AC
Dec 14, 2017
I've enjoyed this course. Prof. Standen gives a very basic but clear overview of the most common financial topics, wished I had this course a couple of years ago it would have made my life way easier.
EM
Feb 21, 2019
An excellent well-rounded course and perfect for anyone who would like to gain some insight into financial practices. I would highly recommend this course, "Finance for Non-Financial Professionals."
By Abhijit S
•Oct 22, 2015
Very good for dummies in finance or pure techies. Can add a bit more content in IRR, ROI topics as we come across those quite often. Also these topics will help engineers with technical knowledge to understand the bigger picture of financial viability of the projects they handle.
By Rachita C
•Aug 14, 2015
A very nicely addressed course for the non-financial professions to apprehend. Short and to-the-point. However, if the course provided a non-paid certificate, just for keeping purposes, it would have attracted a wider audience. But overall, worth putting efforts and time into !
By pawan m
•Feb 10, 2016
Good course for Non-finance people or people who interact too much with the financial chaps. With this course, One will not sit as a duck from the next time he / she sit in the business plan or other meetings, where price, cost, revenue, profit, performance, etc are disuccsed.
By Ahmad R
•Aug 20, 2015
Highlight: The concept of the course itself is great and the course is well structured that makes it easy to follow. It was very basic yet had a lot of new information that will help advance in more detailed programs.
Lowlights: Need more focus and details on the Cost module.
By Laura J
•Mar 2, 2016
I found the course really useful and informative and the teacher was very enigmatic and engaging. My only comment would be that perhaps the teacher goes through the slides slightly too quickly at times,as I found myself often pausing to read them. Excellent course though.
By HILARY H
•Oct 26, 2020
Thanks to David Standen for conducting this Freat course especially for person who don't have a basic finance background in learning about basic financial and accounting procedure. What a great course that conducted by UCI and Mr David Standen. Thank you very much.
By Ariel K
•Jan 9, 2018
Complex financial terminology is sometimes glossed over and not thoroughly explained (for a purely non-finance professional this was hard to keep up). The information was useful and will be helpful in understanding future financial discussions in my role.
By Vishesh A
•Jun 23, 2020
The lecture videos are short and to-the-point. The instructor's insights are very helpful to understand the concepts better. The course touches upon basic concepts of finance without getting into too much detail. A good place for beginners to start from.
By Mohammed F A
•Feb 5, 2016
A quick and very rich course, it is highly recommended for both:
1- non-financial people who are interested in finance and accounting to understand basics and;
2- instructors "like me" who wanted to help their friends who want to help people from number 1
By Raoul G
•Sep 19, 2015
Very nice concise bird's eye view of the subject, which introduces important concepts, principles and practices. Highly useful for the non-financial professional who wants to get a basic understanding of what finance professionals are gabbling about!
By Michelle B
•Feb 23, 2017
Although I am NOT a financial person, I did enjoy gaining a deeper understanding of the financial aspects of the business that I will eventually have to utilize. The instructor made a subject that I usually loath a bit less intimidating. Thank you
By Bart V
•Nov 29, 2015
I very concise overview. The teacher is excellent. I would have liked more real life examples,e.g. looking at the numbers for real life companies and comparing them to others and seeing what we could learn from these numbers about these companies.
By Subash R
•Apr 12, 2016
As I am from science background, each and every terminology were completely new for me. After completing this course, I not only become familiar with terminologies but also understand their proper applications. Thank you for offering this course.
By Kartikeya D
•May 2, 2020
Professor David has a nice way of teaching things and delve deeper into concepts but I think the course lectures could be a bit longer. They can include more real life examples and numerical problems in topics like DuPont's Pyramid, NPV and IRR.
By Sergio C
•Nov 16, 2015
Really digested and simplified for people unfamiliar with financial terms or without an strong background on economics.
Strongly recommended to grasp basic, as well as, complex terms and definitions explained in a very simple way
By Aarav K (
•Aug 15, 2015
This course is good for basics for Non finance professionals. Topics should have bee covered more in detail and totality. For examples Accounting principles coverd only 6 or 7 principles, while there are more principles.
By Mostafa T
•May 5, 2023
The subject matter of the course pertains to theoretical information and it requires students to apply that knowledge practically by utilizing a real company.
it is better to use real company and implement the knowledge
By Rishi A
•Jan 25, 2016
Simple and important concepts that everyone should know. Took this self paced course and understood all the videos. I wish the course could have more information on Finance which is useful for entrepreneurs.
By Amanda V D E
•Nov 15, 2021
This was a good overview course. I did have to pause quite often to read and re-read the powerpoints to really absorb what was being discussed. The instructor moved quickly through the material.
By Mostafa Y I A
•Mar 30, 2019
A good introduction the basic financial language . Helps you understand what are those finance people are talking about.
More in depth studying is needed to go a little bit further with this.
By Marcus F
•Mar 13, 2022
Was a good way to get into buisness introduction and relate some real life situations to what was learned in this course. Instrucor was not monotone which was nice for listening purposes.
By Raquel S M
•Apr 19, 2020
A really useful course, with easy to understand examples and a huge amount of interesting and direct use in normal life, and of course in each business activity...join it! it worth it
By Justus H E
•Sep 22, 2017
Loved the course contents, the explanations and the pace. I would have liked to have a discussion forum and see the correct solutions to the test, and especially the peer assignment.
By Luis F E D
•Oct 13, 2020
Buen curso que permite validar conocimiento de conceptos bà sicos para personas que no son financieras, permitièndoles entender de manera sencilla y aplicar en el dìa a dìa. Gracias
By Timothy H
•Aug 18, 2018
A reasonable brief overview of finance for non-finance professionals. I would have liked a little more detail, but his explanations were generally clear and his examples were good.