ACP International Finance

Overview

Learn the foundations of international finance, and the history and structure of international financial markets. You will discover the basic forces behind international investment flows and gain an under–standing of the financial management techniques used by multinational firms. Determine the functions of foreign exchange spot trading, forward and derivatives transactions, and learn alternative financing and payment methods.

Benefits

• PREPARE for a career in corporate financial planning and analysis in a multinational company
• LEARN to develop practical financial spreadsheet models
• UNDERSTAND balance sheet and profit loss statements
• DEVELOP tactics to improve financial management processes
• GAIN a competitive edge in the global job market with an internship in a U.S. company

Certificate Requirements

In order to earn the Communications Systems Design Engineering Certificate, students must complete all the courses listed below with a grade “C” or higher in each course.

All certificate programs at UC Irvine Extension require professional-level English language proficiency in listening and note-taking, reading comprehension and vocabulary, written expression, and oral presentation. International students who do not meet certificate program admissions requirements are invited to enroll first in one of our English language program offerings.

Admission Requirements

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Schedule

Tuition: $6,800
Internship: $1,650

Curriculum

Introduction to an ACP
Gain an overview of the American higher–educational system and acquire the academic skills to ensure your success in an ACP.

Understand American business culture, sharpen your communication and presentation skills, learn professional etiquette, and improve your business English.

• Financial Mathematics Primer
  This course provides the basics of financial mathematics including statistics. Study the time value of money, simple and compound rates of interest, nominal and effective rates of interest and discount, and investment returns (arithmetic and geometric average rates of return). Learn other key concepts and formulas such as annuities and perpetuities, loan amortization, and interest rate calculations that are common to business decision making. Students will have the opportunity for hands-on application of these concepts in group and individual projects.
• Financial Modeling Primer: Computer Lab Class
  This workshop is intended to provide students with hands–on experience in financial modeling. It enables students to apply financial theories and concepts in the development of spreadsheet models that support effective financial analysis and financial decision-making. Specific attention is devoted to the development of spreadsheet models for financial statement analysis and forecasting for multinational firms as well as cash flow analysis and estimation using Excel spreadsheets, correlations and simple and multivariate regressions. Other topics include financial database tools, charting financial data, macros, financial templates, complex functions (e.g. V–lookup and H–lookup functions), indexing, and what–if analysis.
• Financial Analysis Primer
  This course is intended to provide the students with an overview of corporate finance topics from a global perspective. Students will be introduced to the concepts, techniques, and tools used by international financial professionals in their attempt to effectively provide risk management via financing decisions. Specific attention is devoted to the global financial management context; introductory and advanced financial statement analysis with global scenarios (including financial ratio analysis using ROA/ROI and DuPont ROE model, quality of earning analysis, asset–to–asset cycle, liability cycle and working capital needs); accounts receivables and collection policy principles; financing and borrowing strategies; management of exposure to international cash flows; financial derivatives and their uses in managing multinational businesses; financial risk; securities analysis (U.S., Europe and emerging markets); international merger and acquisitions using purchase accounting and pooling of interest methods; and an introduction to internationalcorporate financial theories and practices (functional and reporting currencies, and temporal and current rate methods used in global currency conversions).
• Introduction to Accounting for International Students
  Gain the foundation to understand the accounting basics for multinational companies and a global perspective of accounting practices. This accounting course will focus on concepts including the accounting equation, financial statement structure, financial statement analysis, cost structures (fixed/variable/break even analysis/overhead), cost systems, an introduction to basic capital markets, working capital management, and present value concepts.
• Risk Management in the Multinational Firm: A Survey Course for International Students
  In today's global economy managing financial risk is critical to a company's success. Learn to identify the most common types of risk found through an examination of a firm's public financial documents, summarize threats posed by five specific categories of financial risk most often evident in a firm's balance sheet and income statement, formulate appropriate strategies to mitigate risks through the use of effective hedging strategies, and learn to devise a test to measure effectiveness of these strategies.
• Survey of International Finance Markets
  This survey course provides an overview of the basic principles and workings of global financial institutions and markets. To understand these principles and workings, students will explore international financial markets and how they operate in a global economy. Gain an understanding of the factors that cause world financial crises, and learn about the financial market's role in recovery of stock market slides.

Internships
As an optional last course and for an additional fee of $1,650, you have the opportunity to apply academic theory and gain practical experience in a variety of businesses and industries for up to three months. A research project provides additional training. Also included in the internship are the Resume Development and Interviewing Skills workshops.
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