Fundamentals of Finance

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Every business, no matter what it does, needs strong financial leadership to ensure the fiscal health of the enterprise. But working in a corporate finance department requires a highly specialized set of skills encompassing economics, accounting and finance, and technology is introducing new tools that are changing how managers in this space solve problems and make decisions.

The Fundamentals of Finance graduate certificate at Stevens will help you think differently about the technology-driven changes, challenges and opportunities of the finance discipline. Upon completion of this four-course program, you'll be well equipped to pursue leadership responsibilities in the financial operations of a corporate office or at a bank, hedge fund, investment firm or related enterprise.

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Required courses

The following courses are required to complete this certificate program.

This course introduces managers to the essence of business economics – the theories, concepts and ideas that form the economist’s tool kit encompassing both the microeconomic and macroeconomic environments. Microeconomic topics include demand and supply, elasticity, consumer choice, production, cost, profit maximization, market structure, and game theory while the Macroeconomic topics will be GDP, inflation, unemployment, aggregate demand, aggregate supply, fiscal and monetary policies. In addition the basic concepts in international trade and finance will be discussed.
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This course covers the fundamental principles of finance. The primary concepts covered include the time value of money, principles of valuation and risk. Specific applications include the valuation of debt and equity securities as well as capital budgeting analysis, financial manager’s functions, liquidity vs. profitability, financial planning, capital budgeting, management of long term funds, money and capital markets, debt and equity, management of assets, cash and accounts receivable, inventory and fixed assets. Additional topics include derivative markets.
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This course serves as a second semester sequence in corporate finance. Students enrolling should have a mastery of the topics of covered in Managerial Finance I (MGT 623) including time value of money, capital budgeting, risk adjusted hurdle rates, managerial accounting, and ratio analysis. Among the topics covered in MGT 638 are: leverage on the balance sheet and weighted average cost of capital; bankruptcy, turnarounds, and recapitalizations; international currency hedging; stock options; private equity valuation; mergers and acquisitions; and the issuance of public and private securities.
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Application guidelines

Students who apply to the Fundamentals of Finance program must have a bachelor's degree. Neither work experience nor test scores are a requirement for this certificate.

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