Business Accounting Basics

Name: Business Accounting Basics
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Author: Purdue University

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5 Sequences
Introductive Level
Starts on January 9, 2017
Ends on March 6, 2017

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Syllabus

Necessary accounting terminology and concepts
The basics of the four financial statements
The building blocks of financial accounting
The different accounting cycles in a business break-even analysis, target profit analysis, and degree of operating leverage

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Kimberly Fatten
Certified Public Accountant
Professor - Purdue University

Kimberly Fatten is a Certified Public Accountant with over 20 years of industry experience in manufacturing, construction, insurance, and education. She has a BS in Accounting from Indiana State University, an MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business (Indianapolis, IN) and hopes to soon have her PhD in higher education / student affairs from Indiana University. She currently teaches financial accounting and income taxation at Purdue University, where she will serve as the Volunteer Income Taxation Assistance Coordinator.

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Purdue University is a public university located in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.

It was founded on 6 May 1869 and in 2012 had over 39,000 students. It is known as the "Cradle of Astronauts" for having trained twenty-two future astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan. Many of the CEOs of Forbes 500 companies also graduated from Purdue University.

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