Accounting Fundamentals Course

Learn Bookkeeping and Accounting

This course provides fundamental bookkeeping and accounting education and is required for Consortia's Bookkeeper Development Program.

Objective

Develop a fundamental knowledge and understanding of bookkeeping and accounting.

Overview

The course is a beginning bookkeeping and accounting course. The course provides clear and concise explanations of bookkeeping and accounting concepts, processes, methods, procedures, and controls bookkeepers should comprehend to perform small business bookkeeping and accounting.

Length

The course is a thirteen-week course (one session per week). However, the course is an online, self-study, self-paced course. Therefore, the length of the course is determined by the time you dedicate to the course and your knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting.

Course Access

When you order the course, we email course access and instructions to the email you provide. If you don't receive the email, check your Junk Mail.

If you purchase the course after 5:00 pm MT (4:00 pm PT, 6:00 pm CT, 7:00 pm ET), we email course access and instructions the next business day.

If you order the course on a weekend or major holiday, we email course access and instructions the next business day.

The access code provides you access to the course for 6 months beginning from the time you access the course.

Course Agenda, Materials, Steps, and Fee

Agenda

• Chapter 1 - Accounting: The Language of Business
• Chapter 2 - Analyzing Business Transactions
• Chapter 3 - Analyzing Business Transactions Using T Accounts
• Chapter 4 - The General Journal and the General Ledger
• Chapter 5 - Adjustments and the Worksheet
• Chapter 6 - Closing Entries and the Post Closing Trial Balance
• Chapter 7 - Accounting for Sales, Accounts Receivable, and Cash Receipts
• Chapter 8 - Accounting for Purchases, Accounts Payable, and Cash Payments
• Chapter 9 - Cash
• Chapter 10 - Payroll Computations, Records, and Payment
• Chapter 11 - Payroll Taxes, Deposits, and Reports
• Chapter 12 - Accruals, Deferrals, and the Worksheet
• Chapter 13 - Financial Statements and Closing Procedures

Materials

• eTextbook (digital)
• Pre-assessment test
• On-demand video instruction
• Quizzes
• Exercises
• Problems
• Mini-practice sets
• Instructor support
• Post-assessment test
• 26 CPE credits

Steps

1. Take pre-assessment test
2. Watch chapter video
3. Read textbook chapter
4. Complete chapter exercises
5. Complete chapter problems
6. Take chapter quiz
7. Request instructor support
8. Take post-assessment test

Fee