Cheap/Free course in Bookkeeping or Accounting?

Anyone know of a cheap or free course or tutorial (website, CDROM, print-based, etc.) in Bookkeeping or Accounting? Need a little brush-up before I take managerial accounting in my MBA program.

 

http://hacc.edu/PROGRAMS/Coned/ContinuingEducation.pdf

$89 online continuing education course in Accounting I and II through Harrisburg Area Community College....pg 43


http://www.ed2go.com/cgi-bin/oic3/newofferings.cgi?name=ccbconline&dept=BA&path=

$99, 6 week non-credit course in Accounting I and II through Community College of Baltimore County online...


HTH!

Rhonda

 

Tom,

San Juan College offers a "Fundamentals of Accounting" (ACCT201) course online. This is a 3cr. Undergrad (lower level) course. San Juan is an RA school in New Mexico. Tuition is only $35/credit hour!

http://www.sjc.cc.nm.us/pages/2322.asp#ACCT201

BTW. I understand that you already have your undergrad, but for those of you looking for an inexpensive source for online RA courses, you can't get much cheaper than San Juan!

Also, San Juan a number of Associate degrees online, including: Anthropology, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology.

- Tom

 

Penn foster / formerly Education Direct
www.pennfoster.edu DETC Accredited
55$ per semester hour includes books
Some of the courses are ACE Approved
Pilot

 

Re: Re: Cheap/Free course in Bookkeeping or Accounting?

I advise many students on degree completion strategies.

The $64 question for many is: Will Excelsior count it towards their accounting/math requirement?

 

In the free category, there is the AccountingCoach Web site. In-depth explanations of key accounting topics hyperlinked to a 1000-word glossary, plus drills and exams.

For low cost comes Accounting for Dummies, which views accounting from the non-accountant businessman's perspective and delivers the 10,000-foot overview for which the book series is best known.

Also, Schaum's Guideline of Managerial Accounting gives a consise (well, 336 pages) summary of the subject along with 490 solved problems.

Good luck in your studies.

 

You can obtain certification, if you choose, through a professional organization such as AIPB (American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers) or the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), respectively. Both are very good degree. I am a certified AIPB bookkeeper. After completion of my degree a year ago I have started my own journey. With two of my friend started our own business. Took some free subscription from Zipbooks. https://zipbooks.com/bookkeeping-services/ We are very new in business that's why free bookkeeping services software was preferable to us. I don't think I am going to apply for a job in near future. We have a very good plan to develop ourselves and how to increase our business areas.

 

If you need the structure, yes San Juan College is a great option. For free look at Home - principlesofaccounting.com which is really a 6 Credit hour 1st year course or even close (not quite) 9 credit hours at many schools. The books are also available as PDF from bookboon.com

 

If you're just looking to refresh your knowledge and don't need credits I'd suggest that you consider Coursera, EdX or some other MOOC.

 

You can get some good information on YouTube or you can visit online accounting services.