Accounting Degree

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:

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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 (95)

General Core Courses (30 Credit Hours)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
ENG 1101	Composition and Rhetoric I	5
ECO 2105	Principles of Macroeconomics or
ECO 2106	Principles of Microeconomics or
SOC 1101	Introduction to Sociology	5
ENG 1105	Technical Communications or
SPC 1101	Public Speaking	5
XXX xxxx	Natural Sciences/Mathematics	5
ENG 1102	Literature and Composition or
HUM 1101	Introduction to Humanities	5
XXX xxx	Associate Degree Level General Core Elective	5

Occupational Courses (40 Credit Hours)

Course	Title	Credit Hours
SCT 100	Introduction to Microcomputers	3
ACC 1101	Principles of Accounting I	6
ACC 1102	Principles of Accounting II	6
ACC 1103	Principles of Accounting III	6
ACC 1104	Computerized Accounting	3
ACC 1106	Accounting Spreadsheet Fundamentals or
BUS 202	Spreadsheet Fundamentals	3
ACC 1151	Individual Tax Accounting	5
ACC 1152	Payroll Accounting	5
BUS 1100	Introduction to Keyboarding or	3
BUS 1130	Document Processing	(6)

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

Course	Title	Credit Hours
ACC 2105	Database Applications	3
ACC 2120	Principles of Auditing	5
ACC 2122	Introduction to Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting	5
ACC 2150	Cost Accounting	6
ACC 2154	Personal Finance	5
ACC 2155	Legal Environment of Business	5
ACC 2156	Business Tax Accounting	5
ACC 2157	Integrated Accounting Management Systems	6
ACC 2158	Managerial Accounting	6
ACC 2159	Accounting Simulation	5
ACC 2160	Advanced Spreadsheet	5
ACC 2164	Bookkeeper Certification Review	5
ACC 2165	Capstone Review Course of Accounting Principles	6
ACC 2167	Accounting Internship I	6
ACC 2168	Accounting Internship II	12
ACC 2207	Principles of Fraud Examination	5
BUS 1150	Database Applications	3
BUS 1140	Word Processing	5
FIN 191	Introduction to Finance	5
MSD 100	Management Principles	5
MSD 101	Organizational Behavior	5
MSD 102	Employment Law	5
MSD 103	Leadership	5
MSD 104	Human Resource Management	5
MSD 112	Introduction to Business	5
MSD 113	Business Ethics	5
	Elective (from outside the area of specialization)	5

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Last updated: March 4, 2010.