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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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    Northeastern University

    Practical AI for Professionals

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Exploratory Data Analysis, AI Enablement, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Technology Strategies, Business Strategy, Machine Learning, Data Management, Data Preprocessing, Computer Vision, Unstructured Data, Predictive Modeling, Natural Language Processing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Risk Response and Reporting Effectively

    Skills you'll gain: Risk Control, Risk Management, Compliance Reporting, Risk Mitigation, Risk Analysis, Business Risk Management, Internal Controls, Continuous Monitoring, Data Management, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Stakeholder Communications

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    American Psychological Association

    Measures of Correlation and Contingency

    Skills you'll gain: Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Software, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Quantitative Research, Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Hypothesis Testing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Pittsburgh

    Statistics and Calculus Methods for Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Predictive Modeling, Data Analysis, Statistics, Integral Calculus, Probability & Statistics, Data Science, Probability Distribution, Calculus, Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Derivatives, Mathematical Modeling, Machine Learning, Algorithms

    Build toward a degree

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Offensive Hacking Unfolded - Become a Pro Pentester

    Skills you'll gain: Exploitation techniques, Metasploit, Vulnerability Assessments, Vulnerability Scanning, Brute-force attacks, Virtual Environment, Cybersecurity, Technical Writing, Web Servers, Linux

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Simplilearn

    Advanced GenAI Tools Course

    Skills you'll gain: Google Gemini, Generative AI, Collaborative Software, Anthropic Claude, Innovation, AI Enablement, Business Process Automation, Workflow Management, Content Creation, Productivity Software, Application Design, Video Production, Prototyping

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Duke University

    Introduction to Flask framework

    Skills you'll gain: Flask (Web Framework), Web Applications, Package and Software Management, Web Frameworks, Application Frameworks, Debugging, Program Development, Python Programming

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Packt

    Web Scraping Tutorial with Scrapy and Python for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Processing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JSON, Data Capture, Application Programming Interface (API), MongoDB, Data Storage, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Foundations of Information Security and Incident Handling

    Skills you'll gain: Computer Security Incident Management, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, Risk Management Framework, Security Management, Threat Management, Risk Management, Disaster Recovery, Vulnerability Assessments, Information Assurance, Digital Forensics, Security Controls

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Simplilearn

    LangChain Course for LLM Application Development

    Skills you'll gain: LangChain, LLM Application, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Embeddings, Large Language Modeling, Hugging Face, AI Workflows, Context Management, Generative AI Agents, Vector Databases, Prompt Engineering, Semantic Web

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Gen AI - RAG Application Development using LlamaIndex

    Skills you'll gain: Large Language Modeling, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, LLM Application, Embeddings, Agentic systems, Application Development, Data Pipelines, Data Integration, Development Environment

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Cadence Design Systems: Essential Guide

    Skills you'll gain: Electronic Systems, Electronics Engineering, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Design Reviews, Hardware Design, Computer-Aided Design, Design Software, Engineering Design Process, Schematic Diagrams, Simulation and Simulation Software, Verification And Validation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Practical AI for Professionals: Northeastern University
  • Risk Response and Reporting Effectively: Packt
  • Measures of Correlation and Contingency: American Psychological Association
  • Statistics and Calculus Methods for Data Analysis: University of Pittsburgh
  • Offensive Hacking Unfolded - Become a Pro Pentester: Packt
  • Advanced GenAI Tools Course: Simplilearn
  • Introduction to Flask framework: Duke University
  • Web Scraping Tutorial with Scrapy and Python for Beginners: Packt
  • Foundations of Information Security and Incident Handling: Packt
  • LangChain Course for LLM Application Development: Simplilearn

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