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About the Course

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. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Use journal entries to record transactions - Prepare and use t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period - Describe the three most commonly used financial statements and how they fit together - Prepare these financial statements based on transactions recorded during an accounting period - Draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health...

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PB

Jan 7, 2020

This course is really helpful especially for those who are in the Accounting field. This will give more practical view on what we already know. Thank you for the Coursera Team.

LB

Sep 30, 2020

This is a great course with very helpful instruction. The course provides a lot of opportunities for hands-on work to apply the concepts and solidify one’s understanding of the topics.

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By Philip L

Sep 23, 2020

The class was very informative but as the weeks progressed I could have benefitted from more examples phrases in the way they were depicted on the exam. I knew the material but had a hard time transferring the knowledge to the verbiage in the test questions.

By Mendonça B

Sep 11, 2020

Excellent course, and I recommend it to everyone who works in accounting and finance.

By Яцкив Л В

Dec 7, 2019

Очень легкий курс. Также хотелось бы больше примеров по стандартам IFRS.

By Ali B K

Jul 18, 2025

Too basic and bored

By Mushahid H

Feb 1, 2022

great

By Guarocuya B

Mar 28, 2022

Can't unenroll. A financial aid was promised in the course page but it is nowhere to be found!