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About the Course

This is the first course in a series of four that will give you the skills needed to start your career in bookkeeping. If you have a passion for helping clients solve problems, this course is for you. In this course, you will be introduced to the role of a bookkeeper and learn what bookkeeping professionals do every day. You will dive into the accounting concepts and terms that will provide the foundation for the next three courses. You will learn how to work your way through the accounting cycle and be able to read and produce key financial statements. By the end of this course, you will be able to: -Define accounting and the concepts of accounting measurement -Explain the role of a bookkeeper and common bookkeeping tasks and responsibilities -Summarize the double entry accounting method -Explain the ethical and social responsibilities of bookkeepers in ensuring the integrity of financial information. No previous bookkeeping or accounting experience required....

Top reviews

CS

Jul 30, 2023

After taking this course, I can see where & how I can apply my skills and love for numbers. I am confident in my decision and cant wait to put all the pieces together.

Thank you, Coursera & Intuit!

JS

Jun 2, 2022

This course is so GOOD! I needed to brush up on my Bookkeeping Skills, and I am glad that I chose Coursera to help me do this. I love the Step by Step Lessons and the videos are AWESOME! Thank you!

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By John A

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Jul 13, 2022

Half way decent, but doesnt explain some things enough. And the last activity is a complete mess as is displayed in the discussion forum. No one seems to be able to figure it out, and thats a clear display of poor instruction.

By Sarah S

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Mar 27, 2023

I am a complete bookkeeping beginner, and I found myself googling quite a lot throughout the course. They definitely need to go into more detail with certain topics and give more practice questions.. At one point they said "this is a difficult concept that still trips up senior accountants, the more you do, the easier it will become" and then they didn't provide any practice questions lol. The guided activities either seemed to not work correctly, or legit spoon-fed me the answers. So when it came time for the case study and I had to do everything 100% on my own, I was a little stressed. Also, Bianca got on my nerves by the end.

Edit: I am now 2 weeks into Course 2 and I 110% DO NOT recommend if you are planning to complete all 4 courses. So far course 2 has many mistakes which makes me question if the information I have been taught is even correct. I will finish Course 2 because I paid (waste of money IMO) and I will not complete Course 3 & 4 like I had originally intended.

By Ravinder K

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Aug 29, 2022

I subscribed in the hopes of learning bookkeping skills. I was informed that I would be charged 50 dollars if I wanted to continue my subscription after a week. I completed the 4 modules in 3 days, but when it was time to take the certification exam, the pearson website asked for 150 dollars

By Kathy B

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Aug 31, 2022

Intuit requires 5 years of bookkeeping experience to hire someone after they get this certification. This course would be a waste of time and money, since I do not have 5 years of bookkeepin experience to work for Intuit.

By Jacob P

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Aug 26, 2023

Great class but i do have one small gripe. Please dont switch the placement of the True and False buttons. Keep them in the same spot on all the quizes. I accidentally missed answers because the true and false buttons were consisitently flipped. Other than that the cass had great subject matter and was easy to comprehend.

By Jeanne Y

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Aug 24, 2021

I cannot believe in 5 days, I was able to learn such valuable skills. I went from knowing nothing about bookkeeping to very confident. The lessons are very interesting too. It just keeps you coming back. I am so excited and cannot wait to start working in the field.

By Peter K

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Sep 13, 2021

Great course, excellent overview of the basics of bookkeeping along with some great exercises to help prove that the knowledge is there - particularly those details of debits and credits and how transactions move through the income statement and balance sheet.

By Jody S

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Jul 1, 2022

Excellent information! All of the information was easy to understand and follow. I loved how the program was laid out and the information included. Very comprehensive for basic information.

By Allen M C G

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Feb 13, 2022

This is a really great course! It helps you to learn more about the basics of accounting, its principles and assumptions. And it provides an easier viewpoint about the methodologies.

By P C

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May 13, 2022

The course was well presented and also challenging one to think through the concepts. Highly recommendable, indeed.

Thanks to all who worked hard in stitching the course togehter.

By Gwen G

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Oct 12, 2021

I thoroughly enjoyed the course and learnt a lot from the information provided. The only problem I found was the way some of the questions were put, which was a bit misleading.

By Hadiya U

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Sep 4, 2021

This course is really amazing. It is design in such a way that no one can get tired. Its exercises are super interesting and help to learn different concepts.

By Selena S

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Mar 12, 2023

I really enjoyed doing this course. I would recommend it to anyone looking to get a start in bookkeeping knowledge or to refresh their current knowledge.

By Lori K

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Sep 17, 2021

This class was so fun! I loved the "instructor." I was able to stay engaged with the class better than listening to an actual real person.

By Muhammad S

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Nov 11, 2022

This course is exceptionally good for beginners. Bianca is awesome and supportive throughout Want to learn in a fun manner. JOIN HERE

By AUDY A

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Oct 26, 2021

I enjoyed taking up this Course, very informative and provides lots of examples and activities to enhance the learning process.

By MARIAELENA L

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Feb 23, 2022

loved this course. It was fun, focused and the lessons were excellent at keeping my on track with remembering basic content.

By Zulay p R

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Jul 4, 2021

Easy to follow and the content was presented in an engaging way.

By Anna L N

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Jul 11, 2021

Very helpful. The course was lined up perfectly. Thank you.

By Marie O

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Sep 19, 2021

The content is good and the animated instructor is easy to listen to and understand. There was many tecnical issues. The first few "You try It" exercises would end with the text "this completes the exercise", subsequent would not, and there were exersices that had a coninute button that didnt work, leaving me only to mark as complete even though I didn't know if the exercise was completed. There is no course intructor to contact about issues! This course counts on community discussion of any questions, meaning you most likely will not get help if you need it. With the questions for week four exam, it did help to go search the forum for answers. (also, remember google is your friend) Though it is a fairly easy and straight forward course. I enyojed it, and will continue with Coursera for the professional Certificate.

By Alissa R

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Jul 14, 2021

I love the videos and the simulations. This is a very comprehensive learning program with real life application. It's fun and interesting as well as very educational. I would like to review the course materials from time to time as a refresher. The only issue I had was that sometiimes the Quizzes do not accept a variety of different number formats, so I would be counted as wrong answers even when my answer was correct.

By Arvin T

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Aug 27, 2023

I wish there were some hands-on activities as well as access to QuickBooks so that we can play around with it. Some plugins still have the continue button even though that's the end of that plugin, it's better that it says that that's the end of the plugin, which some plugins did. Some instructions also wasn't clear and it can be a little bit confusing at times. Overall, a great course! Thank you for this

By Timothy R

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Aug 18, 2023

I thought this course gave foundational idea of being a Bookkeeper. I have two suggestions. First, include more hands-on, workbook-style activities. Second, have the Case Studies answer key available to be able to double check after, so one can see if they have correctly filled out the ledger.

By Meuana R

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Aug 10, 2021

It was very informative, and I enjoyed demonstrating my skills by using the interactive simulations. The Bookkeeping Case Study was a bit difficult because the spreadsheet was not formatted properly. I scored a 90 on the final exam, but I am quite sure the answer I got wrong was correct.

By Geraldine C

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Jul 16, 2021

dollar sign and commas are required to pass test/quizzes. This sould be included in instructions. Most of use are use to the quickbooks software enterinf automatically