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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....

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YR

Jun 13, 2022

It is a great course for beginers like me to start to learn about accounting. The concepts are easy to understand, and the examples are very helpful for understanding. I like the virtual students btw.

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 Laura A

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Oct 12, 2017

This is a great course and I thoroughly enjoyed taking it. Prof. Bushee explains concepts in a clear and entertaining manner (I love the virtual students). I highly recommend this course.

By Lijia Y

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Oct 22, 2023

It is a great introductory course which concludes vivid illustration and well-organized learning material. Professor Joe(sorry I couldn't spell his whole name) is an outstanding teacher!

By Tim S

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Apr 20, 2023

excellent course! very informative and honestly entertaining. Having never considered myself a "finance person" I thought I would struggle with this course, but I found it very engaging.

By Patrick P

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Feb 7, 2018

This was a great overview into Balance Sheets, Statement of Cash Flows and Ratio Analyses. I learned a great deal and the quizzes do a very good job ensuring that you know the material.

By vinodh k n

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Jan 23, 2016

Absolutely enjoyed doing the course - Brian's lectures are absolutely brilliant

What I enjoyed the most was the Homework, test your understanding which helps you as a student .... Thanks

By Vinod K

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Nov 17, 2015

I have no background in accounting. This course really helped me to get a thorough understanding of the accounting concepts with practical use cases. A huge thanks to Prof. Brian Bushee.

By Aditya G

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Jan 20, 2021

Professor and his virtual students were amazing throughout the course. The exam surprises on retries were quite good too. Amazing course. Great learning experience.

Thank you professor.

By Sayo A

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Jun 3, 2020

Introduction to Financial accounting was fun. I love the characters and the overall tone of the lectures (fun). I learned a lot and was able to pass the course. Thanks, Professor Brian!

By Jie H

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Mar 1, 2016

Definitely the best accounting course. My wife is surprised how my accounting knowledge has increased in the past few weeks. (She is going to get her MS degree in Accounting this fall.)

By Prerna P

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Jan 4, 2023

I got all my concepts cleared. the articulation was very good. Sir made Accounts really easy for me. Thank you! I loved the virtual kids too and I really missed them in the last class.

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.