Financial Management Specialization

The Financial Management Specialization graduate-level microcredential covers the fundamentals of strategic financial management, including financial accounting, investments, and corporate finance. Learners will evaluate major strategic corporate and investment decisions and to understand capital markets and institutions from a financial perspective, and develop an integrated framework for value-based financial management and individual financial decision-making.

Learners who complete this micocredential will:

• Gain a solid foundation in developing an integrated framework for strategic financial decision-making.

• Establish a thorough understanding of financial statements and the financial information they provide and develop the ability to critically evaluate and analyze cash flows statement.

• Learn about the management and evaluation of portfolios and firm valuation techniques.

• Learn how to incorporate risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and understand how companies make financing and investment decisions.