Accounting and Finance - (A25800)
Associate in Applied Science
The Accounting and Finance curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and the skills necessary for employment and growth in the accounting and finance profession. Accountants and finance professionals assemble and analyze, process, and communicate essential information about financial operations.
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.
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.
Plan of Study
First Fall Semester
| ACC 120 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS 110 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| PTE 119 | Pathway to Employment - Business | 3 |
| CIS 110 | Introduction to Computers | 3 |
| ENG 111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
First Spring Semester
| ACC 121 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| ECO 252 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| BUS 115 | Business Law I | 3 |
| CTS 130 | Spreadsheet | 3 |
| ***Mathematics Elective - Please see the table below. | 3-4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16-17 |
Second Fall Semester
Summer Semester
| *Humanities Elective - Please see the table below. | 3 |
| **Communications Elective - Please see the table below. | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Second Spring Semester
| ACC 129 | Individual Income Taxes | 3 |
| ACC 150 | Accounting Software Applications | 2 |
| ACC 221 | Intermediate Accounting II | 4 |
| BUS 225 | Business Finance | 3 |
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| BUS 230 | Small Business Management | 3 |
| Or | |
| PAD 251 | Public Finance & Budgeting | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
*Humanities/Fine Arts Elective - Choose one of the following:
UGETC:
Gen Ed:
**Communication Elective - Choose one of the following:
UGETC:
| COM 120 | Introduction to Interpersonal
Communication | 3 |
| ENG 112 | Writing and Research in the Disciplines | 3 |
***Mathematics Elective - Choose one of the following:
UGETC:
Total Credit Hours: 66-67