FIN 500Financial Management

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This course develops expertise in financial decision-making by focusing on frequently used financial accounting information and the conceptual framework for managing financial problems. Students are introduced to the accounting and financial concepts, principles and methods for preparing, analyzing and evaluating financial information, for the purpose of managing financial resources of a business enterprise and investment decisions. The course adopts a decision-maker perspective by emphasizing the relations among financial data, their underlying economic events, and corporate finance issues. The course provides an overview of the financial reporting system, to enable data analysts in building queries for financial analyses and in forecasting possible future financial scenarios.