Accounting - Specialized Para-Professional - AAS
Major: 3130
Effective Term: 2009 Spring Final Term: Current
Award: AAS
Total Credits: 64-67
Description:
This program prepares the student for entry into the accounting field as an accounting clerk, or a junior accountant who performs a variety of routine calculating and verification tasks; summarizes and posts data in designated books; performs a variety of other duties such as making invoices or monthly statements, preparing payrolls, verifying bank accounts, keeping record files, making periodic reports of business activities, and listing and checking details as instructed. He or she may devise, install and supervise the operation of general accounting, budget, and cost systems either manually or by computer. Computer application skills are important.
Program Notes:
++ indicates any module.
Students must earn a grade of "C" or better for each course listed in the "Required Courses" area.
Students must earn a grade of "C" or better for each course listed in the "Required Courses" area.
Admission Criteria:
None
Program Prerequisites: None
| Credits: 35-37 | |||
| ACC111 | Accounting Principles I | 3 | |
| ACC112 | Accounting Principles II | 3 | |
| ACC115 | Computerized Accounting | 2 | |
| ACC212 | Managerial Accounting | 3 | |
| ACC219 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 | |
| ACC221 | Tax Accounting | 3 | |
| ACC222 | Payroll Accounting | 3 | |
| BPC110 | Computer Usage and Applications (3) OR | ||
| CIS105 | Survey of Computer Information Systems (3) | 3 | |
| BPC/CIS117DM | Microsoft Access - Database Management (3) OR | ||
| BPC/CIS117AM | Database Mgt: Microsoft Access Level I (1) AND | ||
| BPC/CIS117BM | Database Mgt: Microsoft Access Level II (1) AND | ||
| BPC/CIS117CM | Database Mgt: Microsoft Access Level III (1) | 3 | |
| GBS151 | Introduction to Business | 3 | |
| + | GBS233 | Business Communication | 3 |
| + | MAT120 | Intermediate Algebra (5) OR | |
| + | MAT122 | Intermediate Algebra (3) OR | |
| Satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics course. | 3-5 | ||
| Credits: 8 | |||
| ACC220 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 | |
| ACC270++ | Accounting Internship (1) (Any module) OR | ||
| ACC296++ | Cooperative Education (1-4) (Any module) | 1-4 | |
| + | CIS159 | Visual Basic Programming I | 3 |
| + | CIS162AC | Visual C++: Level I | 3 |
| + | CIS163AA | Java Programming: Level I | 3 |
| + | CIS235 | e-commerce | 3 |
| + | GBS205 | Legal, Ethical/Regulatory Issues | 3 |
| + | GBS221 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| IBS101 | Introduction to International Business | 3 | |
| MGT229 | Management and Leadership I | 3 | |
| MGT251 | Human Relations in Business | 3 | |
| CWE198++ | Career Work Experience (Any module) | 1-3 | |
| General Education Requirement | Credits: 21-22 | ||
| General Education Core | Credits: 12 | ||
| First-Year Composition | Credits: 6 | ||
| + | ENG101 | First-Year Composition (3) AND | |
| + | ENG102 | First-Year Composition (3) | 6 |
| Oral Communication | Credits: 3 | ||
| COM100 | Introduction to Human Communication (3) | 3 | |
| Critical Reading | Credits: 3 | ||
| CRE101 | College Critical Reading (3) OR | ||
| Equivalent by assessment. | 3 | ||
| Mathematics | Credits: 0 | ||
| Met by MAT120 (5) or MAT122 (3) in Required Courses area OR | |||
| Satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics course. | |||
| General Education Distribution | Credits: 9-10 | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | Credits: 2-3 | ||
| Any approved general education course in the Humanities and Fine Arts Area | 2-3 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | Credits: 3 | ||
| ECN211 | Macroeconomic Principles (3) OR | ||
| ECN212 | Microeconomic Principles (3) | 3 | |
| Natural Sciences | Credits: 4 | ||
| Any approved general education course from the Natural Sciences Area | 4 | ||
Program Competencies
- Define the basic principles of financial accounting and apply them to business problems. (ACC111)
- Report financial accounting information for partnerships and corporations. (ACC112)
- Perform common accounting operations on a microcomputer accounting system. (ACC115)
- Use accounting information in the decision-making process for service, merchandising, and manufacturing businesses. (ACC212)
- Apply accounting principles to establishing asset values, recognizing liabilities and to problems of income determination. (ACC219)
- Interpret income tax laws related to accounting procedures and apply that knowledge to varied accounting systems and types of businesses. (ACC221)
- Create, edit and print electronic spreadsheets using business math formulas. (BPC110, CIS105)
- Compute percentages, ratios, interest, and other mathematical values. (MAT120, MAT122)
- Describe the economic, social and political responsibilities of business enterprises. (GBS151)
- Communicate information and ideas in a clear, concise, and correct business style. (GBS233)
- Prepare payroll and reports. (ACC222)
- Create, edit, sort and update file data and generate valid reports using single and multiple files. (BPC117)
Additional information is available at MCCCD's Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation.
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