Accounting, AAS

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The Career

Accountants, accounting assistants and bookkeepers are important to any business because of their abilities to analyze, record, organize, summarize and interpret business information. They help companies and organizations run efficiently and effectively by keeping records accurate and ensuring that taxes and other payments are made on time. Accountants, auditors, accounting assistants and bookkeepers work for corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, not-for-profits and governments across the globe.

Advances in computer technology have greatly changed the way these professionals and paraprofessionals do their work. Recent changes in federal law, like the Sarbanes Oxley Act, have created new opportunities in the field of accounting.

Program of Study

This program of study is for a full-time student; part-time study is also available. Please contact an academic advisor for full course options. For the most current academic schedule (which is subject to change), visit the college Web site at www.eastcentral.edu.

Year 1

Fall Semester

FS 1000 - Campus Orientation Hours: 0
FS 1001 - Foundation Seminar Hours: 1 ^A
BU 1003 - Introduction to Business Hours: 3 ^A
AC 1003 - Financial Accounting I Hours: 3
CS 1103 Microcomputers Applications Hours: 3 or
CS 1133 - Foundations of Management Information Systems Hours: 3 ^A
EN 1223 - English Comp I Hours: 3 or
EN 1233 - Honors English Comp I Hours: 3 ^A
MT 1023 - Business Mathematics Hours: 3 (or higher) ^A

Total Semester Hours 16

Spring Semester

EN 1403 - Technical Writing Hours: 3 ^A
BU 1213 - Business Communications Hours: 3 ^A
AC 1023 - Financial Accounting II Hours: 3 ^A
AC 1033 - Accounting Tech/Quickbooks Hours: 3 ^A
AC 1022 - Payroll Accounting Hours: 2 ^A
HI 1000 - Constitutions Study Module Hours: 0
PS 1000 - Constitutions Study Module Hours: 0
History or Pol. Science Requirement Hours: 3 ^A
PE Requirement Hours: 1

Total Semester Hours 18

Year 2

Fall Semester

AC 1043 - Managerial Accounting Hours: 3
AC 2043 - Intermediate Accounting I Hours: 3 ^F
AC 2053 - Tax Accounting Hours: 3 ^F
EC 2103 - Principles of Macroeconomics Hours: 3 or
EC 2203 - Principles of Microeconomics Hours: 3
BU 2033 - Legal Environment of Business Hours: 3 *

Total Semester Hours 15

Spring Semester

AC 2013 - Computer Assisted Accounting Hours: 3
AC 2073 - Cost Accounting Hours: 3 ^S
AC 2123 - Accounting Internship Hours: 3
Science Requirement Hours: 3
BU 2213 - Program Capstone-Business Hours: 3

Total Semester Hours 15

AAS Program (64 credit hours)

^A - Course that is also part of the Certificate of Achievement program (33 credit hours)

* This course may not be taken during the student’s first semester of coursework.

^F - Course only offered during the fall semester.

^S - Course only offered during the spring semester.