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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

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ACC 120Principles of Financial Accounting

4

BUS 110Introduction to Business

3

PTE 119Pathway to Employment - Business

3

CIS 110Introduction to Computers

3

ENG 111Writing and Inquiry

3

Total Credit Hours:16

First Spring Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ACC 121Principles of Managerial Accounting

4

ECO 252Principles of Macroeconomics

3

BUS 115Business Law I

3

CTS 130Spreadsheet

3

***Mathematics Elective - Please see the table below.

3-4

Total Credit Hours:16-17

Second Fall Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ACC 140Payroll Accounting

2

ACC 220Intermediate Accounting I

4

BUS 121Business Math

3

ECO 251Principles of Microeconomics

3

 

WBL 110World of Work

1

Or

WBL 111Work-Based Learning I

1

Total Credit Hours:13

Summer Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
*Humanities Elective - Please see the table below.

3

**Communications Elective - Please see the table below.

3

Total Credit Hours:6

Second Spring Semester

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ACC 129Individual Income Taxes

3

ACC 150Accounting Software Applications

2

ACC 221Intermediate Accounting II

4

BUS 225Business Finance

3

 

BUS 230Small Business Management

3

Or

PAD 251Public Finance & Budgeting

3

Total Credit Hours:15

*Humanities/Fine Arts Elective - Choose one of the following:

UGETC:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
ART 111Art Appreciation

3

MUS 110Music Appreciation

3

PHI 240Introduction to Ethics

3

Gen Ed:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
HUM 115Critical Thinking

3

**Communication Elective - Choose one of the following:

UGETC:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
COM 120Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

3

ENG 112Writing and Research in the Disciplines

3

***Mathematics Elective - Choose one of the following:

UGETC:

Course NumberCourse TitleCredits
MAT 143Quantitative Literacy

3

MAT 152Statistical Methods I

4

MAT 171Precalculus Algebra

4

Total Credit Hours: 66-67