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4-MONTH IDP Finance Create and Manage Value With the IDP certificate in Finance, you gain knowledge in one of the most complex and important areas of business management. You explore in depth the time value of money, capital budgeting, measurements of business performance and other financial concepts. You also examine mergers and acquisitions, risk management and financial restructuring. Study of trade finance, the unique challenges of international financial management and the international monetary system provide you with insights into financial and decision-making techniques that you can apply worldwide. This rigorous program is ideal preparation for an M.B.A. program, a career in the financial world or a future managing your own company. This certificate is offered in the spring and summer terms only. YOUR COURSE SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Monday–Friday, 9:30 am–12:30 pm and 1:30–4:30 pm (subject to variation) NOTE: This is a typical course schedule. Your program may follow a different schedule from the one shown here, and workshops and seminars may be added. For the most up-to-date Finance IDP information, visit extension.berkeley.edu/diploma/finance. Course titles, descriptions and content are subject to change. 8 extension.berkeley.edu/diploma PROGRAM PREREQUISITES To qualify for this program, you should have completed study of accounting, statistics or economics. You should also have at least two years of substantial and relevant work experience. Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Financial Accounting: A User’s Perspective Basic Corporate Finance Intermediate Corporate Finance Investment Portfolio Management <strong>International</strong> Finance Business Valuation Applied Corporate Finance
REQUIRED COURSES Financial Accounting: A User’s Perspective introduces you to the assumptions, principles and practices of financial accounting. This course comprises a mix of descriptive material, financial accounting rules and lessons applying these rules to various business situations. By the end of the course, you will be able to: • describe fundamental concepts with respect to accounting theory and practice, • analyze financial statements for a business, • apply appropriate depreciation methods to a given set of data for both fixed and intangible assets. Basic Corporate Finance provides you with a foundation for understanding how corporations create and measure value. Reading assignments and small-group work allow you to: • understand the tools financial managers use to make effective investing and financing decisions; • define various cost terms, concepts and classifications; • apply time value of money, risk and return, cost of capital and other key concepts to class projects. Intermediate Corporate Finance reviews security valuation and the cost of capital components, which leads to an in-depth analysis of the cost of capital. By the end of this course, you will be able to: • determine the costs of different types of capital; • interpret and analyze the role of risk in corporate finance decisions; • use, interpret and analyze the various models of a firm’s optimal capital structure. Investment Portfolio Management provides an overview of investments from the investor’s perspective. Gain actionable information with just enough theory to promote good decision making. After successfully completing this course, you will be able to: • understand and measure the risks and rewards of different security types, • buy and sell securities using the terminology of the brokerage industry, • recognize common judgment errors that influence investment outcomes. <strong>International</strong> Finance explores the risks and opportunities created by changes in exchange rates. In addition to tools to address these risks and opportunities, you learn how to use international markets as a source of financing. By the end of the course, you will: • construct an integrated exchange risk program, • understand the operation of international capital markets and the characteristics of alternative sources of medium- and long- term financing. Business Valuation incorporates economic, accounting and relative value models to pricing projects, private firms and public companies. Through conceptual analysis and examples, you learn the strengths, weaknesses and applications of these tools. By the end of this course, you will be able to: • derive valuation of projects or stand-alone companies using a variety of techniques, • analyze and judge valuation-based recommendations, • understand cash-flow-based forecasts and their implications in business. CAPSTONE COURSE Applied Corporate Finance enables you to apply what you’ve learned throughout the Finance IDP to “realworld” situations. Using case studies, you apply financial theory to the three main questions facing financial managers: What investments should the company make? How should the company finance its growth? What dividend policy should the company follow? By the end of this course, you should be able to: • identify relevant data in a situation, • apply the theories and quantitative skills learned in the program to solve problems, • make adjustments to the results to reflect actual conditions. extension.berkeley.edu/diploma 9
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