Finance for Everyone Specialization

Understand Financial Forces - Make a Difference. Engage, analyze and learn why finance matters to you and the communities you serve

About This Specialization

Watch this intro video to learn more about the Specialization curriculum and Capstone Project! The Finance for Everyone Specialization will help you learn the language of finance and understand how the flow of money relates to the most important key social issues influencing our lives and communities. You’ll examine the connections between global and local finance; the flow of assets through businesses, governments, and other institutions; and the commodity, bond, and equity market dynamics that create and destroy financial value. When you complete the Specialization, you’ll be able to better understand both global financial news and your own personal financial decisions.

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5 courses

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Projects

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Certificates

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Courses

Beginner Specialization.: No prior experience required.

COURSE 1
Finance for Everyone: Decisions
Upcoming session: May 28
Commitment
课程时长为5周，每周1-3小时
Subtitles
English
About the 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
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COURSE 2
Finance for Everyone: Markets
Upcoming session: Jun 11
Commitment
学习时长：4周，每周时间1-2小时
Subtitles
English
About the Course
Markets begins with one of the most common and important elements of the financial system – interest rates. You will learn why interest rates have always been a key barometer in determining the value of everything. You will explore the
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COURSE 3
Finance For Everyone: Value
Upcoming session: May 28
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
In Value, you will explore the most powerful generator of value in the world – ideas. Ideas are the engines of productivity, both in the private and public sectors. You will learn about the universal frameworks that determine how ideas and money i
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COURSE 4
Finance for Everyone: Debt
Upcoming session: Jun 4
Commitment
4 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week
Subtitles
English
About the Course
In Debt, we take on one of the most challenging financial questions that remains unresolved: How much to borrow? We start by demonstrating why using debt has always been and continues to be a great temptation, particularly when borrowing c
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COURSE 5
Finance for Everyone Capstone Project
Upcoming session: Jul 16
Subtitles
English
About the Capstone Project
Each course in F4E offers key insights and knowledge you will be able to apply in real-life situations. You’ll test drive those insights through activities and assessments that will influence your key money Decisions, your particip
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McMaster University is dedicated to research excellence, the student experience, our community and global impact.
Founded in 1887, McMaster University is committed to creativity, innovation, and excellence by inspiring critical thinking, personal growth, and a passion for learning. Ranked amongst the Top 100 universities in the world, McMaster pioneered a learner-centred, problem-based, interdisciplinary approach to learning that is now known worldwide as the “McMaster Model”.

Arshad Ahmad
Professor

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