Applied Finance (Certificate)

Be prepared to launch or advance your career in financial risk management, analysis, investment or corporate banking, or real estate with a certificate of applied finance from the U of I College of Business and Economics. Earn a solid foundation of core finance essentials that include using data and analysis to manage financial resources, as well as specialty topics in real estate, insurance and financial planning. Through coursework for this certificate, you'll: Develop tools to use financial data for analysis and decision making. Discover business decision-making skills from small business to global perspectives. Identify insurable risks, and the products to manage them, across industries. Develop skills to raise capital for firms of all sizes not traded publicly. Explore the larger financial services industry while helping clients plan their financial future. Learn to price, market, sell and buy real estate