Business Administration: Accounting Option, AS

The complexity of society requires trained personnel to interpret and manage the fiscal aspects of business and industry. The curriculum of the Business Administration: Accounting Option is designed to be either a transfer program or a career program. Career-oriented students are prepared for entry-level positions in public and private accounting. Students may also consider transferring credit earned in this program toward a Bachelor’s degree.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates should be able to: 

• Apply generally accepted accounting principles in the recording and reporting of financial information
• Describe accounting system procedures and techniques
• Analyze and use financial reports for decision-making
• Explain the use of financial information in controlling and evaluating performance
• Communicate effectively using the vocabulary of financial and managerial accounting and economics
• Explain how budgeting, activity-based costing, and strategic cost management foster the effective use of resources and help an organization accomplish its goals
• Use computerized spreadsheets and accounting software
• Apply basic knowledge from history, social sciences, behavioral sciences, arts, literature, and natural sciences to solve unfamiliar problems
• Demonstrate reasoning and analytic skills
• Work with others, including culturally and intellectually diverse people
• Demonstrate the ability to acquire, organize, and present information effectively, regardless of medium – written, spoken, or electronic
• Show how organizational dynamics and sociopolitical and economic environments influence the creation of solutions
• Display the traits and attitudes that promote ongoing success and a strong work ethic