Accounting savvy is vital to ensure a business is on-track to being profitable, with important money milestones being set and met. Whether you’re a business owner, bookkeeper, financial clerk, in the finance department or a manager with growing exposure to your business’s books, the Basic Business Accounting online short course is ideal for anyone who wants a boost in money management skills. At the end of 10 weeks, you’ll be in love with ledgers, a master of the accounting equation, and aptly able to construct and apply financial statements.
Course curriculum
Module 1: Introduction to business accounting
Module 2: The cash book
Module 3: The debtor’s ledger
Module 4: The creditor’s ledger
Module 5: Other ledgers.
Module 6: Application of the accounting equation
Module 7: Practical construction of financial statements
Module 8: Application of financial statements
Course outcomes
Master accounting terms and principles as well as role-players and business entities
Understand cash book receipts, payments tax and bank reconciliations, and debtors and creditors ledger and reconciliations
Apply the accounting equation to the formulation of trial balances and statements
Interpret and extract valuable information from financial reports and business accounting statements
Format: Wits certified online short course
Certification: Wits University certificate of competence
Duration: 10 weeks
Breakdown: 8 weeks consecutive online lectures, one exam in week 10
Hours per week: 5 to 7
Language: English
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A retired member of the SA Institute of Professional Accountants, Wits Plus lecturer John Borthwick has a wealth of experience as an internal auditor for multiple industry goliaths, including Volvo.