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Basic Accounting Courses

Basic accounting courses can help you learn financial statements, bookkeeping, budgeting, and tax preparation. You can build skills in analyzing financial data, managing cash flow, and understanding regulatory compliance. Many courses introduce tools like spreadsheets and accounting software, that support tracking expenses, generating reports, and ensuring accuracy in financial records.


Popular Basic Accounting Courses and Certifications


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    Emory University

    MBE Mastering Business Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Return On Investment, Business Strategy, Cash Flows, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Financial Analysis, Income Statement, Corporate Finance, Balance Sheet, Corporate Strategy, Six Sigma Methodology, Business Valuation, Organizational Strategy, Gross Profit, Marketing Strategies, Market Dynamics, Marketing Communications, Target Market, Lean Six Sigma

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    The R Programming Environment

    Skills you'll gain: Tidyverse (R Package), Web Scraping, Data Manipulation, R Programming, Data Transformation, Data Cleansing, Data Science, Big Data, Statistical Programming, Text Mining, Application Programming Interface (API)

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio

    Skills you'll gain: Arithmetic, Geometry, Mathematical Theory & Analysis, Advanced Mathematics, Combinatorics, Algebra, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Corporate Fraud: Detect, Prevent & Implement Controls

    Skills you'll gain: Fraud detection, Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance, Financial Controls, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Auditing, Internal Controls, Investigation, Corporate Accounting, Compliance Management, Financial Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Risk Control, Business Ethics, Case Studies, Accounting

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Crear un Informe Financiero con Microsoft Excel

    Skills you'll gain: Balance Sheet, Financial Statements, Profit and Loss (P&L) Management, Income Statement, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Reporting, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Financial Acumen, Ledgers (Accounting), Accounting and Finance Software

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    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Introduction to OSHA: Safety Standards and Compliance

    Skills you'll gain: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Occupational Safety And Health, Safety Training, Health And Safety Standards, Safety Standards, Safety Culture, Compliance Management, Regulatory Compliance, Workers Compensation

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Intermediate PostgreSQL

    Skills you'll gain: Stored Procedure, PostgreSQL, SQL, Database Management, Database Design, Relational Databases, Query Languages, Data Manipulation, Data Import/Export, Data Integrity, Text Mining, Transaction Processing

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Pennsylvania

    Calculus: Single Variable Part 4 - Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Calculus, Integral Calculus, Applied Mathematics, Probability & Statistics, Geometry, Probability, Advanced Mathematics, Torque (Physics), Statistics, Mechanics, Mathematical Modeling, Physics

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    280 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Microsoft

    Explore Core Data Concepts in Microsoft Azure

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Data Processing, Databases, Database Systems, Data Storage, Database Management, Relational Databases, Query Languages, NoSQL, Transaction Processing, Data Management, Cloud Computing, Data Analysis, Unstructured Data, Data Visualization Software

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Davis

    Computational Social Science Methods

    Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Social Sciences, Network Analysis, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computational Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Simulations, Big Data, Scientific Methods

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Data Visualization with R

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Dashboard, Ggplot2, Plot (Graphics), Shiny (R Package), R Programming, Leaflet (Software), Data Analysis, Scatter Plots, Box Plots, Data Science, Spatial Data Analysis, Histogram, UI Components, User Interface (UI)

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    Create Machine Learning Models in Microsoft Azure

    Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Exploratory Data Analysis, Deep Learning, Microsoft Azure, Data Visualization, Regression Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Data Analysis, Image Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Jupyter, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Data Science, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Machine Learning, Tensorflow, Artificial Neural Networks

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular basic accounting courses

  • MBE Mastering Business Essentials: Emory University
  • The R Programming Environment: Johns Hopkins University
  • Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Corporate Fraud: Detect, Prevent & Implement Controls: EDUCBA
  • Crear un Informe Financiero con Microsoft Excel: Coursera
  • Introduction to OSHA: Safety Standards and Compliance: Coursera
  • Intermediate PostgreSQL: University of Michigan
  • Calculus: Single Variable Part 4 - Applications: University of Pennsylvania
  • Explore Core Data Concepts in Microsoft Azure: Microsoft
  • Computational Social Science Methods: University of California, Davis

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