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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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Apr 25, 2021

很棒的课程，真的可以学到内容，和大学课程很相似，老师真的讲的很好，如果报名了课程却看不了视频，就看文字吧，练练英语哈哈

By Seth T

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Nov 6, 2020

Great overview and introduction to accounting fundamentals.

By Alphonsus C

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Sep 10, 2020

Great course and Professor Lynch is a wonderful instructor.

By Toghrul A

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May 23, 2023

I have learned so much suitable and appropriate knowledge.

By Marian R G

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Mar 19, 2020

I really like this course and the way the teacher teaches!

By Anton M

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Dec 8, 2019

that course helps you to understand the basics of the GAAP

By deepu g

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Aug 14, 2020

best course to understand basics of financial statements

By Karl M

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May 9, 2020

Excellent introduction to accounting, especially USGAAP.

By Asadullah A

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Mar 1, 2025

the instructor, the lecture and everything was perfect,

By LAVISH G

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Jul 31, 2025

Exceptionally well curated with example based learning

By Rahel S M

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Jun 23, 2021

easy to understand but needs hard work and dedication.

By Abel T

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Aug 11, 2025

very interestig and simple teaching style i loved it

By Mohammad H h

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Sep 29, 2023

this course is one of the best course as I followed.

By Lý N T N

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Sep 29, 2021

This course is really understandable and informative.

By Indira B

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May 4, 2020

I love it!, the lesson is simple and well explained.

By Fulvio F

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Feb 24, 2020

Very Well done, with the right level of requrirements

By Simon O

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Jul 16, 2021

Very informative and well presented course. Loved it

By Jocelyn C

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Mar 25, 2021

This course was easy to understand and very thorough

By Steven J P

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Feb 10, 2019

Great overview and pacing for a fundamentals course.

By fafa y

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Dec 18, 2020

it's very helpful for beginners to study accounting

By Gregory L

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Jun 25, 2020

Luann was great! Really learned a lot through this!

By Arnav B

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Apr 5, 2020

This was such a great course and a great professor!

By ALMIGDAD A M O

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Mar 13, 2020

I love this course he is so useful and very helpful

By Ashutosh p

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Aug 28, 2019

Hand down the best course I have taken on coursera!

By Stephanie B

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Oct 25, 2020

The lectures were well done and easily understood.