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QUANTITATIVE METHODS
The complete course and the Regression Section include
a pretest and two final exams.

n COMPLETE COURSE #504702 n REGRESSION SECTION #6012

Overview and Introduction

Basics: Data Description Introducing Data • Describing and Summarizing Data • Variability • Applying Data Analysis • Relationships
Between Variables

Sampling & Estimation Introduction to Sampling • Generating Random Samples • The Population Mean • The Normal Distribution •
Confidence Intervals • Proportions

Hypothesis Testing Introduction to Hypothesis Testing • Single Population Means • Single Population Proportions • P-Values •
Comparing Two Populations

Regression Basics Introduction to Regression • Calculating the Regression Line • Deeper into Regression

Multiple Regression Introduction to Multiple Regression • Adapting Basic Concepts • New Concepts in Multiple Regression

Decision Analysis I Introducing Decision Analysis • Decision Trees • Comparing the Outcomes • Sensitivity Analysis

Decision Analysis II Conditional Probabilities • The Value of Information • Risk Analysis

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FINANCE
The complete course and each section include a pretest and two final exams.

n COMPLETE COURSE #208719 n INTRODUCTORY SECTION #6000

Welcome to Finance Using the Tutorial • What Is Finance? • Tutorial Overview

Introduction Financial Statements • Golden State Canning

Ratio Analysis Definition • Growth • Profitability • Efficiency • Liquidity • Leverage • Risk • Common-Size Financial
Statements • Interpretation • List of Common Ratios • Qualifications

Cash Cycle and Growth Cash Cycle • Sources and Uses • Growth

Financial Forecasting Basic Ingredients • The Process • Bias, Error, and Uncertainty • Pro Formas

Rearranging Financial Statements Real vs. Financial • Cash vs. Non-Cash • Simplification

Capital Structure Formulation of the Problem • Debt • Equity • Financial Leverage and Risk • Irrelevance • Relaxing
M&M Condition—Taxes • Cost of Financial Distress • Tax Shields and CFD—The Static Tradeoff Model •
Alternative Models • Payout Policy

Time Value of Money and Introduction • Compounding and Discounting • Valuing Golden State’s Jarring Line Project • Investment
Project Valuation Decision Criteria • Perpetuities

Risk & Return Roadmap • Expected Cash Flow • Risk-Adjusted Discount Rates • Value Maximization & Opportunity Cost
• Roadmap • CAPM • Roadmap • Project Discount Rates • Roadmap • The Weighted Average Cost of
Capital

Valuing a Basic Approaches • DCF Ingredients • Putting It Together • Sensitivity Analysis • Conclusion
Business

MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION
The complete course includes three sections, each concluding with a final exam. The Introduction and Planning
Communication sections are included with both the Writing in Business and Presenting in Business sections.

n COMPLETE COURSE #4337 n WRITING IN BUSINESS SECTION #4341 n PRESENTING IN BUSINESS SECTION #4343

Introduction Included in the complete course and each section.

Communication and Your Business Career • What You Will Learn in This Course • Practicing Your Skills

Planning Communication Included in the complete course and each section.

Introduction • What Are Good Models? • Case Study: Planning Communication • Analyzing a
Communication Situation • Organizing a Message • Templates and Checklists

Writing in Business Introduction • The Writing Process • What Is Good Business Writing? • Four Qualities of Business Writing
• Using Visual Clues • Writing Style • Case Study: Writing in Business • Informative Writing • Persuasive
Writing • Writing Action Plans • Short-Form Writing • Long-Form Writing • Templates and Checklists

Presenting in Business Introduction • Obstacles to Persuasive Presentations • Analyzing a Communication Situation • Case Study:
Presenting in Business • The Message: Organizing the Content • The Message: Preparing the Plan • The
Message: Enriching the Presentation • The Message: Preparing Slides and Other Media • The Delivery:
Communicating the Message • Templates and Checklists

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
The complete course and each section include a pretest. The complete course has three final exams,
two for the Introductory Section and one for the Advanced section.

n COMPLETE COURSE #105708 n INTRODUCTORY SECTION #6002 n ADVANCED SECTION #6003

Welcome to Financial Included in the complete course and each section.

Accounting

Terms and Concepts Overview of Financial Reports • Balance Sheet • Income Statement • Statement of Cash Flows • Introduction
to Concepts • Entity • Money Measurement • Going Concern • Consistency • Materiality • Quality Attributes:
Relevance and Reliability • Accrual Accounting: Accrual vs. Cash-Basis • GAAP • IFRS • Principles vs. Rules

The Balance Sheet Assets • Liabilities • Owner’s Equity • The Accounting Equation • Concepts: Dual Aspect, Historical Cost •
Ratios: Current Ratio and Total Debt to Equity Ratio

Income Statement Link to Balance Sheet • Retained Earnings and Dividends • Concepts: Realization, Matching, and Conservatism
• Recording Transactions: Cash and Credit Sales • Expenses • Salaries • Utilities • Rent • Depreciation •
Amortization • Operating Expenses • Debt Service • Ratios: Gross Margin Percentage and Return on Sales
Percentage

Accounting Records Double-Entry Accounting • Journal Entries: Debits and Credits • Ledger: T-Accounts • Adjusting and Closing
Entries • Preparing the Balance Sheet and Income Statement

The Statement of Direct Method • Indirect Method • Net Income • Operating Cash Flows • Recap of the Indirect Method •
Cash Flows Relation to the Balance Sheet • Interpretation • Analysis of Indirect Statement

Revenue & Receivables Unredeemed Gift Certificate • Deferred Revenue • Redeeming Certificates • Bad Debts • Refunds • Prompt
Payment Discounts • Adjusting Allowances: Month’s End • Bad Debt Ratio • Days Receivable Ratio

Inventories and Bought Merchandise Flow • Merchandise and COGS • Jam Production • Costs • Product Costs • Inventory
Cost of Sales Accounts • Raw Materials • Work-in-Process • Finished Goods • Tracking Inventory • Cost of Goods Sold •
Price Change • Inventory Valuation • Flow Assumptions • Cost vs. Physical Flows • FIFO • LIFO • Inventory
Write-Down • Inventory Ratios: Turnover and Days Inventory

Depreciation and Acquisition Cost • Asset Usage • Depreciation • Accumulated Depreciation • Straight-Line and Accelerated
Non-Current Assets Methods • IFRS Allowed Alternative • Improvements and Repairs • Asset Sales • Intangibles • Capitalizing •
Accounting and Amortization • Ratio: Turnover by Industry

Liabilities and Executory Contracts • Zero Coupon Debt • Future Value • Present Value • Semi-Annual Compounding •
Financing Costs Loan Value • Leases: Capital Lease and Operating Lease • Contingent Liabilities • Debt Ratings

Investments & Investment Motivations • Control • Marketable Securities: Intent, Hold-to-Maturity, Trading, and
Investment Income Available-for-Sale • Business Acquisitions: Purchase Price, Net Assets Fair Value, Goodwill, Recording Acquisition,
and Income Effects

Deferred Taxes Management Challenges • Tax vs. Financial Reporting • Tax Expense vs. Taxes Due • Deferred Tax Accruals •
and Tax Expense Deferred Tax Liabilities • Deferred Tax Assets • Current and Deferred Tax Expense

Owner’s Equity Management Challenges • Common Stock • Preferred Stock • Stock Repurchases • Dividends • Stock Splits •
Stock Options • Comprehensive Income • Equity Ratios: ROE Drivers

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SPREADSHEET MODELING:
EXCEL 2013
The complete course and each section include a pretest
and final exam.

n COMPLETE COURSE #9052 n INTRODUCTORY SECTION #9053 n ADVANCED SECTION #9054

Introduction Included in the complete course and each section.

The Excel Environment Opening a Workbook • The Excel 2013 Ribbon • The Quick Access Toolbar • Worksheets • Moving Around a
Worksheet and Workbook • Printing a Worksheet • Saving a Workbook File

Working with Data: Cells and Ranges • Selecting Ranges • Selecting All Cells in a Dataset Using Shortcut Keys • Selecting All Cells
Basic Techniques on a Worksheet • Selecting Noncontiguous Ranges • Selecting Cells and Named Ranges • Selecting Otherwise
Difficult-to-Select Cells with Go-To Special • Filling Series • Copying and Moving Cell Entries • The Undo
Command

Increasing Spreadsheet Working with Rows and Columns • Making Better Use of Screen Space • Basic Cell Formatting • Basic Number
Readability Formats • Conditional Formatting • Formatting and Other Options with Paste Special • Setting Up a Worksheet
for Printing

Excel Formulas Copying Formulas • The AutoComplete Formula Option • Entering Formulas by Pointing • Other Ways to Copy
Formulas • Absolute Addressing • Using the F4 Key • Hierarchy of Mathematical Operations • Summation Icon
• Editing or Correcting Formulas • Showing the Actual Formula in a Cell • Do-It-Yourself Exercise

Useful Excel Functions IF Statements • Text Functions • Flash Fill • Basic Date and Time Functions • Range Names • Lookup Functions
• Other Lookup and Reference Functions • Error Trapping • Rounding Functions • The SUMPRODUCT Function
• Modeling Uncertainty in Excel • Excel Financial Functions • COUNT, COUNTA, and COUNTBLANK Functions •
Excel Statistical Functions • Conditional Counts • Conditional Sums • Removing Duplicates • Sorting in Excel •
Filtering Data • Subtotals • Pivot Tables • Pivot Charts • Conditional Formatting: The Formula Option

Charts Creating Charts • Resizing and Moving Charts • Basic Formatting of Charts • Formatting Axes and Data Series •
Customizing Charts

Importing Data into Excel From a Text or Word File • Using Web Queries to Import Data from the Web • Exercises

The Art of Spreadsheet Model Building Blocks • Model Terminology • The Spreadsheet Model Building Process • Rules to Guide
Modeling Intelligent Modeling • Building a Model • Set Up the Spreadsheet Model • Data Tables • Two-Way Data Tables •
Goal Seek • Auditing • Flexibility • Comments and Text Boxes • Error Trapping • Using F9 and Evaluate Formula
Feature • Scenarios • Spinners • Model Limitations

Using Excel Solver Solving Optimization Problems • Developing a Solver Model • Configuring Solver to Solve the Problem

Three-Dimensional Formulas Three-Dimensional Formulas • Using the Excel Table Feature

and the Table Feature

Monte Carlo Simulation Uncertainty and the Monte Carlo Simulation • Random Variables: The Key to the Monte Carlo Simulation •
Using @RISK to Simulate a New Product Introduction

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MATHEMATICS FOR
MANAGEMENT
The complete course and each section include a pretest
and final exam.

n COMPLETE COURSE #3350 n STATISTICS SECTION #6007

n ALGEBRA SECTION #6004 n PROBABILITY SECTION #6008
n CALCULUS SECTION #6006 n FINANCE SECTION #6009

Introduction Included in the complete course and each section.

Algebra Variables • Functions of One and More Than One Variable • Linear Equations: One Variable •
The Cartesian Plane • Straight Lines • Finding Solutions: Two Equations • Linear Inequalities: One Variable •
Linear Inequalities: Two Variables • Polynomials and Quadratic Functions • Powers and Exponents • Power
Function • Cobb-Douglas Function • Order of Operations • Entering Formulas and Graphing Functions in Excel •
Inverse Functions • Ratios and Percentages • Elasticity of Demand • Logarithms • Index Numbers

Calculus Motivation for Differential Calculus • Determining the Slope of a Function • Slope and Tangent Lines • Rules
for Computing Derivatives • Second Derivatives, Convex, and Concave Functions • Maximizing and Minimizing
Functions • Inflection Points

Statistics Summation Notation • Using Bar Graphs and Histograms to Summarize Data • Measures of Central Tendency
• Skewness and Measures of Central Tendency • Measures of Variability • The Rule of Thumb and Outliers •
Covariance and Correlation

Probability Experiments, Sample Spaces, and Events • Calculations Involving Sample Spaces • Mutually Exclusive Events •
Complementary Events • Conditional Probability • Independent Events •
Random Variables • Continuous Random Variables • The Normal Random Variable

Finance Net Present Value (NPV) • Internal Rate of Return (IRR) • Payback Criteria • Future Value • Annuities •
Perpetuities • Growing Perpetuity • Compound Interest • Basic Bond Math • CAGR: Compound Annual Growth
Rate • Option Pricing

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