J

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Mar 13, 2016

hard to understand for me

By Ibrahem A M A

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Jul 20, 2017

Isn't beginner-friendly.

By Mohamed M

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Aug 17, 2019

need more examples

By NANDHINIE M

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Feb 13, 2020

found useful

By Betty S

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Jun 1, 2022

good

By Mohamed T K

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Jun 21, 2020

Good

By Sourav S

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Jul 25, 2017

Good

By Abdulhakim M A A

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May 4, 2020

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By Nart A

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Oct 25, 2015

First noticeable thing is that the instructor doesn't convey competence very well. He lacks the practical examples to explain the principles more efficiently. The result for me was that, although he chose not to go deep, the principles weren't as clear, memorable or relevant as I think they could have been.

I did learn a few useful things of course, but it was a disappointment in general.

By Janarthanan B

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Oct 4, 2015

Please include exercises for computing the ratios and the valuation methods. In-video questions would have helped more. The quiz does not actually test the understanding of the topic in-depth. There can be some external readings suggested - resources that help us get more understanding on the subjects discussed.

By Deleted A

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Feb 11, 2018

ROE = Net Income ($1,280) / Shareholder's Equity ($3,062) = 42%, not 43%. Your mistake in the assignment causes me to be given 0 points.

By Michał G

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Mar 31, 2016

Very general content. Not as useful as I thought it would be, but maybe I should have read the introduction better:)

By Bobby A

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Oct 9, 2015

Pretty hard to Keep track but the content was good.

I probably need to be a bit more focussed next time.

By Felipe P S

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Sep 25, 2018

IT´S A VERY BASIC COURSE. IT´S MISSING ALL ABOUT INTEREST RATES, AND THAT´S WHAT I´M LOOKING FOR.

By Mahesh N (

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Nov 13, 2017

This course is pretty hand-wavy with very less details/examples.

By Siddhivinayak S

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Aug 12, 2019

Very basic knowledge. Should be more in depth.

By Md. N H

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May 1, 2020

It's very good course

By Roberto A

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Aug 29, 2015

Vague

By Jennifer L B

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Dec 3, 2016

I didn't think it was possible to dislike finance more after taking a course designed for non-financial professionals. Clearly, I should have known more about finances before taking this class, and perhaps I would have liked it more. However, I left the course feeling more frustrated than ever.

By Graciela G T

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Jun 29, 2023

I exptected a differente course. I am not related or interested at all on these topics neither personal nor professional.

By Cassia

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Oct 7, 2015

For me it was boring and too specific. I had a great difficult in understanding it....I quitted before ending.