Certificate Course in Accounting and Bookkeeping

    Course Overview: 

    Maintaining accounting and financial records is one of the most basic yet critical functions of a good business. This certificate covers the fundamentals of bookkeeping for those who wish to pursue it as a career, as well as for entrepreneurs who want to manage their own books in a more professional manner.

    Course Objectives

    Any conventional accounting student who goes through this course must be the end of the study be able to correctly interpret financial information, correctly classify it and know which accounts they affect. They should also visualize the effects of all these accounting entries to the overall financial statement.

    In addition, they should understand how to operate the double entry concept of accounting and how this assists to ensure that transactions are correctly classified and well shown in the financial statements.

    Course Outline:

    1.            Conceptual framework of accounting.

    2.            Accounting as an information system.

    3.            Users of financial information.

    4.            Recording financial information and Double entry treatment of transactions.

    5.            Preparation of Financial statements 

    6.            Ethics in reporting financial information. 

     

     

    Exercises:

     

    After they have read the material for each unit, students are expected to test their own Learning by completing some relevant exercises and tasks.

     

    Assignments:

    In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to submit three assignments.

     

    DURATION: 3 Months

    REGIONS TARGETED: Global

    COURSE FEE: $400

    ORGANIZERS: Africa Institute for Project Management Studies (AIPMS)

    LANGUAGE: English and French

    FORMAT: Online Learning

    GENERAL COURSE CONTACT: 

    The Academics Manager

    Email: info@africadevelopmentresources.org

    Website: www.africadevelopmentresources.org