Intro to Accounting (Canvas.net)

Intro to Accounting (Canvas.net)
This course teaches students how to prepare, interpret, and use financial data to make business and financial decisions.

This course teaches students how to prepare, interpret, and use financial data to make business and financial decisions. Course content is based on a variety of topics pulled from specifications of the Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project (APBP) as spearheaded by Dan Deines and Joe Bittner. The APBP is currently striving to get the College Board to add Accounting to its AP Curriculum. Particular emphasis has been placed on mastering the expanded accounting equation, the full accounting cycle, preparing the financial statements, and understanding key financial ratios.

Beginners or those just wanting to learn more about accounting are welcome, in addition to professionals and educators.

In order to successfully complete this course, students will need the following prerequisite knowledge:

- The ability to read and comprehend English at a college freshman level.

- The ability to perform simple math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), including solving for an unknown, as shown below:

- a = b*c where you are given a and c and you need to solve for b

- a = b + c where you are given a and b and you need to solve for a

- a = b/c where you are given a and c and you need to solve for b