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Principles of Financial and Managerial
School of Business
About This Course
WGU Catalog 2026-03Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting provides students with an introduction to the discipline of accounting and its context within the business environment. In this course, students will learn to differentiate between financial, cost, and managerial accounting and where these accounting types fit into the business environment. This course will help students gain a fundamental knowledge of the budgeting process, how to analyze basic financial statements, and how to use spreadsheets to analyze data. This course provides students with a business generalist overview of the field of accounting and acts as a preview course for the accounting major.
Official catalog text — WGU-authored.
First in catalog2020-09StatusActiveCurrent degrees4Total degree appearances18
Included in Current Degrees (4)
Previously Appeared in Retired Degrees (8)
- Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Accountingfrom 2020-09
- Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Healthcare Managementfrom 2020-09
- Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Human Resource Managementfrom 2020-09
- Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Information Technology Managementfrom 2020-09
- Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Management [BSBAMGC]from 2020-09
- Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Management [BSBAMGA]from 2020-09
- Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Managementfrom 2020-09
- Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Marketingfrom 2020-09
Also known as in catalog
- Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting
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