This course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and taught by top-ranked faculty, will teach you the tools you'll need to understand the fundamentals of financial accounting. Concise videos, the financial records of a small business, and "your turn" activities guide you through the three most commonly used financial statements: the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and the Statement of Cash Flows. Beyond recording transactions, you'll learn how to prepare these financial statements, and read and analyze them to draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health.
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Ce que vous allez apprendre
How to use journal entries to record transactions and prepare and use t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period
The three most commonly used financial statements and how they fit together
How to prepare these financial statements based on transactions recorded during an accounting period
How to draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health
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Financial AccountingAccountingFinancial StatementBalance Sheet
Résultats de carrière des étudiants
41%
ont commencé une nouvelle carrière après avoir terminé ce cours
33%
ont bénéficié d'un avantage concret dans leur carrières grâce à ce cours
20%
a obtenu une augmentation de salaire ou une promotion
Certificat partageable
Obtenez un Certificat lorsque vous terminez
100 % en ligne
Commencez dès maintenant et apprenez aux horaires qui vous conviennent.
Cours 1 sur 4 dans le
Dates limites flexibles
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Niveau débutant
No prior experience needed to participate in and benefit from this course.
Approx. 14 heures pour terminer
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Sous-titres : Arabe, Français, Portugais (européen), Italien, Vietnamien, Allemand, Russe, Anglais, Espagnol
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Introduction to Financial Accounting, the Financial Statements, and the Balance Sheet
During this first week, we’ll learn about the context for financial accounting, including the informational role it plays for both internal and external audiences. We’ll explain accounting standards, which ensure financial information is conveyed clearly and effectively. Finally, we’ll describe the three primary financial statements as part of a recurring accounting process, called the accounting cycle, and then dive into one of those statements: the Balance Sheet (BS).
3 heures pour terminer
14 vidéos (Total 65 min), 2 lectures, 2 quiz
2 heures pour terminer
Introduction to Recording Transactions
After learning about the Balance Sheet, we’re ready to move on to using journal entries to record transactions, then t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period. We’ll apply those tools to record transactions for a fictional startup company, The Garden Spot, during its first year of operations (TGS Year 1). As we go along, we’ll also evaluate the effect of transactions on the balance sheet equation to ensure it remains balanced.
2 heures pour terminer
13 vidéos (Total 61 min)
3 heures pour terminer
The Income Statement, Revenue and Expense Transactions, and Adjusting Entries
Now that we’ve learned the fundamentals of recording transactions, we’re ready to dive into another financial statement: the Income Statement (IS). After learning about the Income Statement, we’ll record revenue and expense transactions, and summarize these transactions in a special account. Finally, we'll record adjusting entries in accordance with accrual accounting, prior to the preparation of the financial statements.
3 heures pour terminer
14 vidéos (Total 94 min)
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The Statement of Cash Flows, Financial Statement Preparation
After learning about the Income Statement, revenue and expense transactions, and adjusting entries, we’re ready to move on to preparing our end-of-period financial statements. We’ll prepare the Income Statement and Balance Sheet based on the transactions that have been recorded. Then, we’ll dive into the Statement of Cash Flows (SCF) and learn how to prepare that financial statement. Finally, we’ll briefly discuss closing entries, since we've been preparing them as we've been going along!
3 heures pour terminer
16 vidéos (Total 108 min)
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par RF22 déc. 2019
I recommend this course to all beginners in understanding accounting , this course completely put you into your first step of the world of financial accounting , and professor luann is really amazing
par JR4 sept. 2020
The concepts learned during this course made possible for me to present the project financials in a better way to the director. This course should be a must for all of us in the project management.
par JK13 mars 2018
Definitely the best online course I have taken. You get to learn a lot from this short term course and feel confident and ready to move onto more advanced topics in accounting. Highly recommended!
par MY1 août 2020
Excellent way of teaching by the professor.Excellent course . I learnt all the basic terminologies related to finance.Luyaan's pedagogy is classic and very explicable... thank you coursera
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