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Accounting Diploma

Program Description

If you possess organizational skills and enjoy being exact, accounting is a field that will interest you. If you like to learn theory and apply it in the real world and you enjoy working with computers, accounting is the place to do all three. Graduates with a diploma in accounting are in demand as bookkeepers and accounting clerks in the areas of accounts receivable and accounts payable, and all businesses have to keep track of both.

As a program graduate, you will learn what it takes to succeed in the business world. Learn how to maintain a set of books for business-account classification, subsidiary record accounting, corporate accounting, cost accounting, payroll, computerized accounting, manual accounting, database and spreadsheet fundamentals, and word processing.

Career Information and Occupational Outlook

  1. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: O*Net
  2. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: Occupational Outlook Handbook

Program Admission Requirements

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

Curriculum Outline

Credits required for graduation (73)

General Core Courses (18 Credit Hours)

Course Title Credit Hours
EMP 100A Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development 2
ENG 111 Business English 5
ENG 112 Business Communications 5
MAT 111 Business Math 5
EMP 100B Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development 1

Occupational Courses (43 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 152 Payroll Accounting 4
BUS 101 Beginning Document Processing 5
BUS 108 Word Processing 7

Occupational Elective Courses (Select 12 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 151 Individual Tax Accounting 4
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 Simulation 5
ACC 160 Advanced Accounting Spreadsheet Applications 5
ACC 165 Capstone Review Course of Accounting Principles 6
BUS 105 Database Fundamentals 3
MSD 100 Management Principles 5
MSD 102 Employment Law 5
Completion of Work Ready Assessment

The content of this page does not constitute a contract between Columbus Technical College and its students on either a collective or individual basis. Course curriculum, fee changes, or additional unforeseen changes may occur after publication. Course offerings are contingent upon adequate enrollments. Please contact the school offering the program for the most current information. Academic advising is available to students prior to registration; this information is not a substitute for consulting with an academic advisor.

Last updated: July 18, 2008.