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About the Course

This course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and taught by top-ranked faculty, will teach you the tools you'll need to understand the fundamentals of financial accounting. Concise videos, the financial records of a small business, and "your turn" activities guide you through the three most commonly used financial statements: the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and the Statement of Cash Flows. Beyond recording transactions, you'll learn how to prepare these financial statements, and read and analyze them to draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Use journal entries to record transactions - Prepare and use t-accounts to summarize transactions recorded during an accounting period - Describe the three most commonly used financial statements and how they fit together - Prepare these financial statements based on transactions recorded during an accounting period - Draw basic conclusions about a company's financial health...

Top reviews

DY

Nov 17, 2021

Finally passed this course. Really recommended course for you started to learn about financial and accounting. The instructor was delivered knowladge easily to understand and attention to detail.

RA

Mar 8, 2023

Great course by all standards, the flair, and tact with which Professor Lynch presents the content of accounting is concise and down to earth and for me is a great mark of class.

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By Ya L L

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May 11, 2025

it's nice to start a sample company from Y1 to Y2, then a summary of essential analysis data.

By Florencia A

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Apr 24, 2021

Brilliant! I will recommend anyone new to the world of accounting/finance to do this course.

By Brian B

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Mar 15, 2021

I needed to learn financial accounting basics and this course did exactly what I was hoping.

By Vio A

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Oct 15, 2020

Thanks to Ms. Luann for the instruction, I've learned a lot about accounting because of you.

By ARSHAD N K

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Aug 23, 2020

Very Good course for beginners and for people who want to revisit basic accounting concepts.

By Gaikwad V A

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Jul 5, 2020

Excellent course for beginners as well as professional to learn about accounting and finance

By Luis M

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Apr 13, 2020

Very good teaching. All explanations are clear and good explanations and material are useful

By Om K

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May 1, 2022

An excellent course which significantly enhances my comprehension of financial statements!

By Syed Z H R

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Jun 9, 2021

This course was a useful refresher on accounting and the basics of how to be an accountant.

By Saoud H H A

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Jun 8, 2020

it is really important to keep updated with the changes in the financial course life and I

By Bethany

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May 11, 2020

Great learning style with a little flare! The Teacher is Wonderful and easy to understand!

By Maria C R

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Jan 23, 2020

I liked it very much because it was easy to follow and to understand. Clear and well done.

By Dimitrios T

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Aug 4, 2021

Excellent course. She teaches you the fundamentals of accounting in an understanding way!

By Katushabe M

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Oct 31, 2020

The concepts were very well explained and the practice questions were challenging enough.

By priya j

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May 26, 2020

this is one of the best course i have eve done it is going to hepl me a lot in my career

By Dan D

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Feb 19, 2019

great course. great professor. really helped me to understand accounting once and for all

By Paulina E C M

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Oct 29, 2023

This course is excellent, whether you have experience with financial accounting or not.

By vlemaistre

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Feb 1, 2023

Great course to have basic knowledge to read financial statements.

Eat your vegetables !

By Andrea S

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Apr 17, 2020

Very good course as an introduction to the subject! The professor Luann is vey engaging

By Hengameh F

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Jun 3, 2017

I'm loving it. This course is very good and interesting and the tutor is really great.

By George H

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Jul 11, 2021

Very clear explanation for complex concepts! It is quite a pleasure learning journey!

By NIKHIL M

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Oct 11, 2017

Very Good Course For Non Finance Guys understanding financial accounting fundamentals

By Sushmita

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Sep 5, 2017

An amazing course with simple tutorials that promote great understanding of concepts.

By Abdullah S

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Aug 5, 2020

The Instructor was very professional and easy to understand. My best regards to here

By Bhavna J

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Apr 21, 2017

The material was enough to take one from basics to the advanced level of accounting.