Accounting Certificate
Program Description
Accounting Certificate
The Accounting Certificate program will provide students with a foundation in Accounting principles and practices to prepare them for entry-level accounting positions in the industry. Courses are offered 100% online enabling students to keep their jobs and continue developing their professional resume while pursuing their education.
Upon successful completion of the Accounting Certificate program, students will have acquired the knowledge and skills to:
- Interpret financial reports (i.e., income statements, balance sheets, statements of retained earnings, statements of cash flows) prepared for users external to businesses (i.e., owners, creditors, government, and investors).
- Describe the importance of capital investments and the capital budgeting process while understanding the components of the master budget.
- Identify the factors involved in the accounting and recording of depreciation and depletion and the methods of writing off the cost of tangible assets and natural resources.
Program Plan for the Accounting Certificate
| ACC 220 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 300 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 225 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 320 | Cost Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 301 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 321 | Cost Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 302 | Intermediate Accounting III | 3 |
| CORE TOTAL | 21 |
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