Accounting, AAS

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Recommended basic skills standards are

Graduates of this program are prepared to enter an accounting career. Accountants work for business, industry, and various governmental agencies.

Students may complete deficiencies concurrently with the beginning courses in the program. Students not meeting a course prerequisite must have instructor permission to enroll.

Learning outcomes: Upon completion of the Accounting program, students should be able to:

Prepare the four major financial statements and interpret the data by analyzing ratios
Record daily business transactions in the five major journals
Post to the General Ledger, as well as the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable subsidiary ledgers
Apply ethical principles to solve Accounting dilemmas
Use QuickBooks in a business setting and have the ability to adapt to other accounting information systems
Process payroll manually and have the ability to adapt to an online processing system
Analyze individual taxpayer scenarios in order to prepare Income Tax returns, using the current Internal Revenue Code
Apply basic Managerial Accounting concepts, including costing systems
Analyze budgets to plan and control business operations
Communicate Accounting concepts adequately in written format
Perform basic Accounting functions using Excel

General Education Courses

CIS 118 - Introduction to PC Applications 3 Credit Hour(s)
or
CSC 105 - Computer Literacy 3 Credit Hours
COM 115 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hour(s)
ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics SS1 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 121 - English Composition I CO1 3 Credit Hour(s)
or
ENG 131 - Technical Writing I 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAT 112 - Financial Mathematics 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Additional Required Courses

ACC 115 - Payroll Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 121 - Accounting Principles I 4 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 122 - Accounting Principles II 4 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 125 - Computerized Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 131 - Income Tax 3 Credit Hour(s)
or
ACC 132 - Tax Help Colorado 2 Credit Hour(s)
and
ACC 133 - Tax Help Colorado Practicum 1 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 211 - Intermediate Accounting I 4 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 226 - Cost Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 115 - Introduction to Business 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 216 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 217 - Business Communication & Report Writing 3 Credit Hour(s)
CIS 155 - PC Spreadsheet Concepts 3 Credit Hour(s)

Electives

Choose nine to ten ( 9-10) hours from list below

ACC 135 - Spreadsheet Applications for Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 212 - Intermediate Accounting II 4 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 216 - Governmental & Not-for-Profit Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 287 - Cooperative Education 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 226 - Business Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)
CIS 267 - Management of Information Systems 3 Credit Hour(s)
ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics SS1 3 Credit Hour(s)
FIN 201 - Principles of Finance 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 128 - Human Relations in Organizations 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 200 - Human Resource Management I 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 226 - Principles of Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAR 216 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 112 - Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)

Academic Catalog

Accounting, AAS

General Education Courses

Total Credit Hours: 15

Additional Required Courses

Electives

Total Credit Hours: 45-46

Total Credit Hours: 60-61