Welcome to our homeschool accounting curriculum!
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Getting Started with Accounting 101

Accounting 101 is designed to equip students with the mastery of accounting fundamentals they will need in order to be prepared for their college classes while presenting these concepts in easy-to-digest ways. Its goal is to help students appreciate the state of the industry and the world of finance as a whole in such a way as to be able to operate from a Christian worldview to effect positive change if they choose an accounting or other business career.

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introduction to Accounting 

Module 1: What is Accounting? (Types of Accounting, Stakeholders, Regulators)
Module 2: Business Entities (Sole Proprietors, Corporate forms, Partnerships)
Module 3: Accounting Principles and Cash vs. Accrual Accounting (Time-Period Concept, Stable Currency, Matching, Consistency, Conservatism, Going Concern)
Module 4: Accounting Terminology Basics
Module 5: Financial Statements
Module 6: Ethics, Worldview, and Accounting in Crisis

Unit 2: The Accounting Cycle 

Module 1: Overview of the Accounting Cycle
Module 2: Analyzing and Journalizing Transactions
Module 3: Posting and Trial Balances
Module 4: Adjusting Entries
Module 5: Closing the Cycle

Unit 3: Financial Accounting Expanded

Module 1: Introduction to Internal Controls (Control Environment and Tools for Each Relevant Cycle)
Module 2: Inventory
Module 3: Receivables
Module 4: Long-Term Assets (Cost Measurement, Depreciation, Amortization)
Module 5: Partnership Equity Accounts
Module 6: Corporate Equity Accounts
Module 7: Liabilities