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You will learn how to value a firm over the course of this Corporate Finance professional certificate program, giving you the skills necessary to make sound financial and investment decisions.

We will cover:

• Framework for valuation (including, as special cases, valuation of stocks and bonds, and evaluation of investment opportunities)
• Free cash flow method for firm valuation
• Concepts of risk and return and identification of opportunity cost of capital
• Alternative sources of external funding for company operations

Together, these concepts make up the essential building blocks for a career in finance.

In this hands-on program, you will be given the opportunity to learn through real-world transactions and case studies, as well as work through Excel modeling exercises.

This program suits careers in investment banking, private equity, consulting, general management, and CFO-track roles.

This program is based on the first-year course taught in Columbia Business School’s MBA core program.