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Bookkeeping Certificate Course Descriptions

ACCTG 5250: Understanding Debits and Credits 

Course Overview

Learn how to properly analyze and record the financial transactions of a business. Acquire a solid understanding of the accounting equation and how to balance it. 
Course One in the certificate program

Course Objectives

  • Gain an understanding of the accounting equation and the five accounting categories: Assets, Liabilities, Owner’s Equity, Revenue, and Expenses.
  • Learn how to create a chart of accounts.
  • Learn how to use the double entry bookkeeping system with a strong understanding of how debits and credits work.
  • Learn the difference between cash basis accounting and accrual accounting.
  • Learn the importance of recording financial activity in a timely manner.

ACCTG 5250  Understanding Debits and Credits
Dates:  March 1- March 26, 2021
Delivery: Online, self-paced via Canvas
Tuition:  $550.00

To register click here 

or call Continuing Education at 724-334-6011 or email [email protected]


ACCTG 5251: General Ledger and Month-End Procedures

Course Overview

Learn how to post journal entries to the correct general ledger accounts impacted by each transaction. Ensure that your general ledger balances at the end of each month, by preparing an unadjusted trial balance. Learn how to look for errors when the figures don’t balance, and how to determine correcting entries. After posting correcting entries and/or adjusting entries, verify debits and credits equal with an adjusted trial balance. This course also teaches the steps of performing monthly bank reconciliations.
Course Two in the certificate program

Course Objectives

  • Understand the purpose of the general ledger and how to verify its accuracy.
  • Learn how to find errors and determine the correcting entries.
  • Understand each step necessary to the month-end procedures.
  • Be able to perform monthly bank reconciliations.

ACCTG 5251  General Ledger and Month End Procedures
Dates:  March 29 - April 23, 2021
Delivery: Online, self-paced via Canvas
Tuition:  $550.00

To register click here

or call Continuing Education at 724-334-6011 or email [email protected]


ACCTG 5252: Closing Procedures and Financial Statements

Course Overview

This course shows you how to use a worksheet to prepare the financial statements after the final month end of the year. The final step covered in this course is closing your books and preparing them for the next accounting period; this is done by journalizing and posting closing entries.
Course Three in the certificate program

Course Objectives

  • Understand and be able to complete each step in the accounting cycle.
  • Be able to complete the Five-Column Worksheet
  • Learn how to use the worksheet to prepare the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet.
  • Be able to prepare and post closing entries so that the books are ready for the next accounting cycle.
  • Be able to prepare a post-closing trial balance.

ACCTG 5252  Closing Procedures and Financial Statements
Dates:  April 26 - May 21, 2021
Delivery: Online, self-paced via Canvas
Tuition:  $550.00

To register click here 

or call Continuing Education at 724-334-6011 or email [email protected]

Bookkeeping Certificate

  • Bookkeeping Certificate Course Descriptions

Continuing Education

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Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Contact Information:
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724-334-6010
Fax: 724-334-6110

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