Intro to Financial Accounting
- Earn 3 transferable credits
- 100% online and Zoom-free
- Includes everything you need
Available through dual enrollment at partner high schools
College Credits
Earn 3 credits to save time + money on your degree
Engaging Experience
Top-rated instructors, interactive textbooks + cinematic lectures
In Your High School
The support + structure to thrive in your first college experience
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“Numbers tell amazing stories, and if you have the tools to pull out those stories, it’s like a superpower.” - Professor Kelly Richmond Pope
Outlier’s Intro to Financial Accounting is unlike any numbers-based course you’ve ever taken: you’ll use true crime tales to decode accounting practices that lie at the heart of every business, and learn powerful financial tools to see the story and balance the books on your own.
If you’re a business owner, CEO, manager—or anyone who’s ever overseen a budget—this course is a guaranteed game-changer.
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Professor
Kelly Richmond Pope, Ph.D. is dedicated to telling compelling stories that underlie seemingly straightforward balance sheets. She is a professor in the School of Accountancy at DePaul University, and has a lifetime of real-world experience as a licensed certified public accountant (CPA), as well as in the forensic accounting practice at KPMG, LLP on anti-money laundering, insurance fraud, and fraud risk management projects.
A gifted storyteller, Kelly has been published in leading academic journals, Forbes.com, and The Washington post, and has produced and directed award-winning documentaries about fraud and white-collar crime.
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Enjoy cinematic video lessons.
Enhance your learning with gorgeous interactive textbooks based on evidence-based active learning principles.
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Our dedicated Student Success team is available to assist you—and push you—to help you pass with flying colors.
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Transferable credits from a top 50 school
You'll earn college credits from the University of Pittsburgh upon course completion.
Meet your instructor
Kelly Richmond Pope, Ph.D. + CPA
DePaul UniversityCompare courses
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Intro to Financial Accounting
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| Credits | Usually 3-4 credits from your school | 3 transferable credits |
| Format | In-person or Zoom | Interactive and 100% online (Zoom-free) |
| Lectures | Specific time and place | On-demand, anywhere |
| Exams | Specific hour | Flexible window |
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What you’ll learn
This course covers all the basic principles and latest Financial Accounting topics you’ll need for college credit (and then some—see the syllabus for a complete list), plus:
What you’ll learn
This course covers all the basic principles and latest Financial Accounting topics you’ll need for college credit (and then some—see the syllabus for a complete list), plus:
Why the FBI used accountants—not informants—to bring down Al Capone
What happened when someone stole $53M through accounting fraud and spent it all on horses
How to predict a company’s financial future using accounting
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