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Jun 03, 2026
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College Catalog & Student Handbook 2025-2026 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Accounting Specialist, A.A.S.
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Offered at Main Campus
The Accounting Specialist program is an 18-month (six-term) program designed to prepare students for employment in the accounting field. Students will be prepared to provide accounting support by completing courses in accounting, taxes, payroll, business and data base. The curriculum incorporates up-to-date software applications, including accounting software, spreadsheets and payroll. The courses are designed to demonstrate competency in identifying, analyzing, recording and interpreting business transactions and financial statements.
To enroll, complete an application and attend any required academic orientation and information session. Students may enroll in this program at the beginning of fall term.
Students meeting all program and graduation requirements receive an Associate of Applied Science degree.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Complete the accounting cycle and analyze financial information with ethical consideration according to GAAP.
- Identify and evaluate business problems and apply effective solutions.
- Utilize computer accounting system appropriately.
- Perform tasks and functions in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Process the payroll and prepare the appropriate tax forms accurately.
- Analyze scenarios to complete the Form 1040.
- Implement spreadsheets functions to generate financial reports.
- Demonstrate the ability to design, create, and manage databases within Access.
- Apply office management techniques to organize, prioritize, and complete adminstrative tasks.
Program Total: 74 Credits
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Additional Completion of AA degree
Students who wish to complete and Associate of Arts degree along with this program can do so by taking these additional courses, pending that their build-in-Science Elective has a lab component. For the Humanities elective, the student should choose a three credit Literature. The Math elective should be MAT 110 or higher. - Distributed Core Electives - Credits: 7.00
- Composition II - Credits: 3.00
- Humanities and/or Fine Arts Electives - Credits: 5.00
- Math or Science Electives - Credits: 2.00
- Social Science Electives - Credits: 3.00
- How to be Successful in College - Credits: 3.00
- U.S. History or Western Civilization - Credits: 3.00
It should be noted, that all courses in this program may not transfer as the Business Transfer Major AA courses do. Students are encouraged to talk with the 4-year college/university they plan to transfer to regarding transferability of coures. For A.A. degree reuired course options see General Education Course Requirements (A.A., A.S.) |
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