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Accounting Diploma

Program Description

If you have a skill for precise thinking, i.e., you enjoy seeing all the numbers add up to the last penny, the Accounting Diploma Program is the right choice. Learn accounting theory, and then learn to apply it. Work with both manual and computerized accounting systems. Learn the interpersonal and communication skills necessary for success in any business. You will learn to maintain a set of books for business and master such subjects as account classifications, subsidiary record accounting, corporate accounting, cost accounting, payroll, computerized accounting, database and spreadsheet fundamentals, and word processing.

Your diploma will provide you with the skill-set of an accounting technician, and you will be ready for employment as a bookkeeper or accounting clerk in accounts receivable or accounts payable. Every business has to keep track of its income and expenditures, so your job prospects will be practically unlimited.

Career Information and Occupational Outlook

  1. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: O*Net
  2. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: Occupational Outlook Handbook

Program Admission Requirements

  1. Present official documentation of an earned high school diploma or official GED scores.
  2. Be at least 16 years old.
  3. Present appropriate test scores, or present an official college transcript documenting collegelevel English and mathematics with grades of "C" or better.
  4. No special admission allowed in the program.

Curriculum Outline

Credits required for graduation (73)

General Core Courses (18 Credit Hours)

Course Title Credit Hours
EMP 100A Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development 2
ENG 111 Business English 5
ENG 112 Business Communications 5
MAT 111 Business Math 5
EMP 100B Interpersonal Relations and Professional Development 1

Occupational Courses (43 Credit Hours)

Course Title Credit Hours
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers 3
ACC 101 Principles of Accounting I 6
ACC 102 Principles of Accounting II 6
ACC 103 Principles of Accounting III 6
ACC 104 Computerized Accounting 3
ACC 106 Accounting Spreadsheet Fundamentals or  
BUS 202 Spreadsheet Fundamentals 3
ACC 152 Payroll Accounting 4
BUS 101 Beginning Document Processing 5
BUS 108 Word Processing 7

Occupational Elective Courses (Select 12 hours from the following)

Course Title Credit Hours
ACC 107 Full-time Internship 12
ACC 108 Half-time Internship 6
ACC 150 Cost Accounting 6
ACC 151 Individual Tax Accounting 4
ACC 154 Personal Finance 5
ACC 155 Legal Environment of Business 5
ACC 156 Business Tax Accounting 4
ACC 157 Integrated Accounting Management Systems 6
ACC 158 Managerial Accounting 6
ACC 159 Accounting Simulation 5
ACC 160 Advanced Accounting Spreadsheet Applications 5
ACC 165 Capstone Review Course of Accounting Principles 6
BUS 105 Database Fundamentals 3
MSD 100 Management Principles 5
MSD 102 Employment Law 5

The content of this page does not constitute a contract between Columbus Technical College and its students on either a collective or individual basis. Course curriculum, fee changes, or additional unforeseen changes may occur after publication. Course offerings are contingent upon adequate enrollments. Please contact the school offering the program for the most current information. Academic advising is available to students prior to registration; this information is not a substitute for consulting with an academic advisor.

Last updated: March 31, 2008.