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Accounting Technician

As accounting technicians, students will be trained as financial assistants and equipped with the necessary skills to be employable in a variety of offices, large or small.

Program Requirements

Program Outcomes

Graduates of this certificate program will have the knowledge and skills to:

  • Grasp the importance of financial information as a key ingredient in effective and ethical business decision making.
  • Differentiate between the major financial statements with respect to their content and use.
  • Understand the rules and conventions in accounting and use journals and ledgers in tracking the financial activity of a business enterprise.
  • Be aware of the limitations of historical accounting information for decision making.

Program Requirements
3 Introduction to Business: BUS 101 or
Small Business Management: MGT 103
3Financial Accounting: ACC 201
3Managerial Accounting: ACC 202
3Microcomputer Accounting Systems: ACC 220
0.5 GBC Orientation: INT 100
3Computer Applications: IS 201
3 Prin. of Microeconomics, : ECON 102 or
Prin. of Macroeconomics, : ECON 103 or
Business Law I: BUS 273
3Current Economic Issues: ECON 104
3 Elective (select with adviser)
3 Composition: ENG 100 or ENG 101 or
Technical Communications I: ENG 107
3 Composition II: ENG 102 or
Tech. Communications II: ENG 108 or
Fundamentals of Speech: COM 113
3 Computations: MATH 116 or higher or STAT 152 (MATH 120 preferred):
1-3 Human Relations:  
   BUS 110B, PSY 208, or MGT 283

Suggested Course Sequence

NOTICE: The following sequence is simply a suggestion and may not be appropriate for all students. For example, some students will have to take from one to four developmental courses before they are prepared to take specific college level courses. Many students will need to take fewer courses each semester due to obligations in their lives. Full-time status is 12 credits per semester, but many programs provide students with the flexibility of taking fewer credits. Meeting with an adviser is crucial to establishing the best course sequence for each student.
First Semester
INT 100 0.5
ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 107 3
BUS 101 or MGT 103 3
ACC 201 3
MATH 116 or higher 3
Human Relation (select with adviser) 1-3
Total First Semester Credits 13.5-15.5
Second Semester
ENG 102 or ENG 108 or COMM 113 3
ACC 202 3
ECON 102 or ECON 103 or BUS 273 3
IS 201 3
Total Second Semester Credits 15
Third Semester
ECON 104 3
ACC 220 3
Elective (select with adviser) 3
Total Second Semester Credits 9

 

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