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Duration

15 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Credential

Certificate

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  • Offered by University of Illinois
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Financial Accounting: Foundations
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Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • Accountants
  • Finanical Analysts
  • Auditors
What are the course deliverables?
  • Will be able to Understand main financial statements and the financial information they provide
  • Will be able to write a financial transaction in financial accounting language and understand how this impacts main financial statements
  • Will be able to understand how accrual accounting and fundamental accounting concepts work
  • Understand revenue recognition principles and how they impact main financial statements
  • Account for accounts receivables and inventories
More about this course
  • In this course, you will learn foundations of financial accounting information. You will start your journey with a general overview of what financial accounting information is and the main financial statements. You will then learn how to code financial transactions in financial accounting language. In the meantime, you will learn about the most important concept in contemporary financial accounting: accrual accounting. You will then critically analyze how firms recognize revenues. Finally, you will finish the course with an analysis of accounting for short-term assets where you will go into detail on how firms account for accounts receivables and inventories.

Financial Accounting: Foundations
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Curriculum

Course Orientation

Module 1: Introduction to Financial Accounting

Module 2: Recording Transactions and Financial Statement Preparation

Module 3: Fundamental Accounting Concepts and Revenue Recognition

Module 4: Short-Term Assets

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Goldy kumar
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Learning Experience: It is update about latest financial accounting and revise the okd financial accounting together with practical examples and question answers
Faculty: Faculty is good 4 week course with 4 weekly assignment and 1 peer assessment
Course Support: Its is knowledge gaing course
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Aishwarya PorePatil
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Learning Experience: Poor learning experience
Faculty: Instructors did not teach well Curriculum was relevant and comprehensive
Course Support: No career support provided
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Other: I liked the course very much, the course provided new knowledge about Finance
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