What Will I Learn?  

As businesses face increasingly complex compliance and regulatory requirements, skilled bookkeepers are more essential than ever. From small startups to large organizations, accurate bookkeeping is the foundation of financial health, legal compliance, and sustainable growth. If you enjoy working with numbers and want to play a vital role in helping businesses succeed, this hands-on class is your pathway into a rewarding career. 

Build a strong foundation in accounting principles while gaining practical experience with QuickBooks Online, one of the most widely used accounting platforms in today’s workplace. Learn how to analyze business transactions, identify assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity, and how transactions flow through the accounting cycle. Through manual accounting exercises, you will learn to use T accounts to track revenues and expenses, adjust entries, and create trial balances.  You will also develop the skills needed to prepare income statements, balance sheets, and journal entries using QuickBooks. Explore essential bookkeeping processes, including setting up a schedule of accounts receivable and payable, utilizing 10-column worksheets, and completing post-closing trial balances. Calculate purchase costs and discounts, adjust for unreported transactions, post journal entries to the general ledger, and interpret financial statements with confidence. By the end of the class, you’ll be equipped with the practical, job-ready skills needed to perform critical bookkeeping and accounting functions for a business.  

How Will I Learn?  

Through a combination of lectures, hands-on assignments, software practice, and realistic projects and exercises, this class will immerse you in the bookkeeping process. You will learn to apply critical thinking skills and knowledge by working through authentic problems and scenarios businesses face today. By the end of the class, you will complete a final project demonstrating your skills in everything from setting up a company in QuickBooks, to importing essential data, recording transactions and adjusting entries correctly, while also providing comprehensive financial information for management to review.  This class allows you the flexibility to enroll as an in-person student or attend online-live. 

Why Choose KSU CPE?  

• You will receive instruction from industry professionals with years of accounting, QuickBooks, and bookkeeping experience. 

• Access to QuickBooks Online is included in the tuition fee.  

• You will complete a final project simulating setting up a new company in QuickBooks. 

• Our curriculum focuses on practical knowledge of bookkeeping processes with hands-on practices to apply your skills in real world scenarios.   

• Your textbook will include access to a personalized digital learning experience that is designed to help you optimize your study time. 

• While our class is not a certification preparation class, it can aid you in preparation for the Certified Bookkeeper (CB) certification exam.  

• Spotlight your Bookkeeping skills through an official digital badge from Kennesaw State University that can be displayed on your LinkedIn page. You will also earn a certificate of completion from Kennesaw State University. 

• You will graduate with the skills and confidence to pursue entry-level bookkeeping roles, manage the bookkeeping process for your own small business, or advance your career with your current employer.  

Upon Successful Completion, I Will Be Able To: 

• Define the relationship between asset, liability, and owner’s equity accounts 

• Prepare a statement of owner’s equity, a balance sheet, and an income statement 

• Set up T accounts for revenue and expenses  

• Import and record transactions in the general journal using QuickBooks  

• Post journal entries to general ledger accounts  

• Set up a retail company and develop a chart of accounts using QuickBooks  

• Complete a trial balance on a worksheet 

• Prepare adjustments for unrecorded business transactions 

• Journalize and post adjusting and closing entries  

• Prepare a schedule of accounts receivable and a post-closing trial balance 

• Produce management reports using batch reporting in QuickBooks   

What Do I Need To Take the Class? 

Textbooks are required and information regarding purchase of textbooks will be emailed to enrolled students prior to the class start date.  

You should have a working knowledge of computers, basic computer skills, and access to Microsoft Excel. Access to a laptop or desktop computer and Internet are required. We strongly recommend that you have some knowledge of common accounting terms, but prior bookkeeping or accounting experience is not required.   

Special notice: This class will be delivered online. You will need access to an internet connection that remains stable for the duration of the class. Though a chat feature is available, a microphone is preferred. It is highly recommended to have two monitors. For most productive audio/video participation, a webcam and/or headset are encouraged. Virtual classes may be recorded.