Accounting, AAS

Additional information available on the Accounting Department website.

Recommended basic skills courses are

College Readiness in English
College Readiness for Quantitative Literacy

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.

Program Learning Outcomes

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

Perform each of the steps of the Accounting Cycle
Apply basic Managerial Accounting concepts, including costing systems, budgets, and cost-volume-profit analysis
Apply ethical principles to solve Accounting dilemmas
Perform basic Accounting functions using Excel
Use QuickBooks in a business setting
Process payroll manually
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
Communicate Accounting concepts adequately in written format

General Education Courses

CIS 1018 - Introduction to PC Applications 3 Credit Hour(s)
or
CSC 1005 - Computer Literacy 3 Credit Hour(s)
COM 1150 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hour(s)
ECO 2001 - Principles of Macroeconomics SS1 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 1031 - Technical Writing I CO1 3 Credit Hour(s)
or
ENG 1021 - English Composition I CO1 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAT 1160 - Financial Mathematics 3 Credit Hour(s) or higher

Total Credit Hours: 15

Additional Required Courses

ACC 1015 - Payroll Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 1021 - Accounting Principles I 4 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 1022 - Accounting Principles II 4 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 1025 - Computerized Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 1031 - Income Tax 3 Credit Hour(s)
or
ACC 1032 - Tax Help Colorado 2 Credit Hour(s)
and
ACC 1033 - Tax Help Colorado Practicum 1 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 2011 - Intermediate Accounting I 4 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 2026 - Cost Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 1015 - Introduction to Business 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 2016 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 2017 - Business Communications& Report Writing 3 Credit Hour(s)
CIS 1055 - Complete Spreadsheets: (Software Package) 3 Credit Hour(s)
Electives - Choose nine to ten (9-10) credit hours from list below 9-10 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 45-46

Electives

ACC 1035 - Spreadsheet Applications for Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 2012 - Intermediate Accounting II 4 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 2016 - Governmental & Not-for-Profit Accounting 3 Credit Hour(s)
ACC 2087 - Cooperative Education 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUS 2026 - Business Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)
CIS 2067 - Management of Information Systems 3 Credit Hour(s)
ECO 2002 - Principles of Microeconomics SS1 3 Credit Hour(s)
FIN 2010 - Principles of Finance 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 2000 - Human Resource Management I 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAN 2026 - Principles of Management 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAR 2016 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 1012 - Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHI 2005 - Business Ethics AH3 3 Credit Hour(s)

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