Survey of Accounting 3e is designed to cover both financial and managerial accounting in a single 16-week course, presenting the material in a style easy for non-accounting majors to grasp. It incorporates the same pedagogical innovations that have made Edmonds' financial and managerial titles such fast-growing successes in the marketplace, including his unique Horizontal Financial Statements Model and a multiple accounting cycle approach that demonstrates the impact of related events over a series of accounting cycles.

This text is a contemporary introduction to accounting and accounting systems. It covers the essence of both financial and managerial accounting in a non-procedural, non-debit and credit manner.

Edmonds, Survey of Accounting is written for the non-accounting major and is designed to cover both Financial and Managerial Accounting in a 16-week course. It highlights the Edmonds Horizontal Financial Statements Model, and early coverage of the Statement of Cash Flows with coverage of cash through the financial chapters. The text does not cover debits and credits.