Our treasurer received a certificate of completion from the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) for the Accounting Fundamentals course. Mr. Berens reports that the course was very informative and successful achievement required several hours beyond the 24 hours (Continuing Education) with detailed exercises, quizzes and a final exam. The course was syndicated to several small colleges via a national online arrangement with CSM, but included daily commentary on student questions from the instructor.
The course stressed understanding basic bookkeeping practices using simple exercises and traditional formats and so was is very helpful at understanding the capabilities, constraints and limitations of the popular bookkeeping software packages. Mr. Berens plans to take further courses available at CSM, focusing on non-profit organizational accounting using automated tools.