2024-2025 Catalog
Accounting Certificate
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Award: Certificate
Degree Code: ACCL
Number of Credits: 18
Program Description
The goal of this certificate is to provide a defined course of study for those working in the field who do not have the necessary college-level course work for their positions. This certificate is not recommended for beginning students who are not working in the specific fields addressed by these certificates.
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Required Courses Elective - Select 9 Credits
Please see Academic Advisor for elective selection.
- ACC - Accounting Electives - Credits: 9
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Identify and perform the major steps in the accounting cycle including recording transactions, adjusting entries, and preparing financial statements.
- Explain, prepare, and analyze the income statement, statements of equity, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.
- Explain Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and use the FASB Accounting Standards Codification system.
- Apply the major principles and assumptions of financial reporting and US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
- Use financial analysis to assess the profitability of a business.
- Identify the costs in managerial accounting and their usage in cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis and the manufacturing process.
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