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    Financial Accounting Syllabus

    This course will teach you the fundamentals of financial accounting from the ground up. You will learn how to prepare a
    balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement, analyze financial statements, and calculate and interpret critical
    ratios. You will also learn the role of managerial judgment in choosing accounting estimates and methods. The course con-
    cludes with an introduction to forecasting and valuation.

    Modules Lessons Learning Objectives

    • Accounting Equation Components • Understand the accounting equation and demonstrate


    how different transactions impact it
    Module 1

    • Basic Transactions and the Equation


    The Accounting • Define key accounting concepts and principles

    Quiz
    • Accounting Principles and Rules
    Equation • Formal Definitions of Accounting
    Terms
    Module 2

    • Journal Entries and T-Accounts • Understand where financial statement information


    Recording originates by recording business transactions as journal

    Quiz
    • Advanced Journal Entries
    Transactions entries
    • The Trial Balance
    Module 3

    • The Balance Sheet • Construct the balance sheet and income statement to
    Financial

    Quiz
    • The Income Statement learn their purpose and format
    Statements

    • Accruals and Deferrals • Understand complex accounting transactions and how


    Module 4

    they relate to accounting principles


    Adjusting • Long-Lived Assets

    Quiz
    Journal Entries • Inventory • Recognize the impact of judgment and bias on financial
    statements and accounting practices
    • Deferred Taxes

    • Operating: Direct Method • Use the statement of cash flows to evaluate the
    Module 5

    financial health and life-cycle stage of a business


    The Statement of • Operating: Indirect Method
    Quiz

    Cash Flows • Investing and Financing

    • Profitability • Analyze ratios and use the DuPont Framework to evaluate


    the financial state of a business
    Module 6

    Analyzing • Efficiency
    Quiz

    Financial • Leverage
    Statements • Other Ratios
    • Impact of Policy Differences

    • Pro-Forma Financial Statements • Prepare and evaluate financial forecasts used to make
    strategic decisions
    Module 7

    • Projecting Free Cash Flows


    Forecasting • Calculate and forecast free cash flows
    Quiz

    • Valuation
    and Valuation • Determining Relevant Cash Flows • Learn how to value a venture, project, or investment
    opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis of key
    assumptions

    For more information, visit online.hbs.edu or email us at hbsonline@hbs.edu


    ©Copyright 2019. President and Fellows of Harvard College. All Rights Reserved.

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