<p>Business Foundations is a 6-course specialisation from the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) on Coursera, designed to give beginners a well-rounded grounding in how modern businesses work. It covers marketing, financial accounting, operations management, corporate finance and people management, culminating in a capstone project that applies the ideas to a real business problem.</p> <ul> <li>Provider: University of Pennsylvania – Wharton School, delivered via Coursera.</li> <li>Level: beginner; no prior business experience required.</li> <li>Structure: 6 courses plus a capstone; typically completed in about 2 months at 10 hours per week.</li> <li>Topics: marketing, financial accounting, human capital management, corporate finance, operations management and a capstone.</li> <li>Instructors: senior Wharton faculty including Peter Fader, Michael R. Roberts, Christian Terwiesch, Peter Cappelli and Barbara E. Kahn.</li> <li>Certificate: free to audit; an optional paid, shareable specialisation certificate is available, with Coursera financial aid on request.</li> </ul> <p>Enrol on Coursera, work through each course at your own pace, and complete the capstone to earn the Wharton Business Foundations specialisation certificate.</p>