Program Description/Purpose: Designed for students who seek full-time employment in the accounting field immediately upon completion of the community college curriculum.
Occupational Outcomes: Upon completion of this certificate program occupational objectives include accounts receivable and accounts payable clerks, bank tellers and managers, industry accountant, retail business accountant, self-employed accounting and tax services or service business accountant.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Apply basic rules of financial accounting to business transactions. OR Apply principles and practices of accounting to analyze and interpret general purpose financial statements.
- Apply basic rules of managerial accounting to business decision making.
- Demonstrate an understanding of compliance in accounting, reporting and tax.
- Evaluate the legal, ethical, and social implications of business decisions and their impact on various individuals, groups, and societies.
- Students will demonstrate an overall knowledge of the underlying theory of financial accounting.
Courses are displayed under the semester in which they are regularly offered and are recommended to be taken in this sequence to ensure timely graduation. It is possible that a course shown in a particular semester may not be offered due to low enrollment or other factors.