Financial Accounting

Online Financial Accounting is for students who are serious about a career in business or finance. The subject is at the core of nearly any business education, from a bachelor’s degree to an MBA, and applies to industries as diverse as healthcare, manufacturing and retail.

When you’ve completed Financial Accounting, you’ll be able to analyze and create general ledgers, trial balances, balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flows and statements of changes in owners’ equities. You’ll understand the accounting cycle and deferral and accrual accounting. You’ll learn about merchandising costs, inventories, cost of sales, managing cash, internal controls, payables and receivables. You’ll be able to compute depreciation of assets and account for long-term liabilities. Finally, you’ll understand issuance of stocks and bonds, financing, dividends, earnings per share, and debt-to-equity ratios from the inside.

• 24/7/365 Online Access
• 10 Hours of Free Financial Accounting Tutoring Help
• Transcript/Credit Transfer Assistance
• Access to Student Advisors
• ACE Credit Recommendation

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