Skip to main content

Accounting & Finance

A QUICK INTRO

Are you good with numbers? Does keeping your home budget come naturally to you? If so, a career in Accounting & Finance might be right up your alley! Career opportunities abound at local account firms, regional small businesses and other agencies and organizations.

 

WHAT YOU STUDY

Course work may include accounting, finance, ethics, business law, computer applications, financial planning, insurance, marketing, real estate, selling, and taxation. Related skills are developed through the study of communications, computer applications, financial analysis, critical thinking skills, and ethics.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Graduates should qualify for entry-level accounting and finance positions in many types of organizations including accounting firms, small businesses, manufacturing firms, banks, hospitals, school systems, and governmental agencies.

 

Transfer Agreements Estimated Expenses

COURSE INFORMATION

 

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

FALL SEMESTER 1

Prefix No. Title Credit
ACA 111 College Student Success 1
ACC 120 Principles of Financial Accounting 4
CIS 110 Introduction to Computers 3
ENG 111 Writing & Inquiry 3
Choose one of the following:  
MAT 143 Quantitative Literacy 3
MAT 152 Statistical Methods I 4
    Totals 14-15

 

SPRING SEMESTER 1

ACC 121 Prin of Managerial Accounting 4
ACC 150 Accounting Software Applications 2
BUS 125 Personal Finance 3
CTS 130 Spreadsheet I 3
Choose one of the following:  
PSY 118 Interpersonal Psychology 3
PSY 150  General Psychology 3
SOC 210 Introduction to Sociology 3
    Totals 15

 

SUMMER SEMESTER 

BUS 110 Introduction to Business 3
COM 120 Intro to Interpersonal Communication 3
Choose one of the following:  
HUM 115 Critical Thinking 3
HUM 230 Leadership Development 3
    Totals 9

 

FALL SEMESTER 2

ACC 129 Individual Income Taxes 3
ACC 130 Business Income Taxes 3
ACC 220 Intermediate Accounting I 4
ACC 240 Gov. & Not for Profit Accounting 3
Choose one of the following:  
ECO 151 Principles of Economics 3
ECO 251 Principles of Microeconomics 3
ECO 252 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
    Totals 16

 

SPRING SEMESTER 2

ACC 140 Payroll Accounting 2
ACC 225 Cost Accounting 3
BUS 115 Business Law I 3
BUS 260 Business Communication 3
Choose one of the following:
ACC 227 Practices in Accounting 3
WBL 111 Work-Based Learning 1
WBL 112  Work-Based Learning 2
    Totals 12-14

 

Note: PSY 118 does not transfer to a university. 

 

 

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

 

FALL SEMESTER 1

Prefix No. Title Credit
ACA 111 College Student Success 1
ACC 120  Principles of Financial Accounting 4
BUS 110  Introduction to Business 3
CIS 110  Intro to Computers 3
ENG 111 Writing & Inquiry 3
    Totals 14

 

SPRING SEMESTER 1

ACC 121 Principles of Managerial Accounting 4
ACC 140 Payroll Accounting 2
ACC 150  Accounting Software Applications 2
BUS 115  Business Law I 3
BUS 125  Personal Finance 3
    Totals 14

 

FALL SEMESTER 2

ACC 129  Individual Income Taxes 3
ACC 130 Business Income Taxes 4
ACC 220  Intermediate Accounting I 4
Choose one of the following:
ECO 151  Principles of Economics 3
ECO 251  Principles of Microeconomics 3
ECO 252 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
    Totals 13

 

 

 

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

FALL SEMESTER 1

Prefix No. Title Credit
ACC 120  Principles of Financial Accounting 4
ACC 129 Individual Income Taxes 3
    Totals 7

SPRING SEMESTER 1

ACC 121  Principles of Managerial Accounting 4
ACC 150 Accounting Software Applications 2
    Totals 6

 

This certificate is also offered to high school students through the Career & College Promise initiative. 

 

 

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

FALL SEMESTER 1

Prefix No. Title Credit
ACC 120  Principles of Financial Accounting 4
ACC 129 Individual Income Taxes 3
    Totals 7

SPRING SEMESTER 1

ACC 121  Principles of Managerial Accounting 4
ACC 140 Payroll Accounting 2
ACC 150 Accounting Software Applications 2
    Totals 8

 

 

Click on title for course description. For your convenience, the following listing includes only credit hours for each course. For a comprehensive listing of classroom, lab and clinical hours for each course, click on this PDF.

FALL SEMESTER 1

Prefix No. Title Credit
ACC 120  Principles of Financial Accounting 4
ACC 129 Individual Income Taxes 3
ACC 130 Business Income Tax 3
    Totals 10

SPRING SEMESTER 1

ACC 121  Principles of Managerial Accounting 4
ACC 140 Payroll Accounting 2
    Totals 6

 

Photo of Sharon Lauffer
Accounting & Finance Program Coordinator/Instructor

 

 

For help with the accessibility of this website, please use this form.