Business Accounting Basics

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Free Online Course: Business Accounting Basics provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 weeks long, 3-5 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Business Accounting Basics is taught by Kimberly Fatten.

Overview
  • Whether you are starting your own business or supplementing your understanding of accounting, this business course will help you understand accounting basics and give you meaningful financial tools to understand business.

    Understanding the four basic financial statements, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Retained Earnings, and Statement of Cash Flows, is key to evaluating companies for your investment decisions. But this business course goes beyond just understanding these financial statements. Business Accounting Basics takes you through the building blocks and accounting cycles that create each statement. In addition, this course will give you the basic tools to project profitability and break your costs down to help analyze any company.

    This course is built to fit the needs of everyone, including those who have a 401k, other retirement plans or want to invest in different companies.