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About the Course

In this course, you will learn the foundations of financial accounting information. You will start your journey with a general overview of what financial accounting information is and the main financial statements. You will then learn how to code financial transactions in financial accounting language. In the meantime, you will learn about the most important concept in contemporary financial accounting: accrual accounting. You will then critically analyze how firms recognize revenues. Finally, you will finish the course with an analysis of accounting for short-term assets, where you will go into detail on how firms account for accounts receivable and inventories. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: • Understand the main financial statements and the financial information • Write a financial transaction in financial accounting language and understand how this impacts the main financial statements • Understand how accrual accounting and fundamental accounting concepts work • Understand revenue recognition principles and how they impact the main financial statements • Account for accounts receivable and inventories. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and go to onlinemba.illinois.edu....

Top reviews

YP

Jun 7, 2020

The modules were extremely informative and nothing less to say, Oktay sir's presentations were very easy to understand even for a person like me who has no prior knowledge about Financial Accounting.

AB

Sep 24, 2017

LOVED THE COURSE. THANKS TO COURSERA SO THAT THEY GRANT ME SCHOLARSHIP. WITHOUT THIS IT WOULD NOT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO PERUSE THESE GLOBAL LEVEL COURSES AS I CANT AFFORD THIS. THANK YOU PROFESSOR.

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By Sonia P

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Apr 20, 2025

Muy bueno el curso se aprende bastante

By Hans L

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May 5, 2021

Great lecture for beginner! Thank you!

By Francis D

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Mar 5, 2018

Excellent class, learned a lot. Thanks

By Mike B

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Jun 20, 2017

Thank you so much everyone! God Bless!

By Muhammad S

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Jan 4, 2017

Excellent Course, excellent instructor

By Javier A

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Nov 6, 2016

Outstanding! Absolutely recommendable!

By nicez

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May 6, 2024

Muy buen curso. excelente explicacion

By ERICK S P

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Dec 27, 2023

Great, Thanks so much for opportunity

By Ismi I

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Aug 26, 2021

This course is very good, thank you..

By MAHDI A M

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Dec 7, 2020

very good course I like it very well.

By NITYA G S

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Aug 30, 2019

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By Carlin H

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Sep 6, 2017

It was a very good foundation course.

By ASHOK K

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Oct 20, 2021

Excellent course provide by coursera

By Tolu A

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Mar 25, 2021

Very explanatory and easy to follow.

By Kamala S

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Jul 22, 2020

Best experience for a future career!

By RAJIV C

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Jun 11, 2020

Thank you. Gains a lot of knowledge.

By Ishita B

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Mar 8, 2023

It was a great learning experience.

By Maura M

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Sep 29, 2020

Very informative and well explained

By Sonika Y M

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Aug 15, 2020

this course is very use full for me

By Muhammad A

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Jul 3, 2020

very good explanations and material

By CHRISTOS S

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Jun 3, 2020

Excellent! God bless! All the best!

By Ahadullah K

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May 3, 2020

This was a very informative course.

By Deleted A

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Mar 10, 2020

very good ideas and sample subjects

By Isabel R H

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Jul 13, 2018

Very well structured and explained.

By Mia Y

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Mar 30, 2024

Amazing course. Highly recommended