In this course, you will explore advanced topics in financial accounting. You will start your journey with accounting for assets with more than one-year life. You will learn in detail how firms account for fixed assets. You will then move to financing of assets and discuss accounting for liabilities. The course will continue with an in-depth exploration of shareholders’ equity. Finally, you will critically evaluate preparation, components, and analysis of cash flows statement.
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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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- Cash Flow
- Financial Accounting
- Cash Flow Statement
- Financial Statement
Flexible deadlines
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Approx. 14 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
Course Orientation
You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.
2 hours to complete
2 videos (Total 2 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
3 hours to complete
Module 1: Long-Term Assets
Long-term assets, assets that can be converted into cash in a time period of more than one year, constitute a large portion of a balance sheet for a lot of public companies. Understanding accounting for long-term assets will help you uncover how these accounts change over time, their valuation, and their usefulness in managerial decision making.
3 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 49 min), 5 readings, 7 quizzes
3 hours to complete
Module 2: Liabilities
One of the major sources of financing for many firms is liabilities. Firms routinely finance their operations through various liabilities including accounts payables, bank loans, and bonds. Accounting for liabilities will help you understand how liabilities are created, how they are valued, how they inform about a firm’s liquidity position.
3 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 106 min), 4 readings, 7 quizzes
3 hours to complete
Module 3: Shareholders’ Equity
One of the major sources of financing for many firms is contributions from shareholders. The shareholders’ equity section of a balance sheet shows details of investments of shareholders. Accounting for shareholders’ equity will help you understand the amount of shareholder investment, the number of shares issued in return by the firm for shareholders, the amount of earnings earned by the firm but not distributed to shareholders, and information about the amount of shares repurchased by the firm from the stock market.
3 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 69 min), 5 readings, 6 quizzes
4 hours to complete
Module 4: Cash Flows Statement
One of the major financial statements is cash flows statement. This statement describes in detail how cash changes for a firm over a certain period. Cash flows statement provides valuable information about liquidity position of a firm, cash consequences of managerial operating and investing decisions, as well as earnings quality of a firm.
4 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 71 min), 7 readings, 5 quizzes
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TOP REVIEWS FROM FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: ADVANCED TOPICS
by CBJan 22, 2019
Briliant! I went from 0 to 100 in a month - compact, clear and meaningful. Prof Urcan is a great teacher. Do both certificates in fundamentals and advanced.
by DDJul 11, 2020
Great course on financial accounting. Concepts were explained precisely and the appropriate examples and case studies were helpful to work with the actual data. Highly suggested course.
by MMOct 27, 2017
The instructor's way is straight to the point which is a good thing, but lessons are too short and needs more practice lessons and more examples
by SRJul 8, 2020
An excellent, detailed course. Perfect for finance students. Prof. Urcan is very good at explaining the key concepts. I loved it and will recommend it.
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