MN
Jan 15, 2024
The course has been an interesting learning journey, getting clarity on what we use financial statements of a company for, to learning it's measurement to get the results of the company position.
CR
Dec 2, 2020
Having worked with accountants for 11 years but only taking a few accounting classes in college, this taught me many things that help me better understand what the accountants are talking about.
By Olawoyin o
•Nov 28, 2020
Good
By Dikshitha K
•Oct 26, 2020
good
By Razanah
•Oct 8, 2020
Good
By Yamen D
•Jun 22, 2020
goog
By AARON T
•Aug 17, 2019
good
By podila v b
•Nov 5, 2016
good
By S. A
•Oct 4, 2021
nil
By BRIJESH K
•Aug 17, 2024
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By Israa H H A Z
•Jul 20, 2020
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By Michael W
•Jan 18, 2017
This course focuses entirely on how to read a balance sheet. You will learn the three principal parts of a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, and equity), how they relate to each other, and how they describe the underlying position of the company. This is illustrated by the professor talking to a number of small businesses in the Urbana-Champaign area.
If you have no experience with accounting or finance, this is probably a great place to start. It's a gentle introduction. However, while the focus on local businesses is interesting, a relatively large amount of time is spent learning about these businesses and their owners without necessarily teaching much about accounting or balance sheets in general.
By Raghavendra C
•May 4, 2021
The course was a good introduction to the balance sheet. It not only taught how to prepare, use and interpret the balance sheet, but also touched upon the very important aspect of why a balance sheet may be required for anyone looking into. Do go through the suggested readings to further explore on the topics discussed. However, a little more practice examples on how to interpret and compare balance sheets would have helped solidify the understanding, for which I had to research separately online.
By Sanskar V
•Oct 19, 2020
The course was very good for understanding basics of financial statements, especially the balance sheet. But the course content/syllabus is too small compared with the time provided for course completion. A person could easily complete this course within a week or two max but the time provided was more than a month. The video lectures were great and very practical as the instructor visits several businesses to help us get a practical understanding of the line items on the balance sheet.
By Marco F
•Aug 25, 2016
I think it's a good way to introduce the world of "accounting" but I think videos need to be more specific and I would have appreciated if there was some practical exercise and not only quiz! But all the informations are exposed clearly.
By Sam S
•Nov 20, 2016
Thank you for the work and creative idea of presenting the information. I now feel as though I have an idea or overall gist of financial statements, however, I would like to get into the ratios and analysing part of these statements.
By Baghwath G B
•Nov 22, 2017
This course explains things in a simple language so that everybody can understand. The faculty is so good . Example videos are also so good and he asks the apt questions , so that the views can understand the concept. Kudos
By Bhargav L S
•May 7, 2020
A great course and very well explained with the use of practical exposure, i would recommend it for every finance aspirant out there to learn and it is also very easily, clearly explained by the professor.
By John E S
•Mar 25, 2018
Quite good course, but could have been more comprehensive in my opinion. Compared to other Coursera courses I have taken, it did not require so much work.
By Aron J O M
•May 23, 2024
Los dos primeros modulos aprendi bastante ya que eran bastantes dinamicos, solo que con los siguientes tambien aprendi pero fueron muchos más teoricos
By Regan R
•Oct 15, 2017
Easy to follow, great case studies, thoroughly enjoyable. I do wish my final assignment was graded by a professor in addition to my peers.
By Abdulhadi H M A
•Jun 1, 2020
The final score must not depend on the peer grade given but the final GPA must come from the responsible one to have fair final point.
By Janki P
•Aug 19, 2020
It would be better if the basics of financial statements were explained a bit more for someone attending the course as a beginner
By Sherry M B
•Jul 22, 2020
The music was annoying didn't need it everytime there was a new lesson. Other than that it was a giid review for an accountant.
By Kevin S
•Mar 13, 2017
I found this course to be a good introduction to reading a balance sheet, with a lot of personal examples.
By Werner G
•Jan 20, 2021
Good basic course. But only the tip of the iceberg in understanding the real position of a company
By Saad Y
•Jul 6, 2020
It was very nice and new experience of learning such a great, practical and exposure based course.