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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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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!!!

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.

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By Patrick R

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Jul 18, 2017

Great course that I feel like I will be able to apply in my real-life. I just need to do more practice on my own to keep it fresh and more instinctive.

By James S

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Jun 12, 2016

This class is the best. The Professor was very informative. He provided many examples to make sure students get a clear understanding of the concepts.

By Jonathan P

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Feb 20, 2016

Superb demonstration of a traditionally dry subject. If you like accounting and/or properly recognizing revenue as a SMB, this course is a great start.

By Tyler B

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Dec 21, 2016

This course was very helpful and well thought out. It was easy to follow, the instructor obviously put lots of work into making this course engaging.

By Mirghani A

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Dec 27, 2022

This course is characterized by a large amount of exercises, something that is very useful and helpful for the accounting novice students. Excellent!

By Manuel B

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May 22, 2020

Clear, concise and easy to follow. The practical examples and the questions from the virtual students helped me to bring more clarity to some topics.

By Chika E

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Oct 15, 2017

Great course. It also helped that I had done another accounting course prior to this one. Professor Brian Bushee's humour is also highly appreciated.

By Nicole E

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Jan 11, 2017

This was not an easy course, but the material made it very worthwhile. A lot of financial statements I've seen over the years make a lot more sense.

By Maxim K

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Sep 16, 2024

Brian Bushee made the course extremely engaging. Probably one of the best courses I've ever taken, and I didn't even like accounting before. Thanks.

By Karan K

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Dec 26, 2020

Covers all the necessary topics and methodologies needed to be solid on Financial Accounting for any job in Finance. Great course, highly recommend.

By NISHANT T

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Jul 13, 2018

Great and totally detailed course. Extremely useful for a beginner like me and also for amateurs.Would recommend to all for such a wonderful course.

By Yan F

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Feb 25, 2018

Love the professor. He found a way to make accounting interesting. This course is my first step of the MSA program. Highly recommend it to everyone.

By Rohit N

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Apr 2, 2016

Excellent course material with detailed examples covering different practical scenarios. A must-have for people who are new to Financial Accounting.

By Tomas A

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Dec 27, 2015

Excellent course material and professor. Exams are progressively difficult but doable if you watch all the classes and properly review the material.

By Kurmanbek M

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Sep 8, 2020

Hi, this course was suer informational and helpful to me.Thanks a lot to instructors and coursera team for giving e such an opportunity! Good luck!

By Stephanie S

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May 5, 2020

I was very new to accounting and just knew some basic things on debits and credits. I feel more confident moving into this field after this course.

By Adnan N

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Apr 15, 2020

Great teacher, excellent lecture and it's easy to understand each of his lectures. Definitely one of the best teacher I've had throughout my study.

By Marie J

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Mar 28, 2019

I did find the cartoon characters and simulated voices really distracting. The concepts and examples were great and easy to follow and understand.

By Jean-Francois F G

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Mar 3, 2019

Great professor! Funny and to the point, he knows what the students are thinking, so it makes it easier to learn online with no direct interaction!

By George N

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Oct 2, 2018

I really like the course, because it does show you step by step way of learning to acquired the maximum understanding of introduction of accounting

By Sai K E

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Aug 26, 2020

The lectures in the last week were a bit fast and had some new jargon which could be explained more clearly. But overall the course was awesome !

By Manu M

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Mar 27, 2020

very well structured and good examples. the virtual students asked a lot of good question. overall learned alot from this online course. Thank you

By Ian H

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Aug 4, 2016

Excellent course for non accountants. Really well structured and challenging. The exam questions really make you think about what you have learnt.

By Raghav S

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May 3, 2020

Professor's Idea of virtual students was great, his connectivity towards the students was great and his pun intented sense of humour was awesome.

By Jasmine L

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Apr 10, 2020

BEST COURSE I have ever attended, I wish all teachers could illustrate and explain concepts like this and then there will be no failing students.