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Course Description

This course sets the stage for your future studies in accounting, equipping you with essential knowledge to understand and analyze financial reports. You will gain a solid foundation in key accounting concepts and explore accounting as an information system that generates financial statements for external users. Learn how transactions and economic events impact a business's financial condition and operating results.

Topics include: Basic accounting concepts and terminology, the accounting equation, financial statements, accrual and cash basis, and the accounting cycle. The course assumes a corporate form of organization.

Learner Outcomes

  • Analyze business transactions using accounting concepts and principles. 
  • Analyze business transactions within the accounting equation and the rules of debit and credit. 
  • Compose journal entries from (a variety of) transactions.
  • Complete an entire accounting cycle.
  • Identify and prepare financial statements.

Notes

Scholarship funding is available for eligible participants through December 2024. To apply for a scholarship for this course, please visit www.harpercollege.edu/paths 
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Section Title
Accounting Essentials
Type
In-Person
Days
M, W
Time
6:00PM to 8:30PM
Dates
Jul 28, 2025 to Jul 30, 2025
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Contact Hours
5.0
Location
Course Fee(s)
Tuition credit (0.5 units) $249.00
Available for Credit
0.5 units
CEUs
0.5 CEUs
Instructors
  • Michael Mago
Reading List / Textbook
Section Notes
Section Title
Accounting Essentials
Type
In-Person
Days
F
Time
10:30AM to 1:00PM
Dates
Sep 19, 2025 to Sep 26, 2025
Schedule and Location
View Details
Contact Hours
5.0
Location
Course Fee(s)
Tuition credit (0.5 units) $249.00
Available for Credit
0.5 units
CEUs
0.5 CEUs
Instructors
  • Michael Mago
Reading List / Textbook
Section Notes
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