Learner Reviews & Feedback for Accounting: Principles of Financial Accounting Course | Coursera For Individuals For Businesses For Universities For Governments Explore Degrees ​ Log In Join for Free Join for Free Back to Accounting: Principles of Financial Accounting Accounting: Principles of Financial Accounting Financial Accounting, the language of business, is essential for anyone interacting with financial information. Whether you're a business owner, manager, or just starting your career, understanding financial statements is crucial. This course provides the fundamentals of financial accounting, empowering you to interpret financial statements like balance sheets and income statements for informed decision-making. You'll gain the conceptual base for further learning in accounting and finance. No prior experience is needed. Practice your skills using Microsoft Excel, a critical tool in finance and accounting. Understand the basics of accounting, improving your business and potentially unlocking free courses and certificate opportunities along the way. Status: Income StatementIncome Statement Status: Financial AnalysisFinancial Analysis Beginner·Course·13 hours Enroll for free Overall rating 4.8·3,334 reviews 5 stars 85.19% 4 stars 12.53% 3 stars 1.19% 2 stars 0.20% 1 star 0.86% Featured reviews SM 5.0·Reviewed Jun 21, 2020 prof marc badia explains each and every concept very crisply and also provides details understanding of each topics. I am really grateful to him for this course. Thank you very much Sir!! MG 5.0·Reviewed Jun 11, 2022 I loved every bit of this course. I understood accounting very well. The whole course was very well organised and delivered. This will help me excel in my career. Thanks Prof Marc Badia VK 5.0·Reviewed Nov 12, 2025 I would like to thank IESE Business School and all the instructors involved in creating this course. It was a comprehensive, yet concise, journey through all key business processes. SF 5.0·Reviewed Mar 14, 2021 En primer lugar quiero darle las gracias a Marc Badia, por sus excelentes clases han sido de gran ayuda y gracias a coursera por proporcionar este gran curso en el que he aprendido mucho. TV 5.0·Reviewed Apr 4, 2020 I enjoyed this course. I found the instruction very thorough. The practical applications made the concepts easy to understand and apply. The instructor was easy to listen to and follow along with. FR 5.0·Reviewed Oct 30, 2021 Such a simple but impressive course. Really streghthen my views in basic accounting principles as an accounting student. Thank your Prof. Marc Badia, IESE Business School, and Coursera. JS 5.0·Reviewed Nov 17, 2020 It's so amazing learning on this course, the discussions and activities are the best. The method of delivering the lesson using practical example helped me learn it more and effectively. Thank you! TM 5.0·Reviewed Nov 21, 2020 It was a distinct and fruitful experience that added to me theoretical information with valuable and practical exercises based on basic accounting .I would thank the IESE and the profiessor . WM 4.0·Reviewed Dec 9, 2018 This course is very good and give high information about accounting and how we understand and analysis the financial position of the organization. Time frame of this course is so short. AS 5.0·Reviewed Oct 5, 2020 Its an Good course to know more about basic of Accounts, it will help u to learn more about basic and clear out issue regarding balance sheet. Income statement and financial statements. MP 5.0·Reviewed Jun 9, 2021 Course material is contemporary and very learner friendly. The flexibility of contact time with the course content facilitates the busy schedule of the learner who is working fulltime. SG 5.0·Reviewed Oct 13, 2020 Es un curso muy valioso para poder fomentar las bases del análisis contable sobre el funcionamiento en las empresas, tomo el curso desde Colombia y quedo muy satisfecho con el aprendizaje optenido. Previous Next Go to item 1 Go to item 2 Go to item 3 Go to item 4 Go to item 5 Go to item 6 Go to item 7 Go to item 8 Go to item 9 Go to item 10 Go to item 11 Go to item 12All reviews Showing: 20 of 943 All Learners ​ All Stars ​ Most Helpful ​ DDaru Prasusetio 5.0·Reviewed Jul 17, 2017 Its pretty easy to understand with a relevant real world example on how to understand financial statements. It also provide further reading which is helpful for ones who want to learn more This was helpful (37) AAmaka Ndubisi 5.0·Reviewed Jul 17, 2018 The course was very interesting with a lot of real-life scenarios that made it very relatable. I will highly recommend it to anyone trying to find thier way through financial accounting principles. This was helpful (31) MMaryna Mozul 5.0·Reviewed Jan 14, 2018 Hi Everyone! I have almost completed the course (just waiting for my peer-to-peer assessment evaluation) and I would like to share my experience with the course “Accounting: Principles of Financial Accounting” by prof. Marc Badia. The course is taught is a simple and understandable language. By providing case examples prof. Marc Badia explains all the accounting principles and their applicability in real business. The most important principles of accounting were repeated several times throughout the course, so that they really carved in my mind by the end of the course. It is very nice that there are some tests happening during the lecture so students can check immediately their understanding of the information. In my opinion, It would be nice to have Excel forms to download for BS, Cash Statement, Income Statement and basic T-accounts, so that students can follow professor, inserting the numbers and making their own calculations. Apart from that the course is very well designed and I would recommend it to anyone who would like to gain understanding of accounting or to strengthen usage of accounting terminology when switching to English language in your business career from a different language. Thank you a lot prof. Marc Badia and IESE Business School for this course! This was helpful (26) TTARA VANMIDDELKOOP 5.0·Reviewed Apr 5, 2020 I enjoyed this course. I found the instruction very thorough. The practical applications made the concepts easy to understand and apply. The instructor was easy to listen to and follow along with. This was helpful (23) AAlexander Zadirov 5.0·Reviewed Oct 4, 2018 I have done several courses on Coursera already and I must say this one is one of the best. Very energetic engagement and presentation by the professor through out the course along with the great visuals and explanations; very useful and structured handouts and readings. Tests and quizzes during the course make you think and some are actually pretty challenging. Thank you! This one will definitely be very useful in my professional career. This was helpful (18) DDaniel Netto 5.0·Reviewed Aug 18, 2020 All topics covered in this course were explained well and shown how to implement, highly recommended for beginners and individuals who would like to brush up on their accounting knowledge foundations. This was helpful (18) SSantiago Quijano Garcia 5.0·Reviewed Oct 14, 2020 Es un curso muy valioso para poder fomentar las bases del análisis contable sobre el funcionamiento en las empresas, tomo el curso desde Colombia y quedo muy satisfecho con el aprendizaje optenido. This was helpful (16) CCarles Estruch 5.0·Reviewed Oct 11, 2016 The course has been very interesting, the methodology with videos and lots of real examples has helped me to learn very easily, starting from zero. The course has given to me a very solid foundation knowledge about financial accounting without being familiar with it before. I really recommend this course for those who are not familiar with financial accounting and want to understand it and build a solid foundation knowledge. This was helpful (14) JJimmy Sugse 5.0·Reviewed Nov 17, 2020 It's so amazing learning on this course, the discussions and activities are the best. The method of delivering the lesson using practical example helped me learn it more and effectively. Thank you! This was helpful (14) MMegha Waikar 5.0·Reviewed May 29, 2019 At the start I thought it's not going to be a great course but I was wrong! Prof. Marc is really good and the explanations along with the examples are great to understand the course. Definitely a good course This was helpful (12) JJie Shi 5.0·Reviewed Aug 12, 2019 The prefoessor is super good. This was helpful (12) DDeleted Account 5.0·Reviewed Jan 21, 2019 Very good course to gain basic knowledge of financial accounting even if you have no background on that. Prof. Marc Badia leads the course in a interesting and well-structured way. Lectures, writing materials and quizzes which Prof. provides are very interesting and well-made. The technical aspects of the course are also great - audio and video is of very good quality and the speaking is easily understandable. I recommend this course for everyone. This was helpful (11) MMadison Nicole Garcia 5.0·Reviewed May 17, 2016 I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in getting a thorough (albeit, rapid) introduction to financial accounting. Professor Marc Badia has a gift for deconstructing dense material into digestible bits through concise weekly videos. The quizzes and final project are all very applied in nature---while we all learn differently, I can't stress enough the importance of taking meticulous notes each week! This was helpful (11) MMelody Kay Carolino 5.0·Reviewed Jun 18, 2019 Excellent course! I learned so much! This was helpful (11) MManoj Singh 5.0·Reviewed Aug 29, 2016 Excellent course. Excellent content Excellent and lucid presentation. Now I got a feel that I understand standards of accounting, and I am a hard core engineer. Thanks a lot. This was helpful (10) IIslam Qotb Sayed Mohammed 5.0·Reviewed Jun 8, 2019 it is unimaginable to grasp accounting basics that easy , it is highly recommended for understanding financial accounting foundation This was helpful (10) VVira Makina 5.0·Reviewed May 24, 2019 The greatest learnings which I ever passed. This was helpful (10) CClaudio Altobelli 5.0·Reviewed Oct 12, 2016 In one word, Excellent Course! I started without knowing anything about financial accounting and now I feel confident in understanding, analyzing and evaluating the financial statements of a company! The course is really well structured and very easy to follow and understand. The professor is definitely an added value and he will guide you throughout the course with humor, competency and meaningful and real examples. This was helpful (9) GGABRIELA KATHERINE ZUÑIGA OLANO 5.0·Reviewed Jun 8, 2019 ES MUY BUENO PROFESIONALMENTE This was helpful (9) AAyush Malhotra 5.0·Reviewed Mar 14, 2017 This course is apt for the beginners and it has been designed brilliantly with an interesting case study and informative reading material. The professor Marc Badia has explained the concepts lucidly and one can get so involved in the lectures and case study that this 4 weeks course can be completed in just 4 days. Trust me, you will thoroughly enjoy this course. I have no business background, but with clear explanations and some practice, it was easy to understand the financial terms and work on the given problems. 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