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Colleges and Universities Offering Free Accounting Courses Online
Learn accounting with these free online courses. See the
full list of free online accounting and financial reporting courses and find
the course that is right for you.
Information on Free Online Accounting Courses
Although many of these courses contain the same course
materials as credit-bearing college classes, free online students cannot earn
college credit by completing them. Access to the courses is free, but students
may need to purchase textbooks or acquire other reading material to gain full
benefit from the course. Special software, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or mp3
players, may be required in order to utilize course materials.
Indiana University
This course covers all aspects of financial record keeping
for businesses with topics including liabilities, financial statements and budgeting.
Students can download videos of classroom lectures; each lesson lasts 30
minutes to about one hour. No textbook is required, and no additional materials
are available.
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Accounting 101: The Fundamentals is a course offered by
Kutztown University's SmallBizU that uses audio and video slides to teach small
business owners how to keep very basic financial records. Creating a
Profit and Loss Statement is an audio and video lesson offered by
Kutztown's Small Business Development Center, which includes worksheets and
examines calculations, single-step format and multi-step format. Also offered
by the Small Business Development Center, Preparing a Balance Sheet uses
audio, video and worksheets to investigate liabilities, owner's equity and
balance sheets. Preparing a Cash Budget teaches online users to
create a budget using the cash method or accrual method, examine money coming
in and going out and maintain cash reserve requirements. A glossary and
worksheets are available for this course.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Students can download PDFs of lecture notes and obtain exam
questions and solutions in these three accounting courses. Introduction to
Financial and Managerial Accounting is an undergraduate course that
teaches students to read, understand and create financial statements. A
textbook is recommended along with supplemental readings, and students can
access problem sets and solutions. In the Financial Accountingcourse,
students learn to analyze financial information and develop reports. The
graduate-level course materials include problem sets and solutions along with
recitations. Online learners of Financial and Managerial Accounting,
another graduate course, study how to prepare cash flow statements, recognize
accrual accounting and identify revenue. Students must purchase a textbook, but
the supplemental reading of a corporate financial report is provided for free
online.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
In this course, students learn the basics of accounting and
how managers use these principles to reduce costs and maximize profits and
efficiency. The 17 video lectures cover topics including cash flow statements,
internal decision making and transfer pricing. A textbook is required.
The Open University
The Open University offers written lessons in its online
courses, many with activities for students to further explore the topics. No
textbooks or additional readings are required. Students in the advanced-levelIntroduction
to the Context of Accounting look at the basics of accounting. Influences
on Accounting Regulation examines financial reporting from its origins to
its present-day function. In Investment Risk, students learn to define
financial risk, calculate risk factors and consider investors aversion to risk.
Portland State University
In this course, students examine the interrelationship
between balance sheets and cash flow statements, as well as understand applied
accounting procedures and practices. Students can access PowerPoint lessons and
view homework solutions. Quizzes and discussion questions are available, and
several student projects are also posted.
University of Alaska - Anchorage
Principles of Financial Accounting provides students
with an introduction to principles and practices used in accounting, with
emphasis on summarizing accounting data and speaking the accounting language.
The course includes access to homework assignments, practice exams, PowerPoint
slides, learning games and other course materials. A textbook is required.
University of Michigan
As the third in a series of courses for health care
managers, this graduate-level corporate finance course focuses on investments,
financing and strategic financial planning. Students can download videos of
lectures and lecture notes, as well as worksheets. A textbook is necessary, and
students will need to obtain recommended journal readings from a library or
find them online.
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