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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.

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!!!

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By Nicholas L

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Jan 1, 2021

Excellent teaching with loads of practice examples to master the concepts and rules. "Virtual students" are used to make the course very interactive and fun. Absolutely loved this one.

By Sohail M

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Oct 25, 2020

Excellent course taught by an excellent professor. I knew absolutely nothing about accounting or even business before this course, and the professor made everything easy to understand!

By Ryan F

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Jun 5, 2020

Taking this class as a high school junior, and I found this challenging but not extremely difficult to follow. Prof. Bushee made it interesting and interactive enough to stay engaged.

By Nirmala N V

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Apr 10, 2019

The instructor taught the subject well. I did try a few times to pass as this is not a subject of my interest. But after about 2.5 attempts on an average, I was able to pass the tests.

By Holly J

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Jul 10, 2017

I really enjoyed the professor's teaching style and found the course to be very digestible. I learned a lot and didn't find the course too difficult to take. Would recommend to anyone.

By Bunty B

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Jan 21, 2023

I think this is an amazing course. I learned a lot from this course. The teacher is also very good. I would encourage everyone to study this course and enhance your finance knowledge.

By Nikolay P

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Sep 18, 2023

Fantastic course if you would like to familiarise yourself with the accounting language. Great course structure and amazing hand-on examples help you understand financial statements.

By Zach S

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Jul 18, 2023

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for an in-depth course on accounting. I was seriously struggling with learning some accounting principles and this course helped me a MILLION percent.

By Lukesh S

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Jun 28, 2018

This is a great course. As a software engineer, whenever some Accounting lingo came, I would just stop listening. I always wanted to learn accounting and somehow thought this would h

By Farhan F

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Nov 24, 2015

Very good course to understand financial accounting. It starts from basics and go ahead. I loved the way of teaching. I hope that you will introduce some more courses in accounting.

By Devak S

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Jul 5, 2022

Well structured with case studies and good explanations. I never thought online learning could be fun but this one kept me engaged. Definitely going to take up the follow up course.

By Sheila T

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Oct 25, 2020

The last chapter was very helpful but it was a lot to take in - so I had to go slow to understand what we were learning - but overall a great refresher course for me in my position.

By Klicia O

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Jul 23, 2020

Excellent course, I really appreciated the level of difficulty of the quizzes and the exam.

Also, our digital classmates were entertaining and added a really nice touch! Many thanks!

By Rebecca A Y

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Jul 2, 2020

His teaching skill is amazing! The professor makes studying accounting more fun and understandable. I certainly understood some topics that I didn't understand from my college days.

By Yuzhou B

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Jun 13, 2020

Materials presented in interesting and logical ways. Love the approach of this professor, which combines theory, case study and practice of reading annual report (3M) in every week.

By Rob B

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Sep 29, 2021

Really enjoyed the instructor who explains things very well. My only quibble is when you pass a quiz, it doesn't show you the correct answers to the questions you may have missed.

By Miguel X d B M

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Jul 12, 2018

It is a great course for those who are looking for a great background on Accouting. Therefore, I highly recommend for everyone who is eager for a good source of knowledge. Thanks!!

By Xue T

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Apr 28, 2017

I like this course, it is really nice organised and easy to understand. I also like the way to do the assignment, also the way Brian teaches. Highly recommond. Thank you Brian. :)

By Janan R

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Jan 4, 2017

Exceptional course for getting an intro to financial accounting. So good I enrolled for the sequel, More Introduction to Financial Accounting and was able to fully complete it too.

By Yung-Chieh,Wu

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Apr 13, 2016

The Professor of this course is very good. he used a lot ox examples to make student understand. Also he usually make some interesting quiz and funny jokes. I like this class :))

By Scott C

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Feb 4, 2021

Nicely paced course and clear videos and PDFs. Very good introduction to financial accounting and gave me the tools, understanding and enthusiasm to further my study of accounting

By Hanzhi W

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Mar 2, 2020

Great instructor and content. Worth of studying for anyone who wants to learn about balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. There are two final exams btw lol.

By Jack D

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Apr 2, 2019

Professor Bushee makes intro accounting interesting and approachable. He is down-to-earth and relatable, particularly when you consider his existing accomplishments in the space.

By Muhammad B

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Dec 1, 2017

One of the best courses I have ever completed.

I took me from zero knowledge in accounting and gave me an awesome overview about the financial statement and how we understand them.

By Shreyas K

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Jun 28, 2022

It is a comprehensive course that covers all the basics of financial accounting as well as analysis using financial ratios. The examples and case studies used are also very good.