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Course 101: Basic Financial Statements

 Course 101

Course 101: Basic Financial Statements

Developed and Delivered by Steven C. Isberg, Ph.D

Senior Research Fellow

 

 

Part I: Financial Statements

The purpose of this online course is to provide participants with an understanding of financial statement structure and the relationships between business activity, accounting transactions, and financial reporting.  The course consists of six online sessions, each including:

  • Video and synchronized slide presentation of course content
  • Interactive examples for participants to work through as part of the video presentation
  • Annotated presentation material making it easier for participants to follow along and take accurate notes
  • Outside exercises with annotated solutions enabling the participants to sharpen and solidify the skills acquired in the video lesson
  • An onscreen notepad enabling the student to compose, review, save and print notes as they work through the presentation.
  • Interactive assessment - exams enabling the students to test and check themselves on their progress through each session
  • Access to the course instructor and other participants via a non-synchronous interactive discussion board facility that enables them to ask questions and engage in discussions
  • A cumulative final exam, on which a passing score would qualify participants for a CRF Certificate of Professional Development

 Session Objectives 

  1. The Balance Sheet: This session provides participants with an understanding of the elements and basic structure of a balance sheet for a corporate entity. 
  2. The Income Statement: This session provides participants with an understanding of the elements and basic structure of an income statement for a corporate entity.
  3. Basic Accounting Transactions: This session provides participants with an understanding of the double-entry accounting system, how transactions affect different accounts and how account balances are used to create financial statements with application to a retailing environment.
  4. Accounting Transactions in the Manufacturing Environment:  This session extends the lessons learned in Session 3 to cover more detailed transactions, in particular those that are found in a manufacturing environment.
  5. Cash Flow Statements: This session provides participants with the ability to construct a cash flow statement from a set of balance sheets and an income statement and understand its meaning.
  6. Market Value Transactions:  This session provides participants with an understanding of a variety of “marked to market” and other market value transactions and how they affect the appearance and meaning of balance sheets and income statements. 

This video is a sample of the CRFOnline Classroomtm technology as well as a short video by Dr. Isberg discussing the objectives for each module of the course.

Students taking the course will see a full-screen view of the CRFOnline Classroomtm .

 

Videos on this CRF website require a Flash enabled browser. 

The Credit Research Foundation Certificate of Professional Development
will be awarded to students completing the course with a minimum passing grade of 70. 

Basic Financial Statements - 101
To register for this class Click here   Class runs October 4 though December 10, 2010

This is a group virtual classroom that can be accessed 24/7 from any internet enabled computer. Students will work at their own pace, but the course will be open from October 4 though December 10, 2010. 

 

The cost for the entire course of 6 modules is just $795.00. 

Credit Research Foundation members save over 30% and register for $595.00  

Credit Research Foundation Premier Plus members receive 1 free registration annually for this course.

 

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