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Understanding Financial Accounting for Non-Accountants

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$199.00

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MODE

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DURATION

 4 hrs

COMMITMENT

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This short course offers you solid financial accounting knowledge vital to any manager or business owner, without the need for an accounting background. You will learn to understand the financial health of your company, enabling you to take advantage of opportunities, manage risk and make strategic and effective business decisions.

About this course

You will explore the fundamentals of accounting and how to read and interpret financial statements. By the end of this course, you will have developed the skills to make informed financial decisions, analyse risks and rewards, assess current financial positions and plan for future growth.

This course is suitable for anyone without a finance or accounting background interested in exploring or needing a working understanding of the fundamentals of effective financial decision making and literacy. Specifically, this course is suitable for, but not limited to, anyone with newly acquired responsibility over developing, managing, and meeting formal budgets and management targets.

This course is currently undergoing a content update from 14 October 2024. If you would like to be contacted when this course re-opens for enrolment, please add your details to the Join Waitlist form at the top right of this page.

Key benefits of this course

The value of this course is clear. By completing it, you can:

  • Develop financial literacy by understanding key terms used in accounting
  • Understand how business decisions impact profit and loss statements
  • Build the skills needed to develop, manage, and meet budgets and management targets
  • Acquire the knowledge to work in a wide range of roles and industries
  • Enhance your leadership and management capabilities within small-to-medium enterprise
  • Prepare for a career as an entrepreneur.

This course provides the perfect foundation to succeed in many industries, giving participants the edge, they need to thrive in the business world.

Digital badge and certificate

A digital badge and certificate will be awarded following the successful completion of any necessary tasks or assessments to demonstrate acquired learning of the short course or for meeting attendance and/or participation requirements.

Learn more about UTS Open digital badges.

Price

Full price: $199 (GST-free)*

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.

Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information.

Enrolment conditions

Course purchase is subject to UTS Open Terms and Conditions.

COVID-19 response 

UTS complies with latest Government health advice. Delivery of all courses complies with the UTS response to COVID-19.

Additional course information

Course outline

During this course you will explore the fundamentals of accounting and how to read and interpret financial statements. By the end of the course, you will have developed the skills to make informed financial decisions, analyse risks and rewards, assess current financial positions and plan for future growth.

This course is 100% online and is designed to allow you to work at your own time and pace. The course resources are downloadable and you will have access to the course content for 6 months. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded a UTS short course certificate.

The topics and key themes covered in this course include:

  • The four financial statements - identifying their purposes and key features 
  • Financial statement analysis - investigating and analysing financial statements
  • Ratio analysis - analysing business position and performance using financial ratios.

Course learning objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to

  • Identify the purposes and key features of the four main financial statements
  • Investigate and analyse financial statements
  • Analyse business position and performance using financial ratios.

Requirements

To complete this online course, you will need a personal computer with adequate internet access and sufficient software and bandwidth to support web conferencing. You will also require an operating system with a web browser compatible with Canvas, Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Discounts

Discounts are available for this course as follows:

  • 10% discount for UTS alumni.

Discounts cannot be combined and only one discount can be applied per person per course session. Discounts can only be applied to the full price. Discounts cannot be applied to any offered special price. 

How to obtain your discount voucher code

Please contact the team at support@open.uts.edu.au with your student number to obtain your discount voucher code. If you have forgotten your UTS student number, provide your full name, UTS degree and year of commencement.  

How to apply your discount code 

  • If you are eligible for a UTS alumni discount, please ensure you have provided your UTS student number during checkout. If you have forgotten your UTS student number, email support@open.uts.edu.au with your full name, UTS degree and year of commencement.  
  • Add this course to your cart 
  • Click on "View Cart" (blue shopping trolley at top right of screen). You will need to sign in or sign up to UTS Open 
  • Enter your eligible code beneath the "Have a discount code?" prompt and click on the blue "Apply" button 
  • Verify your voucher code has been successfully applied before clicking on the blue "Checkout" button. 

Contact us

For any questions on enrolment or payment, please email support@open.uts.edu.au 

For any questions about course content, delivery or progression, please contact Business Futures at business.futures@uts.edu.au

Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for individuals without a financial background interested in taking their management skills to the next level, as well as those who want to gain a better understanding of the financial world. This includes, but is not limited to, the following roles:

  • Anyone with newly acquired responsibility over developing, managing, and meeting formal budgets and management targets
  • Professionals working in a wide array of roles or industries, including marketing, engineering and fashion
  • Leaders and managers working within small-to-medium enterprise
  • Aspiring entrepreneurs.

 

This course is currently undergoing a content update from 14 October 2024. If you would like to be contacted when this course re-opens for enrolment, please add your details to the Join Waitlist form at the top right of this page.

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

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