 Come to sailor.org's introduction to financial accounting course. We're excited that you want to learn about accounting or how we record and summarize business and financial transactions. We've designed this course to present the accounting cycle as excessively and logically as possible, and we know you'll succeed. You're going to become very familiar with some key accounting terms and principles in this course, including posting account transactions, financial statements, assets, liabilities, and financial analysis. By the end of this course, you'll be able to use these terms easily yourself. A couple of notes about this course. First, this course is broken down into 10 units. You'll probably need between two and three hours to complete each of these units. Second, I suggest that you take detailed notes while you read and that you plan to review the readings and lectures a few times a piece. These strategies will help you master the content. And third, as you work through the units of this course, you'll see examples and problem sets. These represent practical applications for the lessons you're learning about in the readings and lectures. Try your best on these. If you perform well on them, you'll perform well on the final exam. Now one final note, as you go through the course, keep your eyes and ears open while you watch the news or read the paper. You might be surprised how often accounting concepts pop up.