Explain how our course, ACCT 220 Principles of Accounting, also known as Financial Accounting, relates to your academic and career goals. The course objectives are listed below to help you consider this question.

Course Objectives:

• define the fundamental principles of accounting to describe basic business transactions
• identify and analyze basic business transactions to record them in an accounting information system
• prepare financial statements and documents in the appropriate format
• identify and communicate with users of accounting and financial information to facilitate analytical decision making