Overview
Offered at the Augusta Campus.
Check with an advisor for options at the Thomson and Waynesboro Sites.
| Entrance Dates: |
Fall and Spring |
| Length of Program: |
Five Terms |
| Credit Hours Required for Graduation: |
64 |
Program Description: The associate degree program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for careers in the accounting profession. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Areas covered in this program include maintaining a set of books for business entities, account classifications, subsidiary record accounting, corporate accounting, cost accounting, payroll, computerized accounting, spreadsheet and database fundamentals, tax preparation, and word processing. The program emphasizes a combination of accounting theory and practical application necessary for successful employment using both manual and computerized accounting systems. Program graduates receive an Accounting Associate of Applied Science degree. High school graduation or GED is required for admission to this program.
Employment Opportunities: As an accounting technician assistant, the graduate can look forward to an interesting and rewarding career with public accounting firms, banking and credit companies, governmental agencies, service businesses, and merchandising/ manufacturing corporations.
Guided Pathway
You may click on any course below to view the course description and prerequisite information.
Students who do not follow the Course Sequence listed below may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown.
Accounting courses may only be offered online. See Advisor for course availability.
Fall Entrance
PROGRAM NAME: Accounting
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
LOCATION: Augusta Campus
SCHEDULE TYPE: Blended and Online
Year 1 Fall Semester
Year 1 Spring Semester
| ACCT 1105 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II | 4 |
XXXX XXXX
| ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
| | |
| MATH 1101 | MATHEMATICAL MODELING | 3 |
| OR | |
| MATH 1103 | QUANTITATIVE SKILLS AND REASONING | 3 |
| OR | |
| MATH 1111 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA | 3 |
| | |
XXXX XXXX
| HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS AREA IV* | 3 |
Year 1 Summer Semester
| ACCT 1130 | PAYROLL ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| ACCT 1115 | COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING | 3 |
XXXX XXXX
| SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AREA II* | 3 |
ACCT/BUSN XXXX
| BUSN OR ACCT ELECTIVE AS APPROVED BY PROGRAM ADVISOR | 3 |
Year 2 Fall Semester
Year 2 Spring Semester
| ACCT 2105 | ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP II | 8 |
XXXX XXXX
| ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
XXXX XXXX
| GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE* | 3 |
Spring Entrance
PROGRAM NAME: Accounting
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
LOCATION: Augusta Campus
SCHEDULE TYPE: Blended and Online
Year 1 Spring Semester
Year 1 Summer Semester
| ACCT 1105 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II | 4 |
XXXX XXXX
| ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
| | |
| MATH 1101 | MATHEMATICAL MODELING | 3 |
| OR | |
| MATH 1103 | QUANTITATIVE SKILLS AND REASONING | 3 |
| OR | |
| MATH 1111 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA | 3 |
| | |
XXXX XXXX
| HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS AREA IV* | 3 |
Year 1 Fall Semester
| ACCT 1130 | PAYROLL ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| ACCT 1115 | COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING | 3 |
XXXX XXXX
| SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AREA II* | 3 |
ACCT/BUSN XXXX
| BUSN OR ACCT ELECTIVE AS APPROVED BY PROGRAM ADVISOR | 3 |
Year 2 Spring Semester
Year 2 Summer Semester
| ACCT 2105 | ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP II | 8 |
XXXX XXXX
| ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
XXXX XXXX
| GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE* | 3 |