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By enrolling in the CORe program, participants will be ineligible to enroll in Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, or Financial Accounting as individual certificate programs. By enrolling in the Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, or Financial Accounting certificate programs, participants will be ineligible to enroll in the CORe program.

Syllabus

The Credential of Readiness (CORe) is a rigorous online program consisting of three courses—Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting—designed to help you achieve fluency in the language of business. You will develop deep-seated problem solving skills and the confidence to contribute to business discussions and decision making.

Learning requirements: In order to earn the Credential of Readiness, participants must do the following:

Thoughtfully complete all modules by stated deadlines

Satisfactorily participate in courses through reflections and cold calls, for example

Demonstrate content mastery through satisfactory completion of module quizzes

Earn a passing score on the final exam of all three component courses

Final Exam: The CORe final exam is a three-hour, multiple-choice, closed book assessment created by HBS faculty and delivered via the HBS Online course platform. The exam is offered to participants after successful completion of the program during defined time periods following the last module deadline.

Download CORe Syllabus

Course Modules Case Studies Takeaways Business Analytics Describing and Summarizing Data

Sampling and Estimation

Hypothesis Testing

Single Variable Linear Regression

Multiple Regression Amazon

Walt Disney Studios

Caesars Entertainment Interpret data to inform business decisions

Recognize trends, detect outliers, and summarize data sets

Analyze relationships between variables

Develop and test hypotheses

Implement regression analysis and other analytical techniques in Excel Economics for Managers Customer Demand: Foundations

Strategies for Assessing and Increasing Demand

Suppliers and Cost

Markets

Competition and Differentiation Ace Ticket

The New York Times

Penguin Random House

Amgen

Bonobos Develop effective pricing strategies

Benchmark costs compared to competitors through relative cost analysis

Apply conjoint analysis to understand what features customers value most

Understand the power of network effects to drive demand

Identify sources of competitive advantage through differentiation Financial Accounting The Accounting Equation

Recording Transactions

Financial Statements

Adjusting Journal Entries

The Statement of Cash Flows

Analyzing Financial Statements

Forecasting and Valuation Cardullo's Gourmet Shoppe

Apple Inc.

Bikram Yoga Natick

Hipzone

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

PepsiCo

Morgan Stanley

American Red Cross

Metropolis Healthcare Discover how balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements are developed and how each interact

Appreciate the role of managerial judgment in choosing accounting estimates and methods

Evaluate business performance and potential using financial statements

Understand both US GAAP and IFRS accounting standards

Prepare and evaluate financial forecasts to make strategic decisions

Value a venture, project, or investment opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis