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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
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This course is part of the Finance for Everyone Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 4 modules in this course

Finance for Everyone: Decisions will introduce you to the workings of the free markets and the foundations of finance. You will learn how free markets and their “creative destruction” provide the architecture for the global economy and how those same markets move money in ways that create and destroy wealth. Your financial toolkit will include timeless concepts like compounding, discounting, annuities, effective interest rates, and more. You will also learn how to simplify important financial calculations and apply that knowledge to real-life decisions that can influence everything from how you pay for your car to where you live. Through peer review you will publish your view on an issue important to you. You will also discover how your applied decisions connect to bigger questions relating to changing market conditions as you prepare for the second course in F4E: Markets.

Welcome! This first week will give you a bit of background on the specialization and help set you up to make the most of your experience doing Finance for Everyone: Decisions. You will also engage with introductory concepts about finance, communicate with your fellow learners, and familiarize yourself with the course culminating project.

What's included

4 videos5 readings2 assignments3 discussion prompts

4 videos•Total 29 minutes
  • Introduction to the Specialization•6 minutes
  • Introduction to Finance for Everyone: Decisions•9 minutes
  • What is Finance?•5 minutes
  • 3 Important Aspects of Financial Decisions•10 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
  • Specialization Outline•10 minutes
  • Where are Our Learners From?•10 minutes
  • Keeping a Learning Portfolio•10 minutes
  • Course Outline•10 minutes
  • Thinking Ahead to the Op-Ed Assignment•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • Learner Interest Survey•30 minutes
  • Making a Difference 1•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
  • Introduce Yourself!•10 minutes
  • Aligning Stakeholder Interests with Your Own•10 minutes
  • Ideas that Matter to You•10 minutes

In Week 2, you will continue to explore money flows and consider the time value of money. You can also optionally use a financial calculator, view a tutorial, and practice these new skills. Don't forget to continue brainstorming ideas for your course culminating project!

What's included

7 videos3 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

7 videos•Total 67 minutes
  • Decisions in Market Systems•10 minutes
  • Market Types•10 minutes
  • Time Value of Money I•24 minutes
  • The Dutch Auction•4 minutes
  • Dutch Auction - give it a try!•2 minutes
  • The 3-Step Procedure to Improve Problem-Solving•9 minutes
  • Financial Calculator Tutorial•8 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
  • LearnSmart: What it is and how to use it•10 minutes
  • LearnSmart: Introduction to Corporate Finance (Optional)•10 minutes
  • Financial Calculator Options•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
  • Using Your Financial Calculator•30 minutes
  • Time Value of Money I•30 minutes
  • Making a Difference 2•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Our Most Valuable Things•10 minutes

In Week 3, you will delve deeper into money flows and time value of money. As these concepts wrap up for the course, you will continue to prepare your course culminating assignment.

What's included

8 videos1 reading3 assignments2 discussion prompts

8 videos•Total 68 minutes
  • Repercussions of the Free Market•2 minutes
  • Income Inequality•6 minutes
  • Social and Environmental Consequences•5 minutes
  • Overextended Debt•7 minutes
  • Introduction to Annuities & Perpetuities•5 minutes
  • Future Value of an Annuity•12 minutes
  • Present Value of an Annuity•16 minutes
  • Perpetuities•14 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • LearnSmart: Introduction to Valuation: Time Value of Money (Optional)•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
  • Money Flows•30 minutes
  • Making a Difference 3•30 minutes
  • Time Value of Money II•30 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Images of Inequity•10 minutes
  • Unconventional Lenders and Rates•10 minutes

In Week 4, you will synthesize your learnings for Finance for Everyone: Decisions. You will participate in a peer review of Op-Eds written by your classmates, complete a final quiz, and look ahead to Finance for Everyone: Markets!

What's included

4 videos1 reading2 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

4 videos•Total 78 minutes
  • Time Value of Money I Quiz Solutions•28 minutes
  • Time Value of Money II Quiz Solutions•20 minutes
  • Solutions to Final Quiz•22 minutes
  • Course 1 Epilogue•8 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • Solutions to Final Quiz using a Financial Calculator•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • End of Course Feedback•30 minutes
  • Final Quiz - Graded•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • "Op-Ed" Assignment•120 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Beyond Decisions•10 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

1. Familiarize yourself with the broader context of finance.

2. Explain how financial decisions may have positive and negative social impact.

3. Describe time value of money.

4. Perform financial calculations with accuracy.

5. Build confidence in your ability to make informed financial decisions.

6. Relate important financial concepts and issues to experiences in your daily life and the real world.

7. (Optional) Execute common financial calculations with a financial calculator.

This course is structured to be 4 weeks in length.

This course will be offered every month.

No previous knowledge is required. It is recommended that learners have basic mathematics knowledge.

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.

Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.

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