Academic Programs

Accounting: Basic

Award: Certificate
Number of credits required: 18
Locations: La Plata Campus (LAPL) Leonardtown Campus (LEON) Prince Frederick Campus (PRIN)
Offered: Days, Evenings, And Weekends
Contact: E. A. Schauf, Interim Chair

Description:

This basic certificate option is intended to prepare students for entry-level positions as bookkeepers and accounting or payroll clerks. Upon completion of study, the graduate should be able to apply basic accounting principles to such tasks as extending, balancing, and checking ledger figures, assisting in cash and security counts; performing footings and extensions; and preparing accounts receivable confirmation.Experience in the use of automated accounting systems is included and students have a choice of electives in accounting or related subjects.

Courses in this certificate may be applied to the advanced accounting certificate and the associate degrees in accounting and management devleopment.

This program may be completed online.

The maximum number of credits accepted in transfer from other institutions to this program is 13.

Required courses:

Take ACC-2010 ACC-2015 ACC-2020 ECN-1015

Mathematics related:

Take 3 credits from ACC-2681 BAD-1300 or MTH-2300

Electives:

Take three credits from any course numbered 1001 and above except MTH-1040 .

Last Update: October 10, 2008