Financial Analysis in Python

Finance and technology have been interlocked for decades. With the explosion of fintech, the stakes are even higher. The finance industry has burgeoning demand for professionals equipped to handle both big data and high-performance computing. In this resource, students learn Python in a strategic manner tailored to finance and data analytics. They are introduced to key finance topics and trained to use Python skills to solve problems as they work through case studies.

Personal Finance and Economic Decision-Making

This resource teaches students to become financially literate by connecting core personal finance topics, including budgeting, the time value of money, banking, credit, investing, retirement, real estate, and insurance, to the economic decisions people actually face. Grounded in real data on savings gaps and financial behavior, the resource examines the psychology behind common money decisions and equips students with strategies to avoid common pitfalls, building the financial vocabulary and confidence needed to manage cash flow, set goals, and plan for the future.

Financial Markets, Institutions, and Instruments

This resource teaches students the language of finance, from the six parts of the financial system and core principles of money and banking to the instruments that keep markets running: bonds, equities, derivatives, options, and cryptocurrencies. Written to be clear and easy to read, the resource builds financial fluency step by step, covering the time value of money, interest rates, risk, international finance, and the structure of the financial industry, giving students the intuition behind how markets and institutions actually work.

Financial Management

At its core, finance is simply the word we use for the analytics that support decision-making. In this course, students explore financial markets, lean methods to evaluate bonds and stocks, understand the trade-off between using debt or equity to finance investments, and apply methods of capital budgeting and firm valuation. These financial analysis skills provide crucial support for organizational decisions and strategy.

Financial Management with Excel

This resource introduces future business professionals to core corporate finance topics, including financial statements, ratio analysis, the time value of money, debt and equity securities, risk and CAPM, cost of capital, financial forecasting, capital budgeting, capital structure, and firm valuation, while building hands-on Excel skills through real case studies. This will help prepare students to meet and set financial goals, optimize investment returns, and create value using the same tool they’ll rely on throughout their careers.

Principles of Finance

This resource is an introduction to the world of finance for majors and non-majors, with a focus on applying theory to everyday life. It provides a basic framework for students to evaluate economic problems and solutions. Students will develop financial analysis skills needed to make decisions in the business environment.

Principles of Finance with Excel

This resource is an introduction to the world of finance for majors and non-majors, with a focus on applying theory to everyday life along with application in Excel. It provides a basic framework for students to evaluate economic problems and solutions. Students will develop financial analysis skills needed to make decisions in the business environment.

Principles of Finance with Excel—Module

Excel is an important tool for any finance-related career. This module includes an introduction and 12 lessons that teach how to use Excel in the field of finance. Each lesson includes instruction, examples, and an assignment to help students apply what they have learned.

Finance Prep

This resource provides a basic introduction to the terminology and mathematical concepts needed for success in an undergraduate-level finance course. Students will become familiar with the three major financial statements and develop confidence in computational and statistical methods used in finance.

Introduction to Finance Using LinkedIn Learning

This introductory course provides a broad understanding of the world of finance. Using LinkedIn Learning videos along with real-life examples, students study the basics of finance—deciding what you need to buy, determining where you are going to get the money to buy those things, and then managing those things once they are inside the company.