Acerca de este curso: This course 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; and - Draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health.
Para quién es esta clase: This course is beginner level; it does not require any prior experience with accounting. It is designed for anyone with an interest in the fundamentals of financial accounting.
Creada por: Universidad de Virginia
Enseñado por: Luann J. Lynch, Almand R. Coleman Professor of Business Administration
Darden School of Business
| Nivel | Beginner |
| Compromiso | 5 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Requerimientos de hardware | N/A |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
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).
14 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- Discussion Prompt: Introduce Yourself
- Reading: Course Overview
- Vídeo: What Is Accounting?
- Vídeo: 3 Sets of Books
- Vídeo: An Informational Role for Financial Accounting
- Vídeo: Accounting Standards Inside the U.S.
- Vídeo: Accounting Standards Outside the U.S.
- Vídeo: The Financial Statements
- Vídeo: The Financial Statements: A Framework
- Vídeo: The Accounting Cycle
- Vídeo: The Balance Sheet
- Vídeo: Assets
- Vídeo: Liabilities
- Vídeo: Owners' Equity
- Vídeo: The Balance Sheet: A Summary
- Practice Quiz: Week 1 Practice Quiz
Calificado: Week 1 Graded Quiz
SEMANA 2
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.
13 videos, 1 practice quiz
- Vídeo: T-Accounts: A Tutorial
- Vídeo: Journal Entries: A Tutorial
- Vídeo: Recording Transactions: Example 1
- Vídeo: Recording Transactions: Example 2
- Vídeo: Recording Transactions: Example 3
- Vídeo: Recording Transactions: Your Turn
- Vídeo: Introduction to TGS Year 1
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 1
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 2
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 3
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 4
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 5 and a Summary
- Practice Quiz: Week 2 Practice Quiz
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss Interesting and/or Challenging Items
Calificado: Week 2 Graded Quiz
SEMANA 3
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.
14 videos, 1 practice quiz
- Vídeo: Revenues
- Vídeo: Expenses
- Vídeo: The Income Statement: A Summary
- Vídeo: Revenue and Expense Transactions: A Tutorial
- Vídeo: Recording Revenue and Expense Transactions: Your Turn
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 6
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 7
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 8
- Vídeo: Adjusting Entries: A Tutorial
- Vídeo: Recording Adjusting Entries: Your Turn
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 9
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 10
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Transaction 11 and a Summary
- Practice Quiz: Week 3 Practice Quiz
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss Interesting and/or Challenging Items
Calificado: Week 3 Graded Quiz
SEMANA 4
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!
16 videos, 1 practice quiz
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Preparing the Income Statement
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Preparing the Balance Sheet
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Revisiting the Financial Statement Framework
- Vídeo: A Managerial Approach to Recording Transactions
- Vídeo: Transactions from the Viewpoint of a Manager
- Vídeo: Introduction to the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: Explaining the Change in Cash: A Tutorial
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Preparing the Operating Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Preparing the Investing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Preparing the Financing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: Closing Entries
- Vídeo: The Statement of Cash Flows: A Conceptual Understanding
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Using the Direct Method to Prepare the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: TGS Year 1: Using the Indirect Method to Prepare the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: The Direct and Indirect Methods: A Summary
- Practice Quiz: Week 4 Practice Quiz
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss Interesting and/or Challenging Items
Calificado: Week 4 Graded Quiz
SEMANA 5
More Transactions, Analysis of Financial Statements, and an Annual Report
During this last week, we’ll walk through the second year of operations for our fictional startup company, The Garden Spot (TGS Year 2), for additional practice recording transactions and preparing our end-of-period financial statements. Then, we’ll do some analysis of The Garden Spot’s financial statements. Finally, we’ll take a look at PepsiCo’s Annual Report as an example of reporting for a publicly traded U.S. company.
16 videos, 1 practice quiz
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: Transactions 1-7
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: Transactions 8-11
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: Transactions 12-16
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: Transactions 17-22
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: The Financial Statements
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: Preparing the Operating Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: Preparing the Investing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: Preparing the Financing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: TGS Year 2: Revisiting the Financial Statement Framework
- Vídeo: Analysis of the Income Statement
- Vídeo: Analysis of the Statement of Cash Flows
- Vídeo: Analysis of the Balance Sheet and a Summary
- Vídeo: PepsiCo's Annual Report
- Vídeo: PepsiCo's 10-K
- Practice Quiz: Week 5 Practice Quiz
- Vídeo: Conclusion of the Course
- Discussion Prompt: Mission Accomplished?
Calificado: Week 5 Graded Quiz
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|---|---|
| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
| Recibe una calificación final | Disponible |
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Certainly a great refresher for reporting and fundamentals. Sometimes we get comfortable with software that is designed to generate the info we need and it was nice to look over a company sample and get back to the basics of JE's, reports, and more. Would recommend to all levels.
very good fundamentals information ...
Extremely clear and useful
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TK
It was a very informative and interesting course