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Bookkeeping the Easy Way with Quickbooks

GES 201 -- 140 hours

Course Objectives

    The purpose of this course is to:

    • Familiarize students with the basic bookkeeping fundamentals for managing both a personal/service-type business and a merchandising business.
    • Introduce students to a popular bookkeeping software, Quickbooks, used by many small businesses
    • Introduce students to double-entry bookkeeping, the foundation for further accounting study.
    • Reinforce students' learning through online tests, excel spreadsheet submissions, and hands-on experience with Quickbooks.

    At the end of this course, the student should be able to:

    • Understand the basic bookkeeping equations and all supporting journals, ledgers, and worksheets.
    • Set up Quickbooks, enter data accurately, and manage the bookkeeping function for a small business.
    • Explain and utilize double-entry accounting by understanding the impacts of debits and credits for all account types.