Accounting
Associate Degree Program
This is a highly-respected profession that can earn you well-deserved prestige and public confidence. People rely on accountants to examine, analyze, and interpret accounting data for the purpose of giving advice and preparing financial statements. Our business program is a blend of academic and technical courses in specialized areas such as financial, cost, or tax.
Offered at the following campus(es): Dover, Georgetown, Wilmington
What You Can Do
In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:
- Accounts payable technician
- Accounts receivable technician
- Budget analyst
- Payroll technician
- Staff accountant
- Tax preparer
What You Will Learn
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Prepare and analyze financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
- Analyze data to process information for decision-making under a product and job costing system.
- Apply tax laws to the preparation of tax returns and to tax plans.
- Integrate professional, ethical, and legal standards into business practice.
- Employ the various theories of management and marketing in a business.
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Suggested Pathway to Graduation
Semester 1
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SSC 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| ACC 101 | Accounting I | 3 |
| BUS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
| ENG 101 | Composition I | 3 |
| MAT 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
Semester 2
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 112 | Accounting II | 3 |
| OAT 152 | Excel | 3 |
| ECO 111 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
| MGT 212 | Principles of Management | 3 |
Semester 3
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 211 | Tax Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 231 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ECO 122 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| MKT 212 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MIS 220 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
Semester 4
| Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 232 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 221 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 203 | Business Law | 3 |
| FIN 221 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| Or | ||
| ACC 162 | Computerized Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 275 | Portfolio and Professionalism | 4 |
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 62 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
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Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?
This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!
This program is offered at the Dover, Georgetown and Wilmington campuses.