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A.A.S. Accounting Program—General and Accounting Courses

General Education Courses

(in addition to your Accounting Courses)

In the accounting Associate Degree program, the following eight required courses provide a core of knowledge across key liberal arts and science subjects. These courses form the foundation from which you can extend your knowledge into the business area. Courses include:

• CSS 101 College Success Seminar

  The cornerstone of the general education program is a three-credit course designed to provide students with the tools necessary for collegiate success. This course provides support to new students as they develop confidence in their academic and social endeavors (3 credits).
  

• ECO 105 Principles of Economics I

  A study of basic economic concepts emphasizing analysis of the aggregate economy. The fundamental concepts of national income and its determination, economic fluctuations, monetary and fiscal policies, and economic growth are covered in this online course (3 credits).
  

• SPH 105 Basic Speech Communication

  Study of the fundamentals of verbal communication including public speaking, interpersonal communication, and small group interaction. Training in methods of obtaining and organizing materials and ideas for effective verbal communication (3 credits).
  

• WRT 101 College Composition I

  Instruction in and application of the principles and skills involved in effective expository writing, with most readings from nonfiction prose. Introduces students to the writing process with special attention to constructing arguments, working with sources, and crafting effective sentences and paragraphs (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: None.

• WRT 151 College Composition II

  Further development of the expository writing and reading skills taught in English. An introduction to literature and the development of library skills leading to a documented research paper (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: WRT 101.

• MAT 125 Finite Mathematics

  Review of elementary algebra and selected topics in statistics and probability. Sets, real numbers, graphing, linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, relations and functions, solving systems of linear equations, descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, graphical displays of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, introduction to probability (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: Placement Exam, MAT 100 or 101, or equivalent.

• Behavioral Science Course

  Example courses include ANT 101 Anthropology, PSY 110 Introductory Psychology, and SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology.

• Science Course

  Example courses include BIO 101 Humanity and the Biological Universe, PHY 115 Humanity and the Physical Universe, and PHY 120 Journey Through the Universe.

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Required Business Courses

(in addition to your Accounting Courses)

Eleven required courses provide a core of knowledge in key business subjects and form the foundation from which students are encouraged to explore specialized area of study. Courses included as part of this online Associate Degree program:

• MGT 201 Business Organization and Administration

  A study of organizations and of the activities of the manager in an organization. The course follows a functional approach, analyzing such management concepts as organizing decentralization, use of staff, human relations, conflict, decision making, planning, supervision, communication, and financial and production control systems such as budgeting and PERT (3 credits).
  

• MIS 101 Introduction to Computer Applications

  This course provides an introduction to computers and management information systems. Topics include operating system, networks and the Internet, productivity tools used in business including word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation programs, management information systems and office automation.
  

• ECO 110 Principles of Economics II

  An examination of the processes of price determination, output, and resource allocation in perfect and in imperfect competition. Topics also covered include labor economics, international trade and finance, and alternative economic systems (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: ECO 105.

• ECO 201 Money and Banking

  The structure and function of the banking system and financial markets in the United States. The use of monetary policy in the regulation of the national economy. The role of the Federal Reserve System (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: ECO 110.

• ACC 101 Accounting I

  One of your introductory accounting courses, this is a study of accounting fundamentals. Topics include the accounting cycle, statement preparation, systems, asset valuations, accounting concepts, and principles for the sole proprietorship (3 credits).
  

• ACC 110 Managerial Accounting

  Another of the introductory accounting courses, this places special emphasis on the collection and interpretation of data for managerial decision-making purposes. A study is made of cost concepts used in planning and control, cost-profit-volume analysis, and budgeting (3 credits).
  

• FIN 201 Corporation Finance

  An overview of the financial management function in modern business, emphasizing the time value of money and financial analysis. The financial and economic environment and capital markets and securities are covered in this online course (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: ACC 101, ECO 201, MAT 125

• MKT 101 Introduction to Marketing

  Study of the process by which consumers needs and wants are analyzed and satisfied within the context of a modern marketing system. Investigation of current developments in the external environment affecting the marketing process. The role of marketing institutions in facilitating the flow of goods and services from producers to consumers is analyzed (3 credits).
  

• MAT 151 Business Calculus

  Applications of calculus to business and social science. Intuitive use of limits and continuity. Derivatives, extrema, concavity, and applications such as marginal analysis, business models, optimization of tax revenue, and minimization of storage cost. The exponential and logarithm functions. Antiderivatives and the definite integral. Areas and consumer's surplus. Some concepts of probability extended to discrete and continuous sample spaces (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: MAT 125, MAT 141 or MAT 135.

• MGT 302 Statistical Sampling Theory

  Introduces the use of statistics in business. Topics covered include descriptive statistics, probability theory, discrete probability distributions, continuous probability distributions, statistical sampling and regression analysis. (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: MIST 101 and MATH 125.

• MGT 209 Business Law I

  An introductory course with emphasis on the law of contracts and agency. Designed to give a basic understanding of the legal aspects of contractual obligations and agency relationships (3 credits).
  

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Concentration Courses

Every organization relies on accounting to generate information for decision-making purposes - and you'll learn about that here, as part of your online Associate Degree program in accounting. Accounting captures information about an organization's activities and reports this information to a wide variety of interested parties. Accounting courses include:

• MGT 309 Business Law II

  Law of property, application of Uniform Commercial Code to sales transactions and secured transactions, bankruptcy and related subjects. A study of government regulations as applied to business activities. Designed to give a basic understanding of legal problems in the marketing and transportation of goods (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: MGT 209.

• ACC 210 Financial Accounting

  Stresses the theoretical and analytical aspects of financial accounting. Attention is directed to asset valuations with emphasis on current controversies and opinions of the AICPA and other professional organizations. (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: ACC 101.

• ACC 306 Cost Accounting

  This online accounting course examines the importance of cost accounting to the various levels of management and the dual function of cost as an information system and as a tool for planning and control. Concepts in the accumulation of manufacturing costs, job order, and process costs systems are stressed. A study of budgets and standard cost systems as a function for planning and control; direct costing, break-even and cost-volume-profit analysis, as an aid to decision making (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: ACC 110.

• ACC 402 Federal Taxation II

  Federal Income taxation for partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts: Preparation of returns. Introduction to federal income tax procedure (3 credits).
  Prerequisite: ACC 210.