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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...

Top reviews

AM

Nov 26, 2020

Great lectures! My only feedback is that I think I would've really benefitted from some study alone worksheets personally as an appendices to the course so I could practice.

JS

Sep 23, 2020

it was really good step by step learning. being a business head i knew most of the things but this course really helped to brush up and refresh all what i knew in systematic manner.

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By Mahmoud S

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Aug 14, 2023

It was such an extraordinary course that i have learnt so much about financial accounting from it .

By Robert C

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Jul 19, 2020

Good overview of the material. Some concepts felt a bit rushed. Tests could be a bit over specific.

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Oct 31, 2019

explanation not so clear. some kind a principles have been told, but any examples. only words

By Asif R

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Jan 21, 2022

Some topics were complicated and were hard to process. Overall it is aa very good course.

By Joaquim A R D

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Jul 9, 2023

Great course! Excellent opportunity to improve my skills in finance and accounting.

By Alexis

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Jul 31, 2022

Highly recomended for individuals who need a break down of more difficult concepts

By Samiran P

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May 27, 2020

A great course especially for people who have zero knowledge about accounting!

By Shreya R

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Aug 31, 2017

This is a great course to learn the fundamentals of financial accounting .

By DHRUMANKUMAR G S

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Jul 20, 2019

material was really good and quiz were awesomely difficult.

By Jamie C B

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May 29, 2017

A great course to learn the fundamentals of accounting!

By Daniyel K

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Apr 19, 2019

The indirect cash flow method was not explained well.

By Anish P k

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Sep 8, 2017

Excellent learning from coursera financial accounting

By Jenna K

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Mar 29, 2023

Decent course that covers the basics of accounting.

By Gaurav R

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Nov 19, 2019

this is best for the basic learning of finance.

By Chukwudozie C E

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May 16, 2020

This course is a great intro to accounting.

By Mariam M M M

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Sep 16, 2019

it's very imteresting and i'm very happy

By shorouk e

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May 15, 2023

was very hopefull ,thanks to you all.

By Manal A

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Jul 13, 2020

learn new skills and this good course

By Keene S

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Jun 2, 2020

I wish i may take final test for free

By himanshu p

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Sep 2, 2017

a must do course for an mba aspirant

By Numan I

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Jan 22, 2022

Week 5 was lot tough. Struggled lot

By Annasa S

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Jul 30, 2020

Thank you so much for helping me...

By Monica W

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Dec 27, 2023

challenging course but well taught

By Aniket G

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May 9, 2020

It was good and easy to understand

By Richard K

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Oct 3, 2017

good introduction to accounting