- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
Introduction to Corporate Finance
- 6 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
- How to evaluate the financial benefits associated with investment decisions
- How investors value streams of cash flows that arrive at different times
- What an asset is ‘worth’ and what tools you need to make the best investment decision about it
- How firms evaluate and compare capital investment projects
Prerequisite
- Basic mathematics concepts
- Candidates interested in pursuing the MicroMasters program in Business Fundamentals are advised to complete and before undertaking this course
Instructors
Darren DeGraaf
Adjunct Professor, Finance Group
UBC Sauder School of Business
Editor
The University of British Columbia was founded in Vancouver in 1908. The College of British Columbia is one of the most prestigious universities in North America, and ranks among the top universities in the world. UBC has more than 61,000 students, spread over the historic Vancouver campus (1908) and the Okanagan campus (2005), and an annual budget of 2.3 billion dollars.
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