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About the Course

Master the technical skills needed to analyze financial statements and disclosures for use in financial analysis, and learn how accounting standards and managerial incentives affect the financial reporting process. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to read the three most common financial statements: the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. Then you can apply these skills to a real-world business challenge as part of the Wharton Business Foundations Specialization....

Top reviews

EY

Sep 19, 2019

The course is very easy to understand, and most importantly it is fun to learn accounting! I find this course covers basic yet comprehensive contents compared to other basic accounting online courses.

YR

Jun 13, 2022

It is a great course for beginers like me to start to learn about accounting. The concepts are easy to understand, and the examples are very helpful for understanding. I like the virtual students btw.

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By Aaron L

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Aug 9, 2016

Great entry level course with lots of problems to work through to help you grasp the concepts.

By Arman A

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Apr 10, 2022

Very good course from coursera and Wharton. Every new fresher accountant must do this course.

By Rebecca A

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Aug 23, 2021

I really enjoyed the course , especially the virtual students asking several funny questions

By Igor G

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Jun 3, 2019

Course is very helpful as it contains vital knowledge for financial accounting understanding.

By Apurv G

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Feb 24, 2018

I highly recommend this course. It made accounting seem easy and fun. Kudos to the Professor.

By Steve E

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Oct 29, 2016

Brian Bushee did a phenomenal job explaining the concepts and made the class fun & interestin

By Maksym B

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Nov 3, 2018

Great course for beginners, clear explanations and good balance between theory and practice.

By Matteo U

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Apr 7, 2018

Not a better on-line learning platform than Coursera! Very excited to see Wharton take part!

By Brandon M

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Sep 9, 2017

Very well organized and easy to understand. The corny jokes made it entertaining, actually.

By QIU T

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Mar 3, 2016

The course is very structured and therefore makes it easier to enter the world of accounting

By Siddhartha M

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Jan 31, 2016

The Couse is excellent and very much interactive. I never got bored throughout the sessions.

By Fernando P

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Jan 10, 2016

It has been very USEFUL and it gives enough details for a better understanding of Accounting

By Denzil F

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May 8, 2023

The course work is really well structured and the online classroom sessions were excellent.

By Chris C

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Feb 13, 2021

Excellent course! This material provided was very useful and the instruction was excellent.

By Pruthvish V

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Sep 20, 2020

Well structured course for beginners interested in the fundamentals of financial accounting

By Quoc-Anh V

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Jun 23, 2019

I gained so much more from Accounting knowledge than I honestly thought I would. Thank you!

By Vishwesh R

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Mar 10, 2019

Never thought a course on a topic like financial accounting could be made this interesting.

By Abhinav B

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Jun 2, 2017

A well structured and simple layout. Downloadable content saves a lot of time. Recommended.

By ADNAN B A

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Jan 20, 2016

The Professor is really amazing. He makes every lecture interesting and easy to understand.

By Olivia K

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Aug 3, 2022

This was such an informative course and very well taught! I would definitely recommend it.

By Samuel E

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Jun 30, 2019

Great Course! Thank you for efforts. Please make sure My thread questions gets answered!

By Ryan W

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Jan 20, 2018

Course content perfectly delivered. Exam format ensures you really understand the topics.

By Sachin A

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Mar 8, 2017

Really loved it. The professor is amazing and I really enjoyed going through these videos!

By John D

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Mar 24, 2021

Extremely helpful for basic accounting literacy and concept mastery. Excellent professor.

By Diogo M P

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Jun 10, 2020

Excellent Course about finantial Statments. I'm eager to know more about this discipline.