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Accounting, Associate of Applied Science AC13

The Accounting 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.

TCSG courses are acceptable for full credit toward the free elective hours for this associate degree. 

Curriculum Outline

First Semester

SEMN 1000
First Semester Seminar

0
ACCT 1100Financial Accounting I

4
COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3
ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3
or
ECON 2106Microeconomics

3
ENGL 1101Composition and Rhetoric

3

Second Semester

ACCT 1105Financial Accounting II

4
ACCT 1120Spreadsheet Applications

4
ACCT 2140Legal Environment of Business

3
MATH 1111College Algebra

3

Third Semester

ACCT 2000Managerial Accounting

3
ACCT 1115Computerized Accounting

3
BUSN 1440Document Production

4
XXXX xxxx
Elective

3

Fourth Semester

ACCT 1125Individual Tax Accounting

3
ACCT 1130Payroll Accounting

3
XXXX xxxx
Elective

3
ACCT xxxx
Accounting Elective

3

Fifth Semester

ACCT xxxx
Capstone Accounting Course (See list below)

3
ACCT xxxx
Accounting Electives (See list below)

3
XXXX xxxx
Humanities/Fine Arts

3
XXXX xxxx
Area I, II, or III Elective (See list below)

3

Accounting Elective Options (Select One Accounting Course)

ACCT 2120Business Tax Accounting

3
ACCT 2145Personal Finance

3
ACCT 2155Principles of Fraud Examinatio

3
ACCT xxxx
(select an additional capstone course which you haven't previously taken)

3

Capstone Course Options (select one for capstone)

ACCT 2100Accounting Internship I

4
ACCT 2110Accounting Simulation

3
ACCT 2115Bookkeeper Certificat Review

3
ACCT 2130Integrated Acct ManagementSyst

3

Advisor Recommended Electives (select three electives - list is not all inclusive)

ACCT xxxx
(select an additional Accounting course which you haven't previously taken)

3
CIST 1001Computer Concepts

4
ECON 2105Macroeconomics

3
ECON 2106Microeconomics

3
XXXX xxxx
Area I, II, or III Elective

3

Total Credit Hours: 63