Course Highlights
  • How to use journal entries to record transactions and prepare and use t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period
  • The three most commonly used financial statements and how they fit together
  • How to prepare these financial statements based on transactions recorded during an accounting period
  • How to draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health
Curriculum

19 Topics
Introduction to the Course
What Is Accounting?
3 Sets of Books
An Informational Role for Financial Accounting
Accounting Standards Inside the U.S.
Accounting Standards Outside the U.S.
The Financial Statements
The Financial Statements: A Framework
The Accounting Cycle
The Balance Sheet
Assets
Liabilities
Owners' Equity
The Balance Sheet: A Summary
Welcome to the Specialization
Course Overview
Week 1 Graded Quiz
Week 1 Practice Quiz
Introduce Yourself

16 Topics
Introduction to Recording Transactions
T-Accounts: A Tutorial
Journal Entries: A Tutorial
Recording Transactions: Example 1
Recording Transactions: Example 2
Recording Transactions: Example 3
Recording Transactions: Your Turn
Introduction to TGS Year 1
TGS Year 1: Transaction 1
TGS Year 1: Transaction 2
TGS Year 1: Transaction 3
TGS Year 1: Transaction 4
TGS Year 1: Transaction 5 and a Summary
Week 2 Graded Quiz
Week 2 Practice Quiz
Discuss Interesting and/or Challenging Items

17 Topics
Introduction to the Income Statement
Revenues
Expenses
The Income Statement: A Summary
Revenue and Expense Transactions: A Tutorial
Recording Revenue and Expense Transactions: Your Turn
TGS Year 1: Transaction 6
TGS Year 1: Transaction 7
TGS Year 1: Transaction 8
Adjusting Entries: A Tutorial
Recording Adjusting Entries: Your Turn
TGS Year 1: Transaction 9
TGS Year 1: Transaction 10
TGS Year 1: Transaction 11 and a Summary
Week 3 Graded Quiz
Week 3 Practice Quiz
Discuss Interesting and/or Challenging Items

19 Topics
Introduction to Financial Statement Preparation
TGS Year 1: Preparing the Income Statement
TGS Year 1: Preparing the Balance Sheet
TGS Year 1: Revisiting the Financial Statement Framework
A Managerial Approach to Recording Transactions
Transactions from the Viewpoint of a Manager
Introduction to the Statement of Cash Flows
Explaining the Change in Cash: A Tutorial
TGS Year 1: Preparing the Operating Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
TGS Year 1: Preparing the Investing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
TGS Year 1: Preparing the Financing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
Closing Entries
The Statement of Cash Flows: A Conceptual Understanding
TGS Year 1: Using the Direct Method to Prepare the Statement of Cash Flows
TGS Year 1: Using the Indirect Method to Prepare the Statement of Cash Flows
The Direct and Indirect Methods: A Summary
Week 4 Graded Quiz
Week 4 Practice Quiz
Discuss Interesting and/or Challenging Items

19 Topics
Introduction to TGS Year 2
TGS Year 2: Transactions 1-7
TGS Year 2: Transactions 8-11
TGS Year 2: Transactions 12-16
TGS Year 2: Transactions 17-22
TGS Year 2: The Financial Statements
TGS Year 2: Preparing the Operating Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
TGS Year 2: Preparing the Investing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
TGS Year 2: Preparing the Financing Activities Section of the Statement of Cash Flows
TGS Year 2: Revisiting the Financial Statement Framework
Analysis of the Income Statement
Analysis of the Statement of Cash Flows
Analysis of the Balance Sheet and a Summary
PepsiCo's Annual Report
PepsiCo's 10-K
Conclusion of the Course
Week 5 Graded Quiz
Week 5 Practice Quiz
Mission Accomplished?

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