Accounting

In this semester course of our online Accounting course, students will explore accounting, including investigating accounting careers. Students will learn basic accounting skills and procedures, both with and without a computer, for general journals, general ledgers, cash payments journals, cash receipts journals, sales journals, accounts payable ledgers, and accounts receivable ledgers. Students will also learn how to reconcile a bank statement and to prepare payroll records. This course covers the basic principles of financial accounting for individuals and for companies with attention to both the mathematical formulas and to the ethical side of accounting. Each unit has practical exercises including a project at the end of the unit.

Major Concepts

Module 1 – Introduction to Accounting
Module 2 – Beginning the Accounting Cycle
Module 3 – Completing the Accounting Cycle
Module 4 – Cash Control and the Payroll System
Module 5 – Challenge

Course Syllabus