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About the Course

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. By the end of this course, you will be able to: -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. No previous bookkeeping or accounting experience required....

Top reviews

KG

Jul 20, 2022

T​his course was well put together. I used to feel so intimidated by finances. The interactive videos and practice exercises do a fantastic job of explaining concepts learned throughout this course.

LL

Jun 11, 2022

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.

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By Bruce P

Apr 24, 2023

Good information but insufficient practice time. I don't feel that I'll be ready to actually do the work even after passing the certification test.

By Qendrim A

Apr 18, 2022

Too childish- especially with the animation and script. I am interested to learn, not go through a Cartoon show. Beside that,it was good.

By Rachel T

Sep 20, 2021

I felt like I learned the basics of bookkeeping. However, I was not huge fan of the videos or the way the activities were formatted.

By Carly N

Nov 18, 2021

Was not very detailed. Had to do a lot of self study. Was good for basic guidelines and a brief overview. Character is annoying.

By R. S S

May 1, 2023

nice refresher. Wish there way more lessons we could practice with. Like a workbook for the students just on transactions etc.

By Marcia K

Jul 17, 2022

The course was to generic. I wish they included more explanationd on chart of account, accounting basics.

Thank you

By Tammy P

May 18, 2022

Too cartoonish, voice is unprofessional and hard to understand, and not very imformative and thorough.

By Honey D

Sep 1, 2021

Video playback over without action from the user, course outline not synchronized with narration.

By Akela S

Sep 4, 2024

Nonresidents of the US aren't able to get certification upon completion of course

By Emma B

May 2, 2023

I wish there was more about how to reconcile accounts

By Aymara C

Jul 14, 2022

Needs more explanation about journal entries

By Asif M

Aug 9, 2021

very basic

By Kyra H

Sep 17, 2025

Fine. Teaches you the basics, but in the most grating manner possible. Slow, shoddy voiceover work for a fictional story that I couldn't care less about. I understand that they wanted to present the information in a fun way, but either make it optional, or actually put in the necessary work to make it bearable. There were also far too many grammatical errors. Some were able to be overlooked, but others made the slides borderline incomprehensible. So, I guess, you get what you pay for. Take this and explore the rest later if you're feeling uncommitted; otherwise, look for another course.

By Tamara U

Sep 21, 2022

No course materials.

By manal t

Feb 16, 2026

They have updated the program to a new version where I have lost all my progress with no prior notice (after reviewing the course thread I can see I was not the only one and the only solution is to redo the whole course again, which for the ones that were on last part of it is not fair). The course content was good and I have learnt a lot, however after the update I have lost trust in this course providers, because of no prior notice and because of not making up for the progress lost. Hope this helps.

By Allison H

Oct 23, 2022

This is supposed to prepare you for the Intuit QuickBooks Certified User Online Certification but I fail to see how. The Exam Objectives are all about how to use QuickBooks, but this course had limited learnings on actually using QuickBooks. Most of the learnings was around basic accounting principles and it had you managing the Books by hand in Excel (why???). Course is a nice entry-level to accounting/bookkeeping, but useless in preparing for the exam it claims.

By Alberto B

Apr 15, 2022

I finished all 4 courses (Intutit bookkeeping certificate).

This first course is the only decent one. I'm rather shocked by how badly put together this certificate is. So many errors. I would not recommend this course to someone looking to learn bookkeeping. Save your time and money and search for better options. Newbies need practice. LOTS of practice. That's how people learn. Extremely disappointed.

By luis v

Jan 27, 2026

When beginning this certification, the modules were helpful, informative, and hands on. Unfortunately Coursera decided to switch the entire learning criteria of the certification, AND took away Quickbooks lessons videos and activity. It is now filled with dry, bland, and useless learning materials that I have already learned in college. COURSERA, STOP THINKING AI CAN REPLACE EVERYTHING.

By Elena M

Apr 6, 2022

I found that this course assumed that the student knew bookkeeping. I had to find YouTube videos to fill in the "how to" on much of this course. For instance, doing a chart of accounts, a general journal a general ledger & trial balance as well as an income statement were only referenced. We were not shown how to do it long hand with any real life examples.

By Lisa B

Sep 25, 2022

I failed the Intuit Certified Bookeeping Professional Exam! I was only prepared for the accounting basics.

By Daniel R

Jul 1, 2023

Left with more questions and confusion than when I entered. This was a total waste of my time and money!

By Jeremy S

Jul 8, 2023

Annoying videos. They can't just teach things, everything has to have a mind-numbing framing device

By fahad s

Aug 16, 2021

I,m trying to submit last quiz. it didn't accept my three answers as I;m damn sure it is write.

By Kristen O

Nov 5, 2021

The cartoon used to present this information is obnoxious. I would not recommend this course.

By Sylvia R

Jul 23, 2023

Very superficial