The Alabama Bankers Association
 About ABA  Calendar  Education & Events  Governmental Relations  Products & Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

AIB General Accounting
 
AIB Course Code: 1002
 
Course Length:  16 weeks
 
Course Description:
General Accounting provides a complete foundation in basic accounting procedures. This course presents the fundamentals of accounting in a practical, up-to-date, and easy-to-comprehend manner. The goal is to provide students with a strong basic knowledge of accounting terms, concepts, and procedures. Emphasis is placed on developing a firm foundation of fundamental procedures with appropriate repetition of content through the use of examples and color-coded illustrations.
 
Audience:
Bank personnel with little or no accounting background at any level.
 
Learning Objectives:
After successfully completing this program, you will be able to:
  • Understand the basic accounting cycle and define the basic elements used such as asset, liability, owner's equity, revenue, and expense accounts
  • List the steps in the accounting cycle; prepare a post-closing trial balance and interim statements
  • Understand and perform functions relative to bank accounts and cash funds
  • Understand the implications of dealing with employee earnings and deductions, and with employee taxes, payments, and reports
  • Prepare a classified income statement and balance sheet, compute working capital and current ratio and journalize closing entries for a business

Textbook:

College Accounting, 8th edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2005


Course Credits:
3.0
 
ACE College Credit Recommendation
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in Accounting
 
Prerequisites:
Participants must be comfortable using Microsoft Excel. Students must have access to Microsoft Excel to complete the exercises in this course.
 
Required Software:
Microsoft Excel