Finance 101 courses can help you learn budgeting, financial analysis, investment strategies, and risk management. You can build skills in interpreting financial statements, conducting market research, and evaluating investment opportunities. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling, QuickBooks for accounting, and various financial analysis software, showing how these skills are applied in real-world financial decision-making.

Columbia University
Skills you'll gain: Financial Market, Securities (Finance), Derivatives, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Capital Markets, Futures Exchange, Finance, Financial Modeling, Risk Modeling, Probability, Risk Management, Probability Distribution, Model Optimization
★ 4.7 (323) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Supply And Demand, Economics, Market Dynamics, Business Economics, Behavioral Economics, Policy Analysis, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Business, Business Operations, Consumer Behaviour, Operations, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Business Strategy, Public Policies, Competitive Analysis, Resource Allocation, Revenue Management, Market Analysis, Socioeconomics
★ 4.8 (3.4K) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Cash Flows, Financial Modeling, Financial Statements, Revenue Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Cash Flow Forecasting, Equities, Income Statement, Private Equity, Financial Forecasting, Financial Accounting, Business Valuation, Balance Sheet, Market Dynamics, Financial Data, Excel Formulas, Market Analysis
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: International Finance, Financial Trading, Risk Management, Derivatives, Hedge Accounting, Risk Mitigation, Financial Market, Market Data, Market Liquidity, Market Dynamics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Trustworthiness, Decision Making, Business Ethics, Strategic Decision-Making, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Team Leadership, Personal Integrity, Decision Intelligence, Analytical Skills, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Honesty, Business Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Risk Management Framework, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Behavioral Economics, Cognitive flexibility
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

New York Institute of Finance
Skills you'll gain: Operational Risk, Risk Management Framework, Risk Management, Risk Modeling, Governance Risk Management and Compliance, Risk Appetite, Risk Control, Governance, Compliance Management, Risk Analysis, Regulatory Requirements
★ 4.6 (435) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Auditing, Financial Auditing, Bank Regulations, Auditors Report, Banking, Compliance Auditing, Audit Planning, Commercial Banking, Operational Risk, External Auditing, Financial Controls, Lending and Underwriting, Internal Controls, Variance Analysis, Financial Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Operational Analysis, Regulatory Requirements, Business Risk Management, Revenue Management
★ 5 (11) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements, Credit Risk, Financial Analysis, Bank Regulations, Banking, Risk Modeling, Financial Acumen, Income Statement, Risk Management Framework, Operational Risk, Balance Sheet, Cash Flows, Lending and Underwriting, Portfolio Risk, Financial Modeling, Legal Risk, Risk Management, Commercial Banking, Financial Regulation
★ 4.9 (55) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Washington
Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Model Evaluation, Predictive Modeling, Supervised Learning, Statistical Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, Model Training, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning Methods, Feature Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Preprocessing, Model Optimization, Statistical Methods
★ 4.8 (5.6K) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: Governance, Data Presentation, Management Accounting, Data Storytelling, Budgeting, Marketing Analytics, Capital Budgeting, Financial Modeling, Financial Data, Data Ethics, SAS (Software), Business Analytics, Financial Management, Customer Analysis, Customer Insights, Digital Media Strategy, Corporate Finance, Business Valuation, Financial Analysis, Data Visualization
★ 4.6 (1.2K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Ledgers (Accounting), Balancing (Ledger/Billing), Accounting, Month End Closing, Accounting Records, Bookkeeping, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, General Accounting, Financial Reporting, General Ledger, Financial Statement Analysis, Accrual Accounting, Standard Accounting Practices, Accruals, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Revenue Recognition, Business Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct
★ 4.7 (764) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, New Product Development, Model Based Systems Engineering, Model Evaluation, Failure Analysis, Sustainable Business, Data Mining, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Delegation Skills, Strategic Decision-Making, Real-Time Operating Systems, Object Oriented Design, Project Schedules, Sampling (Statistics), Data Ethics, Sustainability Reporting, Database Design, Agentic systems, Data Visualization, Supervised Learning
Degree · 1 - 4 Years