Program Index Bookkeeping
Program Index Bookkeeping
Certificates
How do you manage the finances of a business? Whether you are an entrepreneur, running a family business, or just looking to advance your career and add to your skill set, this LERN Bookkeeping Certificate will provide you with the knowledge needed to measure, and manage, the financial health of your business. This program focuses on cash basis accounting.
No one will care more about the financial health of your business than you! It’s imperative that you understand how the process works and are able to complete the accounting cycle accurately and in a timely fashion. Even if you plan to outsource your bookkeeping needs, you should still understand how the process works. No one should be clueless when it comes to the finances of their business!
CEUs/ILUs: 4.8
The Bookkeeping Certificate courses must be taken in the below order (the classes build off each other)
In this course, you will learn about the accounting equation and the five categories involved in every business (Assets, Liabilities, Owner’s Equity, Revenue and Expenses). Every financial transaction falls into one or more of these categories. Learn how to create a chart of accounts that meet the needs of your business. You will learn how double entry bookkeeping works and the process of recording debits and credits. This course will show you how to identify, analyze and record transactions using journal entries under the cash basis accounting method.
Unit 1: The Accounting Equation and Categories
Unit 2: Debits and Credits
Unit 3: Assets, Liabilities, and Owner’s Equity
Unit 4: Revenue and Expenses
In this course, you will learn how to post journal entries to the correct general ledger accounts impacted by each transaction. This course will show you how to make sure your general ledger balances at the end of each month by preparing an unadjusted trial balance. You will learn how to look for errors when you don’t balance, and how to determine to correct entries. After posting correcting entries and/or adjusting entries, you will verify debits and credits equal with an adjusted trial balance. This course also goes through the steps of performing monthly bank reconciliations.
Unit 1: The General Ledger
Unit 2: The Unadjusted Trial Balance
Unit 3: Correcting Entries and Adjusting Entries
Unit 4: The Adjusted Trial Balance
This course shows you how to create a worksheet used to adjust the account balances and prepare the financial statements. Use your financial statements to measure performance, make improvements and set goals. The final step covered in this course is closing your books and preparing them for the next accounting period; this is done by journalizing and posting closing entries.
Unit 1: Prepare a Worksheet
Unit 2: The Income Statement
Unit 3: The Balance Sheet
Unit 4: Closing Entries and Statement of Changes in Owner’s Equity
Suncrest College
Students who attend Suncrest College can expect smaller class sizes and an easier transition. At Suncrest College students typically receive more one-on-one time with instructors. Our staff will know your name not just your student number.
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