Accounting Degree

Degree: Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)

Program Description:

If you have a skill for precise thinking, i.e., you enjoy seeing all the numbers add up to the last penny, the Accounting Degree Program is the right choice. Learn accounting theory, and then learn to apply it. Work with both manual and computerized accounting systems. Learn the interpersonal and communication skills necessary for success in any business. You will learn to maintain a set of books for business and master such subjects as account classifications, subsidiary record accounting, corporate accounting, cost accounting, payroll, computerized accounting, database and spreadsheet fundamentals, and word processing.

Your degree will provide you with the skill-set of an accounting technician, and you will be ready for employment as a bookkeeper or accounting clerk in accounts receivable or accounts payable. Every business has to keep track of its income and expenditures, so your job prospects will be practically unlimited.

Career Information and Occupational Outlook

Program Admission Requirements

Present official documentation of an earned high school diploma or official GED scores.
Be at least 16 years old.
Present appropriate test scores, or present an official college transcript documenting college-level English and mathematics with grades of "C" or better.
No provisional and/or special admission allowed in the program.

Curriculum Outline:

Credits required for graduation (102)

General Core Courses (30 Credit Hours)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
ENG 191	Composition and Rhetoric I	5
ECO 191	Principles of Economics or
ECO 193	Macroeconomics or
SOC 191	Introduction to Sociology	5
ENG 195	Technical Communications or
SPC 191	Fundamentals of Speech	5
MAT 191	College Algebra	5
ENG 193	Literature and Composition or
HUM 191	Introduction to Humanities	5
PSY 191	Introductory Psychology	5

Occupational Courses (47 Credit Hours)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
SCT 100	Introduction to Microcomputers	3
ACC 101	Principles of Accounting I	6
ACC 102	Principles of Accounting II	6
ACC 103	Principles of Accounting III	6
ACC 104	Computerized Accounting	3
ACC 106	Accounting Spreadsheet Fundamentals	3
ACC 151	Individual Tax Accounting	4
ACC 152	Payroll Accounting	4
BUS 101	Beginning Document Processing	5
BUS 108	Word Processing	7

Occupational Elective Courses (Select 25 hours from the following.)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
ACC 107	Full-time Internship	12
ACC 108	Half-time Internship	6
ACC 150	Cost Accounting	6
ACC 154	Personal Finance	5
ACC 155	Legal Environment of Business	5
ACC 156	Business Tax Accounting	4
ACC 157	Integrated Accounting Management Systems	6
ACC 158	Managerial Accounting	6
ACC 159	Accounting Simulations	5
ACC 160	Advanced Accounting Spreadsheet Applications	5
ACC 165	Capstone Review Course of Accounting Principles	6
BUS 105	Database Fundamentals	3
ECO 191	Principles of Economics	5
FIN 191	Introduction to Finance	5
MSD 100	Management Principles	5
MSD 102	Employment Law	5
	Elective (from outside the area of specialization)	5

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Last updated: July 18, 2008.