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About the Course

This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the income statement. Building on the foundation formed in the first course, you will learn about the third of our three measurement questions and how the income statement helps to answer this final measurement question. Returning to the real business people introduced in the first course, this second course describes the basic content of income statement in a simple yet relevant context. The course ends by summarizing many of the lessons learned in both courses to leave you with a lasting impression about what financial statements are and how accounting can work for you. We all know that accounting is “the language of business”; let’s make learning this language engaging, and perhaps even fun! Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: • Describe the purpose of an income statement. • Define the basic components of an income statement. • Recognize and understand the meaning of several items typically presented on an income statement. • Explain the broader purpose of financial statements and the role of accounting in producing the financial statements. • Read and, to some extent, interpret real-world income statements. If you enjoy this business course and are interested in an MBA, consider applying to the iMBA, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price offered by the University of Illinois. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu....

Top reviews

TV

Apr 21, 2020

Great course! Helps pinpoint the reason financial statements are so vital to helping both insiders and outsiders of a company judge performance.

AF

Dec 19, 2020

This course will help me advance my career and the lecturer was absolutely amazing and skillful. Thank you!

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By Neff O

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Jan 24, 2023

great!

By Trang N

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Jun 7, 2016

A lazy reviewer gave me the score of 0 and left me this comment: "I am not able to give any score, I tried very hard to understand the matter but it was difficult for me. I have to score it just for me to check the other student's work. Please don't consider my scoring here." I studied hard and received this poor evauation. I screamed for help many times but no one replied to my request. The quality of the course is superb and my experience is completely ruined by a shitty score which does not reflect my work.

By Robert M

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Aug 28, 2022

This class provided all the information I needed to learn to understand the critical parts of the Income statement and how to use them to evaluate a company's performance.

By Sarthak G

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Aug 24, 2025

Very good course the mentor is also discussed a deep knowledge for financial Statement

By Jordan

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Aug 30, 2021

Great balance of easy to follow information while keeping it interesting.

By MAISARAH B M

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Apr 20, 2020

A good course, enable me to learn and understand the Financial Statement.

By PHUAH K Y

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Apr 25, 2020

Good Course. Easy to understand. Example given was easy to understanding

By Samuel C P J

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Jun 27, 2020

Learnt a great Deal in this Course. Thanks to Kudos to the Instructor

By Obiechi A

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Jul 28, 2024

Kevin did excellent in simplified the topics to layman. I appreciate

By Valentina C

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Apr 6, 2020

Course was good! Very basic language used. All information is clear.

By Ashenafi N

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Nov 3, 2017

Great course for those who need to understand financial statements.

By SIM B Q

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Apr 22, 2020

GREAT COURSE. HELP US MORE UNDERSTANDING ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

By Sonia M

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Apr 10, 2019

Awesome class! Well presented and at a very easy to follow pace!

By CHOONG X C

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Apr 18, 2020

Easy to understand. Provide a clear example for explanations.

By SANTHI A K

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Apr 28, 2020

Good.i learn how to read and understand company performance.

By DENNIS W K T

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May 1, 2020

very informative on Financial Analysis with Financial Ratio

By Mohd H B M N

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Mar 7, 2020

More examples on the flow of each statement would be nice.

By Adriana C G

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May 20, 2019

It helped me understanding the statement of income and the

By Wolfgang K

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Jul 17, 2020

Very enjoyable learning experience with relevant content.

By KAMAL B B A S

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May 10, 2020

GOOD COURSE AND VERY HELPFUL FOR ENHANCING MY KNOWLEDGE

By Todor D

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May 10, 2020

Excellent course on understanding the income statement.

By SITI H B A K

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Apr 17, 2020

Good course & I learned a lot about financial statement

By Mostafa T

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Sep 25, 2017

Mr, Kevin

still amazing us with his course and new info

By Paulina S A

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Sep 30, 2020

Very good course and very useful. Totally recommended.

By MOHAMAD N B A R S

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May 13, 2020

Very good course for my career.. excellent experience