This Financial Accounting course is ACE recommended for college credit transfer!
The Financial Accounting course covers accounting terminology; the recording and classifying of financial transactions, including analyzing, journalizing, and
posting; the preparation of the trial balance, work sheet and financial statements; a familiarization with handling of adjustments, bad debts, inventory and
depreciation; and matters concerning sole proprietorship and partnership. Course objectives: describe content and purposes of balance sheet and income
statement; compare the basic characteristics of the accrual basis with the cash basis of accounting; explain the full accounting cycle and prepare all required
journals, entries, and adjustments; outline the necessity for and features of internal control; identify the basic assumptions, principles, and modifying
conventions of accounting; describe how inflation affects information presented in conventional financial statements; define partnerships and their
characteristics.
Textbook chapter topics include: