Online Class: Accounting and Finance: An Introduction
This class is for those who want to learn about accounting and have an impact on their firm's profitability without having to pursue an accounting degree. For managers, supervisors, business owners, professionals, administrative staff and the rest from non-financial backgrounds. Learn accounting terminology, standard practices, understand financial reports and measure profitability. Learn the importance of auditing and external financial reports. We also cover inventory management, cost accounting and fixed assets (including depreciation methods). An introduction to budgeting and the importance of budgets is also covered. This course is taught in 'layman's terms' and will give a basic understanding of accounting and finance techniques used in daily operations.
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1.0 CEUs
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Introduction to Accounting and Finance: For managers, supervisors, business owners, professionals, administrative staff including those from non-financial backgrounds. Learn accounting terminology, standard practices, understand financial reports and how to measure profitability. Learn the importance of auditing, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the value of external financial reports. We also cover inventory management (LIFO, FIFO and Weighted Average), basic cost accounting and fixed assets (including depreciation methods). An introduction to budgeting and the importance of budgets is also covered. This course is taught in 'layman's terms' and will give a basic understanding of accounting and finance techniques used in daily operations. This class is for those who want to learn about accounting and have an impact on their firm's profitability whether or not you want to pursue an accounting degree. Online course--the course fee includes online textbook, workbooks and numerous Excel templates related to the accounting field. We have also added a discussion forum to openly discuss accounting scandals, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and ethical issues in accounting.
Introduction to Accounting and Finance: Learn accounting terminology, standard practices, understand financial reports and measuring profitability. An introduction to budgeting and the importance of budgets is also covered. This course is taught in "layman's terms" and will give a basic understanding of accounting techniques used in daily operations. Additionally, the student will understand financial statements and basic profitability analysis.
The course requirements are weekly participation and a score of 70% or higher on open book test. The course is pass/fail, but don't worry--the final exam is open book, open notes. The open book test is scored with 100 points, so 70/100 will be passing.
Instructor Thomas Fisher has a Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Phoenix; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Phoenix
Certificate in Accounting and Business, Martin's Business School; Airman Leadership School, United States Air Force.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this
online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and
CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.
Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit.
Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official.
To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service.
Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers
to verify your achievement).