Accounting in 60 Minutes - A Brief Introduction (Udemy.com)

Learn the very basics of accounting in just about an hour.

( 298 Reviews )

Created by: Vincent Turner

Produced in 2015

What you will learn

Understand the basic accounting equation
Know the difference between a debit and a credit
See how to prepare a balance sheet and income statement
Understand why profit does not equal cash

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Overall Score : 92 / 100

Course Description

This is not your typical accounting course! Professor Turner has taught thousands of students basic accounting. He has developed shortcuts and analogies to make learning accounting easy. If you want to understand this subject in a simple, fun way then this brief introductory course is for you. This course will show you the very basics of accounting. You can complete it in about an hour. The course includes videos of the instructor at the whiteboard. You will complete simple quizzes to reinforce what you have learned. This course is intended for business owners, business students, managers or anyone who wants to understand basic accounting. It presents the information in an understandable format. Even if you have taken an accounting course you will find the material insightful. The course introduces The Accounting Equation (One you can understand!) Balance Sheets Income Statements Debits and Credits (And how to know which is which!) Why Profit Does Not Equal Cash! If you have dreaded the thought of learning accounting, this is exactly the introduction you will welcome! Why should take this course? You are a business owner. You want your business to succeed and you know that you need a better understanding of how the numbers are put together. You are a manager. You deal with accounting staff, bookkeepers, owners and subordinates. You hear accounting terms daily but you want to know more about what accounting means. You are a business student. You dread taking your first accounting course. Or maybe you are in an introductory class right now. It all sounds so complicated. You want to find a simple explanation of what you are trying to learn. You are an accounting student. You feel that you really did not get a firm grasp of the basics. You would like to start from scratch in an easy to learn format. Who this course is for:
business ownersmanagersbusiness studentsbeginning accounting students

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Instructor Details

Vincent Turner

4.6 Rating
298 Reviews

Vince has taught accounting, business and information technology classes for the last ten years. He holds an MSBA and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor. He has taught thousands of students and his goal is to always make complex subjects easy to understand.
Vince has always been involved in education. In addition to teaching he served as an elected community college trustee.
Please join him for a fun class!