This is the first course in a series of four that will give you the skills needed to start your career in bookkeeping. If you have a passion for helping clients solve problems, this course is for you. In this course, you will be introduced to the role of a bookkeeper and learn what bookkeeping professionals do every day. You will dive into the accounting concepts and terms that will provide the foundation for the next three courses. You will learn how to work your way through the accounting cycle and be able to read and produce key financial statements.
This course is part of the Intuit Academy Bookkeeping Professional Certificate
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No previous bookkeeping or accounting experience required.
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
Define accounting and the concepts of accounting measurement.
Explain the role of a bookkeeper and common bookkeeping tasks and responsibilities.
Summarize the double entry accounting method.
Explain the ethical and social responsibilities of bookkeepers in ensuring the integrity of financial information.
Skills you will gain
- Basis Of Accounting
- accounting software
- Accounting Cycle
- Creating Financial Statements
- Double-Entry Bookkeeping System
No previous bookkeeping or accounting experience required.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Accounting Concepts and Measurement
The Accounting Cycle (Part 1)
The Accounting Cycle (Part 2)
Accounting Principles and Practices
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- 5 stars74.42%
- 4 stars18.11%
- 3 stars4.66%
- 2 stars1.17%
- 1 star1.62%
TOP REVIEWS FROM BOOKKEEPING BASICS
very good introductory course. It really helped me understand the basics of bookkeeping. I wish there were more examples and practice questions (with more detailed explanation on the case)
The course was set up very well but, I would have just preferred to have some sort of workbook that allowed us practice with every aspect of documentation. Repetition makes me better.
Thank you.
I enjoyed learning from this course Bookkeeping Basics. Having had zero knowledge about Bookkeeping and limited knowledge about Finance. Content and practice videos were easy to follow.
I got stuck at the end. When adding all of the debits I had to choose the multiple choice that was closest rounding down. all of my ither answers were correct based off of my journal entry.
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