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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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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Exploration et production de données pour les entreprises

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Sampling (Statistics), Descriptive Statistics, Probability Distribution, Statistics, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Statistical Visualization, Graphing, Influencing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Design corporate presentations with Piktochart

    Skills you'll gain: Presentations, Data Visualization, Corporate Communications, Data Storytelling, Sales Presentation, Sales Presentations, Business Communication, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Marketing Communications

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Packt

    Protecting Data, Logging, and Monitoring in AWS

    Skills you'll gain: Key Management, Encryption, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Security, Event Monitoring, Continuous Monitoring, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Data Security, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), System Monitoring, Amazon S3, Incident Response

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Project on PyQt - Employee Management System

    Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, User Interface (UI), MySQL, User Interface (UI) Design, Application Development, Application Deployment, Database Management, Databases, SQL

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Next.js Ecommerce - Build a Shopping Platform From Scratch

    Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, Responsive Web Design, Email Automation, Order Management, Data Validation, User Interface (UI) Design, Search Engine Optimization, Web Applications, JavaScript Frameworks, Authentications, User Interface (UI), React.js, Payment Processing, E-Commerce, PostgreSQL, Dashboard, Database Development, Object-Relational Mapping, Product Improvement, Real Time Data

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Blender to Unreal Engine - 3D Plants and Vegetation

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Virtual Environment, Animation and Game Design, Animations, Computer Graphic Techniques, Virtual Reality, Data Import/Export, File Management

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    EDUCBA

    IntelliJ IDEA with Project

    Skills you'll gain: IntelliJ IDEA, Apache Maven, Build Tools, Integrated Development Environments, Software Development Tools, Version Control, Git (Version Control System), Development Environment, Computer Graphics, Debugging, Scripting Languages, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Databases, Relational Databases

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Digital Literacy: Introduction to Mobile Phone Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Mobile Security, Computer Literacy, digital literacy, End User Training and Support, Calendar Management, Telecommunications, Self Service Technologies, Personal Development, Photography, Information Privacy, Communication

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Financial Analysis with ARIMA and Time Series Forecasting

    Skills you'll gain: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Financial Forecasting, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning, Trend Analysis, Financial Data, Financial Modeling, Jupyter, Predictive Modeling, GitHub, Statistical Modeling, NumPy

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    XHTML - Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Extensible Markup Language (XML), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development Tools, Semantic Web, Web Development, Web Design, Data Validation, Development Environment, Verification And Validation, Integrated Development Environments, Debugging

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    EDUCBA

    Quantitative Finance with SAS: Apply, Analyze & Evaluate

    Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Descriptive Statistics, Market Data, Risk Modeling, Regression Analysis, Statistical Methods, Financial Modeling, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Correlation Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Statistical Analysis, Quantitative Research, Financial Market, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Trend Analysis, Financial Analysis, Variance Analysis

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    How to create an email campaign with SendinBlue

    Skills you'll gain: Newsletters, Target Audience, Email Marketing, Communication Strategies, Marketing Communications, Marketing Materials, Campaign Management, Testability, Digital Marketing, Registration, User Accounts

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Exploration et production de donnĂ©es pour les entreprises: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Design corporate presentations with Piktochart: Coursera
  • Protecting Data, Logging, and Monitoring in AWS: Packt
  • Project on PyQt - Employee Management System: EDUCBA
  • Next.js Ecommerce - Build a Shopping Platform From Scratch: Packt
  • Blender to Unreal Engine - 3D Plants and Vegetation: Packt
  • IntelliJ IDEA with Project: EDUCBA
  • Digital Literacy: Introduction to Mobile Phone Basics: Coursera
  • Financial Analysis with ARIMA and Time Series Forecasting: Packt
  • XHTML - Beginners: EDUCBA

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