04.10.08

Financial Management Open CourseWare

Posted in Business, Daily life, Education at 9:29 am by LeisureGuy

The best free financial management courses—also at the link, much more including articles.

#1 MIT

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers more than just tutorials–the renowned school provides full undergraduate and graduate level courses in financial management at no charge to self-learners around the world. Most courses include lectures, assignments, reading lists, exams and multimedia elements.

#2 The Financial Management Training Center

The Financial Management Training Center, based out of Washington D.C., provides 20 free financial management courses. Short versions of the course can be taken online and longer versions can be downloaded to your computer in a variety of formats. Some of the topics that are covered include financial planning and forecasting, cash flow management, and capital budgeting.

#3 University of Texas at San Antonio

Maintained by the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Institute for Economic Development offers more than one dozen free tutorials and workshops to people who want to learn more about financial management. The free education modules cover a wide range of topics, including balance sheets, budgets, cash flow, contracts, pricing, profits and profitability.


#4 Kutztown University

Kutztown University’s Small Business Development Center provides free online training to new managers and businesses via the SBDC website. There are eight courses that relate to financial management. Most contain multimedia elements and last between 45 minutes and three hours.

#5 University of California at Irvine

UC Irvine offers several free courses through their OpenCourseWare program. The free finance course is deigned for people who want to learn how to manage personal finance versus business finances. It is a very good course for anyone who wants to start with the basics.

#6 Utah State University

Financial management and economics go hand in hand. Utah State University offers several free courses through their OpenCourseWare program for people who want to learn more. Courses include a lot of different materials, including lectures, assignments and tests.

#7 Suite 101

Suite 101 has a number of free finance courses, articles and other resources on their site. All of the courses and tutorials are text-based and most consist of four lessons.

#8 Learn That

Learn That offers hundreds of free finance-related tutorials, article and courses online. Nearly every financial management topic imaginable is covered and a searchable database makes it easy to find what you are looking for.

#9 University of Alaska

The University of Alaska’s Dr. Fred Barbee provides great course materials online from his Principles of Financial Accounting course. Materials include power point slides, assignments, practice exams and other useful resources.

#10 Free Management Library

The Free Management Library has a wonderful tutorial for non-profits who want to learn the basics of financial management. This comprehensive guide is text-based and includes information on everything from bookkeeping and financial statements to budgets and cash flow management.

1 Comment »

  1. That’s a good top 10 list.


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