Essentials of College & University Accounting

The Essentials program provides an overview of accounting practices common to higher education institutions.  Topics addressed include current operations, plant funds, endowment funds and loan funds.  Fundamental accounting concepts, terminology, defintions and financial reporting requirements relevant to colleges and universities are identified.  The course is self-paced and includes exercises and assessment questions in order to test for understanding throughout the program. 

Purchasing this course is EASY and AFFORDABLE for your campus.  The course is web-based and has no expiration date.  After the initial purchase of $269, additional purchases are only $40 for members.  Each purchase price includes individual access to the program and a companion 100-page workbook, which includes practice problems for accounting transactions.

Program Fees:

Member Rate (first purchase):  $269
Member Rate (additional purchases): $40

Non-member Rate (first purchase):  $319
Non-member Rate (additional purchases): $60

 What Participants Will Learn:

• Compare accounting concepts of institutions to those in the commercial sector
• Understand fund accounting and the activity groups
• Describe the financial statements and their relationship to institutional accounting
  

Who Should Participate:

• Accounting department staff
• Accounting staff new to higher education
• Trustees seeking a basic institutional accounting overview
  

Program Information:

• Course Level: Basic
• Length: Approximately 5 hours
• CPE:  There is currently no CPE credit offered for this course