# Intro to Financial Accounting & Financial Statements (Self-Paced)

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## Overview

Master financial accounting fundamentals at your own pace, learning to analyze financial statements, understand accrual accounting, and use key metrics and ratios. This self-paced course includes hands-on exercises with financial statements from well-known companies. You’ll explore real-life examples by reviewing actual 10-K filings from companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Apple to see how the accounting concepts apply in the real world.

## What you'll learn

- Gain a solid understanding of financial accounting fundamentals, including cash vs. accrual accounting and GAAP
- Break down income statement line items and key financial ratios
- Master the balance sheet equation: Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity
- Understand cash flow statements, covering operations, investing, and financing activities
- Learn how to connect and interpret financial statements together

## Curriculum

#### Introduction to Financial Accounting

- Who uses financial reports?
- Where to find financial reports
- Types of financial reports
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Cash vs. accrual accounting

#### Income Statement

- Essential line items
- Profit ratios and margins
- Accrual accounting in the income statement
- Depreciation and amortization
- Trailing Twelve Months (TTM)
- Year-over-year (Y/Y) Comparisons
- EBITDA

#### Balance Sheet

- Assets = Liabilities + Shareholder's Equity
- Essential components of each section
- Changes in PP&E
- Working capital

#### Cash Flow Statements

- Why we need the cash flow statement
- Cash flows from operations
- Cash flows from investing
- Cash flows from financing
- Deferred taxes

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $325