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10Business Finance and Data Analysis Fundamentals Specialization
11Master Business Fundamentals with Our Comprehensive Quantitative Cou
 >rses
12Develop essential financial and analytical skills to make smarter bu
 >siness decisions and lead with confidence.
13Learn More
14Upcoming Start Date
15Enrollment is always open, begin anytime.
16Length
17Approximately 3 months
18Effort
19Approximately 5 hours/week
20Tuition
21Audit for free, or pay $49 per course, or pay $59/month subscription
 > to access more practice and earn a certificate.
22Learn more about
23Coursera subscription options
24.
25Overview
26This Specialization is designed to equip you with a basic understand
 >ing of business finance, accounting, and data analysis. We've put to
 >gether these three courses with the explicit intent of helping peopl
 >e prepare for the rigors of a prestigious MBA program, as well as in
 >troducing and refreshing basic knowledge and skills for aspiring bus
 >iness leaders. Having taught at Rice for nearly a combined 40 years,
 > professors James Weston and Brian Rountree have found that entering
 > students often lack confidence in some fundamental quantitative ski
 >lls, as well as struggling with accounting and finance mechanics and
 > terminology. As a result we have put together a series of lectures,
 > plenty of practice opportunities and video walk-throughs that will 
 >allow you to confidently take a seat at the leadership table.
27Who Should Attend
28Individuals who are considering pursuing an MBA program and would li
 >ke to brush up on their quantitative skills before beginning.
29Small business owners who want to better manage their finances and u
 >nderstand their financial statements.
30Individuals who want to improve their personal financial management 
 >skills, such as budgeting and investing.
31Non-finance professionals who want to enhance their understanding of
 > financial concepts and terminology to communicate more effectively 
 >with finance teams or make better business decisions.
32Students in other disciplines, such as engineering or science, who m
 >ay need to understand financial and accounting principles in their f
 >uture careers.
33Anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the financial wor
 >ld and how it impacts our daily lives.
34Program Takeaways
35Demonstrate an understanding of the major conceptual levers that pus
 >h and pull on financial decision making and how they relate to other
 > areas of business
36Describe the basic differences and similarities of the four financia
 >l statements
37Develop a basic facility for using spreadsheets to solve quantitativ
 >e business problems
38Apply top level math and statistics concepts that will be used throu
 >ghout the MBA curriculum at any school.
39Course Curriculum
40Accounting for Non-Finance Professionals
41Basic Principles of Financial Valuation Discounting
42How to Spend Money
43Measuring Cash Creation and Flow
44How Much Does Money Cost?
45Capstone: Putting it all together From Main Street to Wall Street
46Finance for Non-Finance Professionals
47Introduction to Accounting
48Double entry accounting, debits and credits, journal entries, and T 
 >accounts
49Cash flow statements
50Statements of stockholders’ equity
51Data Analysis for Managerial Decision-Making
52Getting started with basic math
53A little more math and getting started with data
54Getting started with basic statistics
55Putting it all together with some practical examples
56Hear From Our Faculty
57Before you start the program, get to know some of our faculty on the
 > award-winning Rice Business podcast,
58Owl Have You Know
59.
60Meet Your Professor
61Brian Rountree
62Senior Associate Dean for Degree Programs
63Professor of Accounting
64Departments
65Dean's Suite
66,
67Faculty
68,
69Leadership
70Office
71McNair Hall 340
72Contact
73713-348-5328
74rountree@rice.edu
75James P. Weston
76Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs
77Harmon Whittington Professor of Finance
78Departments
79Dean's Suite
80,
81Faculty
82,
83Leadership
84Office
85McNair Hall 339
86Contact
87713-348-4480
88westonj@rice.edu
89Rice Business Wisdom
90Rice Business Wisdom is our online ideas magazine that features facu
 >lty research.
91Workplace Culture | Peer-Reviewed Research
92Team Players
93Why Fighting Workplace Discrimination Of Gay, Lesbian And Bisexual E
 >mployees Boosts Business
94Based on research by Michelle "Mikki" Hebl, Eden B. King and Charles
 > L. Law
95Discrimination | Peer-Reviewed Research
96Deep Dive
97Why Shallow Efforts Against Discrimination Don’t Work
98Based on research by Michelle "Mikki" Hebl, Katharine R. O’Brien, Sa
 >muel T. McAbee and John R. Rodgers
99Workplace Psychology | Peer-Reviewed Research
100Letter of the Law
101Does Legislating Fairness Work?
102Based on research by Michelle "Mikki" Hebl, Laura Barron, Cody Bren 
 >Cox and Abigail R. Corrington
103See All
104Have a Question?
105Michael Koenig
106Associate Dean for Innovation Initiatives & Executive Director of Ex
 >ecutive Education
107713-348-5876
108michael.koenig@rice.edu

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t1Business Finance and Data Analysis Fundamentals Specialization - Rict
>e Business 
2Got it!
3This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on o
>ur website. For more information, visit the Rice University 
4Privacy Notice.
5Cookie Consent plugin for the EU cookie law
6Hi I'm Hooty
7I'm a virtual assistant that can help you with questions you may hav
>e. 
8How can I help you?
9Skip to main content
10Business Finance and Data Analysis Fundamentals Specialization
11Master Business Fundamentals with Our Comprehensive Quantitative Cou
>rses 
12Develop essential financial and analytical skills to make smarter bu
>siness decisions and lead with confidence. 
13Learn More
14Upcoming Start Date
15Enrollment is always open, begin anytime.
16Length
17Approximately 3 months
18Effort
19Approximately 5 hours/week
20Tuition
21Audit for free, or pay $49 per course, or pay $59/month subscription
> to access more practice and earn a certificate. 
22Learn more about
23Coursera subscription options
24.
25Overview
26This Specialization is designed to equip you with a basic understand
>ing of business finance, accounting, and data analysis. We've put to 
>gether these three courses with the explicit intent of helping peopl 
>e prepare for the rigors of a prestigious MBA program, as well as in 
>troducing and refreshing basic knowledge and skills for aspiring bus 
>iness leaders. Having taught at Rice for nearly a combined 40 years, 
> professors James Weston and Brian Rountree have found that entering 
> students often lack confidence in some fundamental quantitative ski 
>lls, as well as struggling with accounting and finance mechanics and 
> terminology. As a result we have put together a series of lectures, 
> plenty of practice opportunities and video walk-throughs that will  
>allow you to confidently take a seat at the leadership table. 
27Who Should Attend
28Individuals who are considering pursuing an MBA program and would li
>ke to brush up on their quantitative skills before beginning. 
29Small business owners who want to better manage their finances and u
>nderstand their financial statements. 
30Individuals who want to improve their personal financial management 
>skills, such as budgeting and investing. 
31Non-finance professionals who want to enhance their understanding of
> financial concepts and terminology to communicate more effectively  
>with finance teams or make better business decisions. 
32Students in other disciplines, such as engineering or science, who m
>ay need to understand financial and accounting principles in their f 
>uture careers. 
33Anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the financial wor
>ld and how it impacts our daily lives. 
34Program Takeaways
35Demonstrate an understanding of the major conceptual levers that pus
>h and pull on financial decision making and how they relate to other 
> areas of business 
36Describe the basic differences and similarities of the four financia
>l statements 
37Develop a basic facility for using spreadsheets to solve quantitativ
>e business problems 
38Apply top level math and statistics concepts that will be used throu
>ghout the MBA curriculum at any school. 
39Course Curriculum
40Accounting for Non-Finance Professionals
41Basic Principles of Financial Valuation Discounting
42How to Spend Money
43Measuring Cash Creation and Flow
44How Much Does Money Cost?
45Capstone: Putting it all together From Main Street to Wall Street
46Finance for Non-Finance Professionals
47Introduction to Accounting
48Double entry accounting, debits and credits, journal entries, and T 
>accounts 
49Cash flow statements
50Statements of stockholders’ equity
51Data Analysis for Managerial Decision-Making
52Getting started with basic math
53A little more math and getting started with data
54Getting started with basic statistics
55Putting it all together with some practical examples
56Hear From Our Faculty
57Before you start the program, get to know some of our faculty on the
> award-winning Rice Business podcast, 
58Owl Have You Know
59.
60Meet Your Professor
61Brian Rountree
62Senior Associate Dean for Degree Programs
63Professor of Accounting
64Departments
65Dean's Suite
66,
67Faculty
68,
69Leadership
70Office
71McNair Hall 340
72Contact
73713-348-5328
74rountree@rice.edu
75James P. Weston
76Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs
77Harmon Whittington Professor of Finance
78Departments
79Dean's Suite
80,
81Faculty
82,
83Leadership
84Office
85McNair Hall 339
86Contact
87713-348-4480
88westonj@rice.edu
89Rice Business Wisdom
90Rice Business Wisdom is our online ideas magazine that features facu
>lty research. 
91Workplace Culture | Peer-Reviewed Research
92Team Players
93Why Fighting Workplace Discrimination Of Gay, Lesbian And Bisexual E
>mployees Boosts Business 
94Based on research by Michelle "Mikki" Hebl, Eden B. King and Charles
> L. Law 
95Discrimination | Peer-Reviewed Research
96Deep Dive
97Why Shallow Efforts Against Discrimination Don’t Work
98Based on research by Michelle "Mikki" Hebl, Katharine R. O’Brien, Sa
>muel T. McAbee and John R. Rodgers 
99Workplace Psychology | Peer-Reviewed Research
100Letter of the Law
101Does Legislating Fairness Work?
102Based on research by Michelle "Mikki" Hebl, Laura Barron, Cody Bren 
>Cox and Abigail R. Corrington 
103See All
104Have a Question?
105Michael Koenig
106Associate Dean for Innovation Initiatives & Executive Director of Ex
>ecutive Education 
107713-348-5876
108michael.koenig@rice.edu

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- Who Should Attend
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