Accounting
Program Goals & Outcomes
The goal of the Accounting Degree Program is to provide basic accounting and business knowledge as a foundation for students who pursue professional opportunities in government, industry, financial institutions and nonprofit organizations. Accountants are expected to play key roles in the management of growing companies. The overall goal of the Accounting AAS degree program is to prepare students to assume employment in a position with accounting responsibilities.
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Apply principles of accounting;
- Apply tax theory and law;
- Utilize computer software specific to accounting; and
- Produce and interpret business or accounting reports.
The embedded certificates listed are designed to:
- Prepare students who have successfully completed these courses to enter the workforce;
- Refresh the students’ skills that are required within the accounting field; and
- Improve the students’ skills for them to receive a promotion or salary incentive within a specific organization.
The courses within the certificates may be applied to an AAS degree where students may be eligible to receive both Certificate(s) and an AAS Degree.
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (18 hours min.)
Communications (6 hours)
- ENGL 1113 English Composition I+
- ENGL 1213 English Composition II+
or MCOM 1213 Public Speaking
U.S. History/U.S. Government (6 hours)
- HIST 1483 U.S. History to 1877
or HIST 1493 U.S. History Since 1877 - POLS 1113 American Federal Government
General Education (6 hours minimum)
- ECON 2103 Personal Finance
- Science (3-4 hours)
or Math (3-4 hours)—See courses listed below.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (33 hours)
Students must earn a “C” or better in all ACCT courses to be eligible for graduation.
- ACCT 1123 College Accounting Procedures++
- ACCT 2103 Financial Accounting+
- ACCT 2203 Managerial Accounting+
- ACCT 2403 Personal Income Tax
- ACCT 2313 Intermediate Accounting I+
- ACCT 2323 Cost Accounting+
- ACCT 2333 Intermediate Accounting II+
- ACCT 2803 Excel® Accounting+
- BA 2413 Business Ethics
- BA 2503 Business Communication
- CIT 1093 Microcomputer Applications
PROGRAM ELECTIVES (9 hours)
Students must earn a “C” or better in all ACCT courses to be eligible for graduation.
See Program Electives in the College Catalog.
SUPPORT & RELATED (3 hours)
Students must earn a “C” or better to be eligible for graduation.
Any 3-hour course not previously taken from the following prefixes: ACCT, BA, CIT or ECON.
+Check course description for prerequisites that must be met.
++Required unless Financial Accounting was successfully completed at a qualifying institution.
Science Electives
HSBC 1104, HSBC 1224, HSBC 2103, HSBC 2114, GEOG 1114, or any course with the following prefixes: ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, ENSC, GEOL, METR, PHSC, or PHYS
Math Electives
Any MATH course, which is at least 1000 level or higher, except MATH 2013, MATH 2023, MATH 2033, and MATH 2091-6
Program Electives
- ACCT 2191-3 Accounting Internship+
- ACCT 2413 Small Business Income Tax
- ACCT 2503 Payroll Accounting+
- ACCT 2603 QuickBooks® Accounting+
- ACCT 2723 Professional Bookkeeping+
Suggested Order of Enrollment
The following courses should be taken in the sequence indicated. Because general education courses have multiple offerings, students should incorporate those courses into their schedule after their Associate of Applied Science Degree requirement courses have been determined. Check the College Catalog and/or class schedule for course offering specifics. The “+” symbol represents a prerequisite for the course. Any course offering is subject to change without notice.
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