HSAI Essential Skills
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Essential Skills for Accounting I
First Semester
Students will be able to:
- Explain the purpose of an accounting system.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental accounting equation.
- Classify items as asset, liability and owner’s equity.
- Describe the purpose of revenue, expense and drawing accounts and their effect on owner’s equity.
Second Semester
Student will be able to:
- Journalize business transactions.
- Post transactions form the journal to the ledger.
- Prepare a trial balance.
- Explain the closing process.
- Prepare financial statements.
- Use multiple journals in business transactions
- Use subsidiary ledgers in sales transactions
- Prepare financial statements for larger businesses
