Bookkeeping and Introductory Accounting

Description

*  This class has in-person and live-streamed options, please read carefully to make sure you register for the correct one * 

No Experience? No Problem. Learn Bookkeeping from Scratch.

By the end of this eight to ten-week course, you will:

• Understand common accounting terms and have a working knowledge of full-cycle bookkeeping processes
• Be able to set up a Chart of Accounts
• Understand the relationships between journals and ledgers
• Enter transactions in the General Journal, as well as specialty journals
• Post transactions in the General Ledger and special ledgers
• Create Trial Balances
• Account for GST, and complete Tax Remittances
• Complete Payroll journal entries, and remit Payroll deductions
• Complete Bank Reconciliations
• Understand the connections between accounting rules and computerized accounting programs

Students will work with a sample company, using a comprehensive and ongoing set of books for this company.
Each lesson builds on the previous ones; by the end of the course, students will have a full set of books including:

• a general journal
• sales journal
• cash receipts journal
• general ledger
• accounts receivable sub-ledger
• accounts payable sub-ledger

You will also learn to use a more detailed approach to daily/monthly bookkeeping procedures.
Many topics will be covered in more depth such as:

• Year-end and related topics
• Payroll practice
• NSF cheques and bad debts
• Interest on overdue customer accounts
• Inventory accounting
• Credit cards (used/accepted)

Students will present their final assignment (set of books and financial statements) to the Instructor for review and approval. Once the final assignment is completed successfully, a Certificate of Course Completion is issued.

A course manual and/or exercise book is included with your registration fee.
Please bring a hand calculator to class.

Information specific to VIRTUAL CLASSES:
You will need:

• A computer (PC or Laptop) with a webcam and microphone (a small screen, such as a phone or tablet, is not sufficient to follow along)
• Textbook pickup from FVCE Office (no charge), or contact to arrange mail-out for $24 mailing fee.
• PLEASE NOTE: If you have selected a livestreamed class, please be advised the office will email you before the class starts to inform you when you can pick up your books. SHOULD YOU REQUIRE YOUR BOOKS TO BE MAILED a cost of $24 for shipping through Canada Post will be charged.
  Please contact the office should you require this option no later than TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOUR CLASS.
• You attend at the regularly scheduled class time, this is not pre-recorded content.
• Livestreamed classes are EXACTLY the same content as the in-person class.
• Get exactly the same handouts, same exercises, and same interaction with your Instructor, as if you were in the same room with them.

 

Offering 3F26: Mondays, Dec 7, 2026 to Feb 8, 2027, 10am to 1pm, Credo Christian High School 21846 52 Ave Langley (No class Dec 21 & 28)
Offering 3AF26: Mondays, Dec 7, 2026 to Feb 8, 2027, 10am to 1pm, via Livestreaming – Textbook Mail-Out Fee NOT INCLUDED (No class Dec 21 & 28)

Offering 1WS27: Tuesdays, Feb 2 to Apr 6, 2027, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Credo Christian High School 21846 52 Ave Langley (No class March 16 & 23)
Offering 1AWS27: Tuesdays, Feb 2 to Apr 6, 2027, 6:00pm-9:00pm, via Livestreaming – Textbook Mail-Out Fee NOT INCLUDED (No class March 16 & 23)

Offering 2WS27: Mondays, Apr 12 to Jun 6, 2027, 10:00am-1:00pm, Credo Christian High School 21846 52 Ave Langley (No class May 24)
Offering 2AWS27: Mondays, Apr 12 to Jun 6, 2027, 10:00am-1:00pm, via Livestreaming – Textbook Mail-Out Fee NOT INCLUDED (No class May 24)

Offering 3WS27: Tuesdays, Apr 13 to Jun 1, 2027, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Credo Christian High School 21846 52 Ave Langley 
Offering 3AWS27: Tuesdays, Apr 13 to Jun 1, 2027, 6:00pm-9:00pm, via Livestreaming – Textbook Mail-Out Fee NOT INCLUDED

PLEASE NOTE – There are NO CLASSES:
December 21 & 28, 2026
March 16 &23, 2027
May 24, 2027