General Accounting Online
Full Course Description
The full course teaches accounting while placing emphasis on conceptual understanding and financial statement analysis to encourage students to apply accounting concepts to real-world situations and make informed business decisions. Semester 1 topics include transactions and methods of accounting for both service and merchandising businesses. Semester 2 topics include transactions and methods of accounting for both service and merchandising businesses.
Semester 1
This is the first semester of a two semester course. The course teaches accounting while placing emphasis on conceptual understanding and financial statement analysis to encourage students to apply accounting concepts to real-world situations and make informed business decisions. Topics include transactions and methods of accounting for both service and merchandising businesses.
Semester 2
This is the second semester of a two semester course. The course continues to teach accounting while placing emphasis on conceptual understanding and financial statement analysis to encourage students to apply accounting concepts to real-world situations and make informed business decisions. Topics include transactions and methods of accounting for both service and merchandising businesses.
When enrolling in the full year option of this course it will be delivered in two semesters. Transcripts will reflect each semester separately
Semester 1
Unit 1: Introduction to Accounting
Unit 2: Accounting for Businesses
Unit 3: Analyzing Accounting Transactions
Unit 4: Journalizing Transactions
Unit 5: Cash Control and Banking Activities
Unit 6: Journalizing for a Merchandising Business
Unit 7: Payroll Accounting
Unit 8: Mid-Term Exam
Unit 9: General Ledger
Unit 10: Subsidiary Ledger
Unit 11: Accounting Worksheets
Unit 12: Financial Statements
Unit 13: Adjusting and Closing Entries
Unit 14: Accounting as a Career
Unit 15: Final Project
Semester 2
Unit 1: Get Started
Unit 2: Accounting for a Corporation
Unit 3: Funding a Corporation
Unit 4: Corporations and Special Journals
Unit 5: Asset Losses and Expenses for Corporations
Unit 6: Merchandise Inventory
Unit 7: Accounting for Loans, Revenues, and Expenses
Unit 8: Midterm Exam
Unit 9: End of Fiscal Period for a Corporation
Unit 10: Management Accounting
Unit 11: Management Decisions
Unit 12: Analyzing Financial Statements
Unit 13: Cost Accounting
Unit 14: Not-for-Profit Accounting
Unit 15: Final Project