Learn Accounting
Keep track of your nickels and dimes, or you'll run out of them. In this section, you'll learn how to manage a general ledger, dual-entry accounting, income statements, profit & loss, depreciation, and how to figure out if a business is really doing well.
We have 19 resources for learning Accounting including educational Online Classes, Websites, Books, Worksheets & Printables, and YouTube & Online Videos, from providers such as University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, American School, Lynda.com, and OpenStax.
Accounting 1 (online)
High School | Online class
This online Accounting course provides students with an introduction to accounting concepts and principles, financial statements, internal control design, and accounting for partnerships. This...
Accounting and Bookkeeping Course
High School - College | Online class
Don’t let numbers scare you! Learn the world of finance straight from the experts and bravely face your finances. Do you wish you had a better grasp on accounting? Everyone, whether you wish to...
Accounting and financial statements
College | Online class
Just keeping track of cash that goes in and out of a business doesn’t always reflect what’s going on. This tutorial compares cash and accrual accounting. Very valuable if you ever plan on starting...
Accounting for Business Decision Making: Measurement and Operational Decisions
College | Online class
Accounting information is the lifeblood of the organization, as it facilitates and influences operational and strategic decisions intended to achieve organizational goals. Organizations benefit...
Accounting for Business Decision Making: Strategy Assessment and Control
College | Online class
Accounting information is the lifeblood of the organization, as it facilitates and influences operational and strategic decisions intended to achieve organizational goals. Organizations benefit...
Accounting Tutorials
College | Online resource
In this class, you will discover how to manage accounts and financial transactions to operate successful business. This course includes tons of interactive excercises to help you create accounts....
Become a Bookkeeper
College | Online class
Ready to begin a career in finance? Bookkeepers and accountants are in high demand, and are essential to the success of both small businesses and large corporations alike. This path will help you...
Become an Accounts Payable Officer
College | Online class
Kickstart your career in accounting and help companies run more effectively as an accounts payable officer. With this path, you’ll gain a solid foundation in accounting, finance, and cash flow, as...
BUS103: Introduction to Financial Accounting
College | Online class
Accounting can be considered the language of business. If you are learning accounting for the first time, embracing its foundational concepts may be a challenging process. Mastery of accounting...
BUS105: Managerial Accounting
College | Online class
If you have completed Saylor Academy’s BUS103: Introduction to Financial Accounting, you know that firms need to track various forms of data in order to report to investors, regulators, and...
Free Bookkeeping & Accounting Tutorials
High School - College | Online class, Online/YouTube video, Website
An accounting and bookkeeping educational site that offers free beginning bookkeeping and accounting tutorials, courses, exams, and more. The focus is on learning double-entry bookkeeping and...
Fundamentals of Accounting
High School | Book, Online class
Fundamentals of Accounting provides students with an understanding of the basic concepts and procedures necessary for accounting. It focuses on two accounting cycles: one for a service business...
Introduction to Financial Accounting
College | Online class
Introduction to Financial Accounting is course 2 of 5 in the Business Foundations Specialization. In this Specialization, you’ll develop basic literacy in the language of business, which you can...
Online Masters in Accountancy
College | Online class
Accountants around the world have felt the impact of changes to the industry driven by increased regulation, stronger governance and digital technology. What was required of accountants 10 years...
Principles of Accounting Volume 1 Financial Accounting
College | Website, Worksheet/Printable
Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Due to the...
Principles of Accounting Volume 2 Managerial Accounting
College | Website, Worksheet/Printable
Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Due to the...
Recordkeeping for Christian Stewardship
9th - High School | Book
The ability to make wise financial decisions and to manage finances well is invaluable. Almost every occupation involves some recordkeeping. We all need God’s help to wisely manage the resources He...
Understanding Financial Statements: Company Performance
High School - College | Online class
Understanding Financial Statements: Company Performance is course 2 of 5 in the Fundamentals of Accounting Specialization. Accounting is the “language of business.” Being able to understand this...
Understanding Financial Statements: Company Position
College | Online class
About this Course This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the balance sheet. However, to understand accounting driven financial...
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