Accounting Bookkeeping Courses
A total of nineteen free online accounting and bookkeeping tutorials and courses are offered on my Bean Counter website. Fifteen of the courses were designed and written by yours truly Dave Marshall the bean counter.
Like the ole Beatles song I got a little help from a friend (not actually a friend) Professor Alldredge for two courses Cost Accounting Basics and Financial Accounting Basics and one course Financial Accounting provided by Lumen Learning. I've also provided links to other sites providing free accounting and bookkeeping help.
Other Courses
- Bookkeeping Explained Course
This course is presented on my "sister" site Bookkeeping Explained.
Five free Bookkeeping Tutorials explain and illustrate what's involved in "keeping the books". While accounting and bookkeeping software have made the task of recording and summarizing financial information easier and faster, it's still good to know what's actually being done "behind the scenes" by the software. These five tutorials do not teach bookkeeping; but, rather explain and illustrate what's involved in bookkeeping using the "ole fashion" manual bookkeeping system and procedures. These same tasks are now commonly performed using computers and accounting software; but, bookkeepers still need to know how a manual system works in order to properly use accounting and bookkeeping software.
Like explaining what makes a car run (the engine), this course is designed to show you what makes bookkeeping "run". The accounting course is made up of an Introduction to Bookkeeping Video along with four videos that explain basic accounting and bookkeeping concepts and the accompanying PDF Versions that you can download and follow along with the bookkeeping videos.You can download the PDF version for each Section or download the Complete PDF Textbook. In addition, you can also download the "Power Point" Slideshows to view with Microsoft Office if you have this software or you can download the free Libre Office to view the Slideshows.
What will I learn ?
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, you should know or be able to perform the following:
Understand what accounting and bookkeeping is, why it’s important, and the key terms needed to discuss and properly use financial information.
Understand what makes bookkeeping “work”:
- Accounts/Chart Of Accounts
- Accounting Equation(s)
- Double Entry Accounting System
- Debits and Credits
- Rules
- Formal Records and Documents
- Accounting Cycle
How to analyze and record transactions using the formal financial records such as Journals and the General Ledger.
What Financial Statements are and how they are prepared and used.
Bookkeeping Basics Course
This course is also presented on one of my "sister" sites Double-Entry-Accounting.
Double Entry Accounting provides small businesses and individuals wanting to learn the basics of bookkeeping and accounting. Notice I said basics. The site is designed for those that don't want or need time consuming drawn out accounting and bookkeeping courses or tutorials and just want or need to become familiar with bookkeeping and accounting. In other words, a working knowledge. Don't worry, I didn't forget those needing more than the basics. I've provided links to my sister bookkeeping sites that have more in depth free accounting courses, tutorials, and tests.
What will I learn ?
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, you should know or be able to perform the following:
Have a basic knowledge (foundation) of the bookkeeping terminology and concepts used to properly perform the bookkeeping process.
Financial Accounting Basics Course
This basic financial accounting course is composed of 22 classroom video accounting lectures. My cartoon representative Professor Bean Counter introduces each lecture. A written transcript or summary of each of the video lectures is also included as a review. This course is composed of video lectures provided courtesy of Professor Alldredge's Youtube site.
What will I learn ?
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, you should know or be able to perform the following:
Understand what accounting and bookkeeping is, why it’s important, and the key terms needed to discuss and properly use financial information.
Understand what makes bookkeeping “work”:
- Accounts/Chart Of Accounts
- Accounting Equation(s)
- Double Entry Accounting System
- Debits and Credits
- Rules
- Formal Records and Documents
- Accounting Cycle
How to analyze and record transactions using the formal financial records such as Journals and the General Ledger.
What Financial Statements are and how they are prepared and used.
Financial Accounting Course
Course recommended by Bean Counter and provided by Lumen Learning. Their motto is levelling the playing field in education through powerful tools. They design thoughtful technology that supports educators and students in building the connections that inspire learning.
What will I learn ?
In the Financial Accounting course, students learn the basic accounting principles, preparing them for a career in business or as the first course in their preparation to become an accountant. This course starts out teaching with a focus on small, sole-proprietorships providing a service, and gradually layers accounting practices from the most basic to the more complex accounting practices recommended for large companies.
Cost Accounting Basics Course
This basic cost accounting course is composed of 17 classroom video accounting lectures. A written transcript or summary of each of the video lectures is also included as a review. This course is composed of video lectures provided courtesy of Professor Alldredge's Youtube site.
What will I learn ?
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, you should know or be able to perform the following:
Understand what cost accounting is, why it’s important, and the key terms needed to discuss and properly use costing information.
Understand what makes cost accounting “work”:
- What Job Order and Process Costing are and when they are used.
- What costs materials, labor, and overhead are charged to Jobs and Processes.
- Cost Accounting Special Inventory Accounts - Raw Materials, Work-In-Process, and Finished Goods.
- The journal entries used to record the costs charged to jobs and processes.
- Cost accounting terms such as direct costs, overhead, variable costs, fixed costs, equivalent units, product costs, period costs, etc.
Free Courses and Help Provided By Others
Another one of my "sister" sites Free Bookkeeping Help provides free help to aid students, owners, managers, and anyone needing or wanting to learn about accounting and bookkeeping. Finding good accounting and bookkeeping training, courses, help, and assistance can be quite a task. Nowadays, bookkeepers or anyone can update their skills or learn about accounting and bookkeeping by pursuing free online accounting and bookkeeping courses. Ranging from beginning to advanced courses of accounting, the Internet offers many sources for completing free accounting and bookkeeping courses.
I've tried to provide you with a site that provides you with links to some excellent free accounting and bookkeeping training. Hopefully, by being selective and providing quality links to accounting and bookkeeping tutorials, books, courses, and lectures, you won't have to waste your time searching for accounting and bookkeeping help.