Earn a Certificate in Bookkeeping and gain the skills needed to manage and measure a business's financial health. This program focuses on cash basis accounting, and the content taught is designed for small businesses. Use bookkeeping expertise to provide invaluable support to business owners or be able to knowledgeably outsource business finances to bookkeeping professionals.

This program is delivered online and consists of three courses that each run for sixteen hours over four weeks, for a total of forty-eight hours of instruction. Upon completion, students will earn a Penn State Certificate in Bookkeeping.

Three-course program $975

Understanding Debits & Credits (ACCTG 5250)
This course teaches the method of double entry bookkeeping and the process of recording debits and credits. Students will learn how to identify, analyze and record transactions using journal entries. Students will learn about the accounting equation and the 5 categories involved in bookkeeping for every business. They will learn to create a chart of accounts that matches the needs of business. (18 hours)

• Dates: January 5, 2026 - February 1, 2026.
• Delivery/Time: Online - asynchronous via Canvas
  Zoom sessions: Jan. 5 and Jan. 19, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Cost: $325

REGISTER FOR ACCTG 5250

General Ledger & Month‑End Procedures (ACCTG 5251)
In this course, you will learn how to post journal entries to the correct general ledger accounts impacted by each transaction. This course will show you how to make sure your general ledger balances at the end of each month by preparing an unadjusted trial balance. You will learn how to look for errors when you don't balance, and how to determine correcting entries. After posting correcting entries and/or adjusting entries, you will verify debits and credits equal with an adjusted trial balance. This course also teaches the stops of performing monthly bank reconciliations. (18 hours)

• Dates: February 2, 2026 - March 1, 2026
• Delivery/Time: Online - Asynchronous via Canvas
  Zoom sessions: Feb. 2 and Feb. 16, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Cost: $325

REGISTER FOR ACCTG 5251

Closing Procedures & Financial Statements (ACCTG 5252)
This course shows you how to use a worksheet to prepare the financial statements after the final month end of the year. The final step covered in this course is closing your books and preparing them for the next accounting period; this is done by journalizing and posting closing entries. (18 hours)

• Dates: March 2, 2026 - March 29, 2026
• Delivery/Time: Online - asynchronous via Canvas
  Zoom sessions: Mar. 2 and Mar. 16, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Cost: $325

REGISTER FOR ACCTG 5252

For more information, please contact Jo Ann Durdan at jxe138@psu.edu!