Learn Accounting in 1 Hour
This course is for aspiring accounting or non-CPA finance professionals who want to improve their accounting skills.
Updated on Sep, 2023
Language - English
Course Description
This course is for aspiring accountants or non-CPA finance professionals who want to improve their understanding of how accounting works. This course packs the best of what you need to know to understand core accounting concepts and perform common accounting transactions in one hour.
Along the way, I show you tips and techniques to make sure you stay on track and your books balance. I teach you how to prepare financial statements using a simple conceptual model that can apply to any organization small or large.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested in accounting for business.
- Anyone in finance, accounting, or related fields.
Goals
What will you learn in this course:
- Describe and recognize the accounting underlying financial statements.
- Analyze business transactions to determine which are reportable, and of those, which are on account of income and which are on account of capital.
- Prepare journal entries for common business transactions.
- Post entries to create a general ledger and a trial balance using a spreadsheet.
- Prepare the income statement, the statement of changes in equity, and the balance sheet.
Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites for this course?
- No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Introduction
5 Lectures
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Course Introduction
01:12
01:12
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Debits and Credits
21:43
21:43
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Preparing Journal Entries
20:40
20:40
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Posting Entries
12:30
12:30
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Preparing Financial Statements
13:54
13:54
Supporting Materials
3 Lectures
Instructor Details
Blair Cook
Thought Leaders in the Field of Executive FinanceA financial executive and corporate director with a broad base of experience working as a financial leader, catalyst, operator and steward in a number of public and private companies operating in a broad array of industries, with a deep background as a financial, consulting, and accounting educator providing professional development services to Big 4 Public Accounting Firms, universities, and professional institutes.
Specialties:Leadership, finance, accounting, mergers and acquisitions, auditing, instructional design, facilitation and instruction, authoring, decision analysis
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