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 1100 | Financial Accounting I | 4 |
| COMP 1000 | Introduction to Computer Literacy | 3 |
| ENGL 1101 | Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
| XXXX xxxx | Social/Behavioral Science Elective | 3 |
Second Semester
Third Semester
| ACCT 2000 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 1115 | Computerized Accounting | 3 |
| BUSN 1440 | Document Production | 4 |
| HUMN xxxx | Humanities/Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
Fourth Semester
| ACCT 1125 | Individual Tax Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 1130 | Payroll Accounting | 3 |
| XXXX xxxx | Elective | 3 |
| XXXX xxxx | Elective | 3 |
Fifth Semester
| ACCT xxxx | Capstone Accounting Course (See list below) | 3 |
| ACCT xxxx | Accounting Electives (See list below) | 3 |
| XXXX xxxx | Area I, II, or III Elective (See list below) | 3 |
| XXXX xxxx | Elective | 3 |
Accounting Elective Options (Select One Accounting Course)
| ACCT 2120 | Business Tax Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 2145 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| ACCT 2155 | Principles 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)
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 1001 | Computer Concepts | 4 |
| ECON 2105 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 2106 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| XXXX xxxx | Area I, II, or III Elective | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 63