Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
In this course, you will explore advanced topics in financial accounting. You will start your journey with accounting for assets with more than a 1-year life. You will learn in detail how firms account for fixed assets. You will then move on to the financing of assets and discuss accounting for liabilities. The course will continue with an in-depth exploration of shareholdersâ equity. Finally, you will critically evaluate the preparation, components, and analysis of the cash flows statement.
About this Course
In this course, you will explore advanced topics in financial accounting. You will start your journey with accounting for assets with more than a 1-year life. You will learn in detail how firms account for fixed assets. You will then move on to the financing of assets and discuss accounting for liabilities. The course will continue with an in-depth exploration of shareholdersâ equity. Finally, you will critically evaluate the preparation, components, and analysis of the cash flows statement.
What You'll Learn
- To account for fixed assets
- Understand accounting for liabilities
- Evaluate shareholdersâ equity section of a balance sheet, and
- Understand preparation and information provided by cash flows statement.
Instructors
Oktay Urcan
Department of Accountancy