Accounting Skills, Certificate

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Accounting Skills (020)
Certificate of Achievement

This certificate is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions in business and accounting. Students will be introduced to financial record keeping, issues in business law, and the use of microcomputers in an accounting environment. A graduate of this program seeks employment as a bookkeeper, an accounting assistant, or a general office worker.

NOTE: Courses listed in the first/third semester will be scheduled for the fall; second/fourth semester courses will be scheduled for the spring. The student is encouraged to use the curriculum planner to keep track of courses taken and those still needed. In some cases, one or more courses may be taken in a different order than indicated on the planner. However, individual course prerequisites must be observed.

Prerequisites/Corequisites – Some courses require another course be taken beforehand or at the same time. To check if a course has a prerequisite or corequisite, see the course description.

Minimum - 30 credits

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First Semester (15)

ENGL 101 - English I 3 credits ¹
or ENGL 110 - Workplace Communications 3 credits ¹
BUSN 203 - Introduction to Business 3 credits
COMP 210 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credits
BUSN 121 - Business Mathematics 3 credits ²
ACCT 203 - Financial Accounting 3 credits ²

Second Semester (15)

ACCT 234 - Managerial Accounting 3 credits
ACCT 213 - Income Taxation 3 credits
ACCT 221 - Computerized Accounting I 3 credits
BUSN 102 - Business Law 3 credits
ECON 101 - Principles of Economics - Macro Approach 3 credits
or ECON 102 - Principles of Economics - Micro Approach 3 credits

Note(s):

¹Students advancing on to an Associate Degree are encouraged to take English I (ENGL 101).
² Any mathematics course taken as a part of the requirements in any Business Program must be taken concurrently with or prior to Accounting for Managers (ACCT 110) or Financial Accounting (ACCT 203).