Accounting Certificate

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Total certificate hours: 20

By following this certificate plan, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills necessary to gain an entry level accounting job.

This one-year program teaches the student basic accounting and payroll skills and offers more accounting theory than the bookkeeping certificate program. It augments a student’s basic writing skills as well. With electives, the student may pursue additional knowledge in income tax, business law, business report writing, and/or accounting software packages. The certificate prepares the student to be a full charge bookkeeper in an accounting department and equips the student with the skills needed to advance beyond that level. The program gives the student the necessary academic background to complete an associate or bachelor’s degree in accounting, if one so desires.

Required Courses: (Credits 17)

ACC 1021 - Accounting Principles I Credits: 4(3-1)
ACC 1022 - Accounting Principles II Credits: 4(3-1)
ACC 1025 - Computerized Accounting Credits: 3(3-0)
PHI 2005 - Business Ethics: GT-AH3 Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 2016 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3(3-0)

Electives: (3 Credits)

Select at least 3 credit hours from the following courses.

ACC 1015 - Payroll Accounting Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 1015 - Introduction to Business Credits: 3(3-0)
CIS 1018 - Introduction to PC Applications Credits: 3(2-1)
ACC 1031 - Income Tax Credits: 3(3-0)
ACC 1032 - Tax Help Colorado Credits: 2(2-0)
ACC 1033 - Tax Help Colorado Practicum Credits: 1(0-1)
BUS 2016 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3(3-0)
BUS 2017 - Business Communication and Report Writing Credits: 3(3-0)