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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....

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MM

Feb 3, 2016

I took Brian Bushee's course and found him to be one of the BEST INSTRUCTORS I'VE EVER HAD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. If you've had trouble with accounting courses in the past, HE IS THE INSTRUCTOR FOR YOU!!!

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.

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By Yan F

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Feb 25, 2018

Love the professor. He found a way to make accounting interesting. This course is my first step of the MSA program. Highly recommend it to everyone.

By Rohit N

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Apr 2, 2016

Excellent course material with detailed examples covering different practical scenarios. A must-have for people who are new to Financial Accounting.

By Tomas A

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Dec 27, 2015

Excellent course material and professor. Exams are progressively difficult but doable if you watch all the classes and properly review the material.

By Kurmanbek M

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Sep 8, 2020

Hi, this course was suer informational and helpful to me.Thanks a lot to instructors and coursera team for giving e such an opportunity! Good luck!

By Stephanie S

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May 5, 2020

I was very new to accounting and just knew some basic things on debits and credits. I feel more confident moving into this field after this course.

By Adnan D N

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Apr 15, 2020

Great teacher, excellent lecture and it's easy to understand each of his lectures. Definitely one of the best teacher I've had throughout my study.

By Marie J

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Mar 28, 2019

I did find the cartoon characters and simulated voices really distracting. The concepts and examples were great and easy to follow and understand.

By Jean-Francois F G

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Mar 3, 2019

Great professor! Funny and to the point, he knows what the students are thinking, so it makes it easier to learn online with no direct interaction!

By George N

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Oct 2, 2018

I really like the course, because it does show you step by step way of learning to acquired the maximum understanding of introduction of accounting

By Sai K E

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Aug 26, 2020

The lectures in the last week were a bit fast and had some new jargon which could be explained more clearly. But overall the course was awesome !

By Manu M

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Mar 27, 2020

very well structured and good examples. the virtual students asked a lot of good question. overall learned alot from this online course. Thank you

By Ian H

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Aug 4, 2016

Excellent course for non accountants. Really well structured and challenging. The exam questions really make you think about what you have learnt.

By Raghav S

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May 3, 2020

Professor's Idea of virtual students was great, his connectivity towards the students was great and his pun intented sense of humour was awesome.

By Chaojie L

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Apr 10, 2020

BEST COURSE I have ever attended, I wish all teachers could illustrate and explain concepts like this and then there will be no failing students.

By Deleted A

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Jan 19, 2016

Great basic idea to understand.

There is huge case that I have to deal with, so helpful to get some idea about the actual practices.

Thank you :)

By Ariel Y

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Mar 23, 2022

Not an easy one, for someone without any background in accounting, but if willing to put the effort - extremely rewarding, and well structured.

By Daniel H

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Sep 6, 2021

Brian Bushee sure knows how to create an online course. Great teacher, with just the right amount of humour to make the course fun and engaging.

By Vasanth P

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Oct 13, 2019

Very good course but tricky to remember. It will get better with practice and thankfully my notes and the pdfs will help me retain my knowledge.

By Matteo G T

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Sep 3, 2017

Really great! Even if the subject is quite complicted for a beginner, the lessons are intresting, funny and with a lot of "real world" examples!

By Alexandra B S

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Jan 2, 2016

This course is amazing: pedagogical, clear and funny. Makes financial accounting straighforward and easily understandable... at last. Thank you!

By Sean S

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Dec 16, 2022

This course is a course that I failed to learn well during my undergraduate studies. It is still difficult to relearn now. Thanks for teaching.

By Venus B

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Apr 11, 2018

I actually enjoyed the virtual people. And I enjoyed Prof. Brian's goofy humor and demand for the integrity of context in financial accounting.

By Doo H S

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Nov 22, 2016

The professor conducts clear concept with concrete examples. This helps me really much to understand general knowledge of financial accounting.

By 高淼

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Mar 14, 2016

Thanks a lot. I find it interesting everytime I have the same question with the people in the video. And the way Professor taught is inspiring.

By Joseph R P

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Jul 12, 2020

Professor covers a lot of ground in a fun manner. I would like to improve upon my understandings of this course and will go through it again.