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.
As a result of completing the Accounting Certificate Program at Lamar Community College, students will be able to:
1. Define important concepts and apply accounting principles by solving problem when given an exam.
2. Examine accounting situations and incorporate ethical reasoning into action.
