My online Financial Accounting students start their class this coming Monday.

This is the required accounting class for the MBA program and usually the students who are taking the class have no experience in accounting. Add the fact that a good 50% of the students have never taken any class online and you have a very frustrated student.

My advice - ALWAYS do the university recommended tutorial on how their online coureware works. It is a 2 hours that is extremely well spent.

Next - getting ready to take a financial accounting class? Every financial accounting class I have taught, undergraduate or graduate, follows the same formula:

  • Regulatory Agencies and Authoritative Sources
    How to prepare journal entries
    How to prepare an income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows
    What is an asset, liability, equity, revenue and expense

Do a little research on the above topics and you will start the class with ease.


Mary Salzman
Accounting Editor