This lesson provides an analysis of the federal reserve balance sheet as of February 2007. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 21 of 24]
This lesson is an introduction to the income statement of a bank, and to income statements, in general. [Banking, Money, Finance playlist: Lesson 2 of 24]
Uses a case approach to develop a framework for business analysis. Provides students with tools for business analysis, including strategic, accounting, financial, and prospective analysis. Concepts are then applied to a number of decision-making contexts, such as credit analysis, investor communications, merger analysis, financial policy decisions, and securities analysis. From the Course Description: Course Description The purpose of this class is to advance your understanding of how to use financial information to value and analyze firms. We will apply your economics/accounting/finance skills to problems from today's business news to help us understand what is contained in financial reports, why firms report certain information, and how to be a sophisticated user of this information.
An intensive introduction to the preparation and interpretation of financial information. Adopts a decision-maker perspective of accounting by emphasizing the relation between accounting data and the underlying economic events generating them. Class sessions are a mixture of lecture and case discussion. Assignments include textbook problems, analysis of financial statements, and cases. Our goal is to help you develop a framework for understanding financial, managerial, and tax reports. The course goal is divided into five subordinate challenges that can help you organize the way you learn accounting: The record keeping and reporting challenge The computation challenge The judgment challenge The usage challenge The search challenge The course adopts a decision-maker perspective of accounting by emphasizing the relation between accounting data and the underlying economic events generating them.
Studies basic concepts of financial and managerial accounting. Viewpoint is that of the users of accounting information (especially managers) rather than the preparer (the accountant).
This course focuses on financial accounting, a sub-discipline of accounting. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: perform accounting computations through the critical analysis of business transactions; demonstrate an understanding of the foundational principles and objectives of accounting; illustrate the impact of business transactions through the use of the accounting equation and transforming business transactions (data) into useable information; describe the accounting cycle and be able to identify specific debits and credits, journals, t-accounts, a trial balance, and resulting financial statements; identify why adjusting entries are necessary, and be able to distinguish between various types of adjusting entries; discuss and be able to demonstrate the use of the accounting worksheet as a means of preparing the financial statements; explain and execute the closing process for a specified accounting cycle; identify the foundational accounting concepts, assumptions and principles through the analysis of specific business situations; identify and analyze accounting transactions of a merchandising company; define and solve for specific business events involving various inventory methods; define and apply the accounting elements associated with receivables and payables; identify, record, and depreciate property, plant, and equipment. This free course may be completed online at any time. (Business Administration 103)
