Welcome to Our Homeschool Accounting Curriculum:
Accounting 101

Getting Started with Accounting 101, a Homeschool Accounting Curriculum

Our homeschool accounting curriculum 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 another business career.

Homeschool Accounting Curriculum Course Outline

Accounting 101 is a three-unit homeschool accounting curriculum.

• Unit One: Introduction to Accounting 
  • Module One: What is Accounting? (Types of Accounting, Stakeholders, Regulators)
  • Module Two: Business Entities (Sole Proprietors, Corporate forms, Partnerships)
  • Module Three: Accounting Principles and Cash vs. Accrual Accounting (Time-Period Concept, Stable Currency, Matching, Consistency, Conservatism, Going Concern)
  • Module Four: Accounting Terminology Basics
  • Module Five: Financial Statements
  • Module Six: Ethics, Worldview, and Accounting in Crisis
• Unit Two: The Accounting Cycle 
  • Module One: Overview of the Accounting Cycle
  • Module Two: Analyzing and Journalizing Transactions
  • Module Three: Posting and Trial Balances
  • Module Four: Adjusting Entries
  • Module Five: Closing the Cycle
• Unit Three: Financial Accounting Expanded
  • Module One: Introduction to Internal Controls (Control Environment and Tools for Each Relevant Cycle)
  • Module Two: Inventory
  • Module Three: Receivables
  • Module Four: Long-Term Assets (Cost Measurement, Depreciation, Amortization)
  • Module Five: Partnership Equity Accounts
  • Module Six: Corporate Equity Accounts
  • Module Seven: Liabilities