Business Basics: Book-Keeping

National Extension College

Course

Distance

£ 155 VAT exempt

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Class hours

    30h

  • Duration

    Flexible

It is critical in small businesses to understand the basics of book-keeping either because you need to do the books yourself or because you need to understand what others are doing with them. This course will help you gain an understanding of the basics of book-keeping. The course provides a step-by-step introduction to basic book-keeping and will enable you to process accounting transactions to. Suitable for: This course is suitable for all students, regardless of age, and especially those who: are employed in a small or medium-sized business and wish to gain first-hand experience of using the basic book-keeping tools. need to develop skills that will enable you to gain an understanding of the business's performance. would like to conduct a meaningful accounting conversation.

About this course

No previous experience or qualifications are required for this course.

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Subjects

  • Bookkeeping
  • Accounting

Teachers and trainers (1)

NEC Personal Tutor

NEC Personal Tutor

Subject Specialist

NEC has selected a team of professional tutors to provide support and guidance to its learners and ensure you get all the help you need to succeed on your course. We use strict criteria when employing our tutors, only choosing those who can demonstrate expert knowledge in their field and who we can be sure will be able to provide the support our learners need. Most of our tutors also work or have worked as teachers and trainers, so they’re used to helping students and are familiar with the difficulties they might face.

Course programme

Topics include

  • Bank reconciliation
  • Day books
  • Double-entry trial balance.
    Assignments Individual tuition with three tutor-marked assignments

    Introduction to the course

    An introduction to book-keeping
    The cash book
    Bank reconciliation
    The sales day book
    The purchase day book
    The petty cash book
    Intermediate summary and review including knowledge quiz

    More on processing financial information and double-entry book-keeping

    Introduction
    The nominal ledger
    Double-entry book-keeping
    Double-entry posting rules
    Identifying debit and credit entries

    The trial balance and striking an account balance

    A sample trial balance
    Striking a balance
    Extracting the trial balance
    Final short quiz
    Summary
    Review activity: a case study
    Book-keeping terminology: a glossary
    Suggestions for further study
    Answers to the quizzes
    Feedback to the activities

    Your course materials will contain:
  • an introduction to your personal tutor who will be assisting you in your learning
  • a student handbook containing valuable advice about your course
  • an introduction to this course and to the subject of book-keeping
  • a number of review activities to help you progress in your studies
  • a collection of self-contained topics that are structured to help you learn
  • a glossary of book-keeping terminology
  • suggestions for further study that will help you continue study after completing this course
  • 3 assignments with advice on how and when to complete them

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