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University of California, Irvine

Fundamentals of Finance

Welcome to Fundamentals of Finance. This 4 module course will help you understand and affect the performance of your unit or organization’s profitability. By the end of this course, you will be able to implement finance and accounting concepts to drive your organization's growth, analyze financial statements and understand the factors in productivity and profitability, and create forecasting and budgeting. You will also have the ability to evaluate and manage cash flow, implement strategies around financing, and use of ratios in running a business.

Status: Financial Accounting
Status: Forecasting
BeginnerCourse10 hours

Featured reviews

DA

Reviewed Apr 3, 2025

With no real prior business knowledge this course was great in giving me a foundation and more of understanding.

UJ

Reviewed Oct 30, 2023

If you want to start a business this is the course to take. Great Course!

SR

Reviewed Nov 24, 2023

Very well explained and recommended for a better understanding of finance.

NN

Reviewed Dec 13, 2023

The notes for this course were excellent, and the lectures were concise and easy to follow

VM

Reviewed Aug 6, 2026

It was more detailed explained how the financial statements works, forecasting benefits and the ratios purpose.

DC

Reviewed Oct 9, 2023

great course for understanding basics of book keeping and accounting.

AA

Reviewed May 15, 2022

Very good course, with easy to understand explanations. I understand a lot about the basics of finance from this course

JY

Reviewed Jun 18, 2023

one of the best course I learned alot about cash flow

DS

Reviewed Aug 29, 2023

great subject, affable presenter, and excellent learning procedure.

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