Overview
Offered at the Augusta, Waynesboro, and Thomson campuses
| Entrance Dates: | Fall and Spring |
| Length of Program: | Five Terms |
| Credit Hours Required for Graduation: | 64 |
Program Description: The associate degree program is a sequence of courses that prepares students for careers in the accounting profession. Learning opportunities develop academic, technical, and professional knowledge and skills required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. Areas covered in this program include maintaining a set of books for business entities, account classifications, subsidiary record accounting, corporate accounting, cost accounting, payroll, computerized accounting, spreadsheet and database fundamentals, tax preparation, and word processing. The program emphasizes a combination of accounting theory and practical application necessary for successful employment using both manual and computerized accounting systems. Program graduates receive an Accounting Associate of Applied Science degree. High school graduation or GED is required for admission to this program.
Employment Opportunities: As an accounting technician assistant, the graduate can look forward to an interesting and rewarding career with public accounting firms, banking and credit companies, governmental agencies, service businesses, and merchandising/ manufacturing corporations.
Guided Pathway
Augusta FALL ADMITS Day/Online
PROGRAM NAME: Accounting AC 13
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
CAMPUS: Augusta FALL ADMITS Day/Online
Year 1 Fall Semester
Year 1 Spring Semester
Year 1 Summer Semester
| ACCT 1130 | PAYROLL ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| ACCT 1115 | COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| PSYC 1101 | INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| ACCT/BUSN XXXX | Must include BUSN 1100 if needed or ACCT elective as approved by program advisor | 3 |
Year 2 Fall Semester
Year 2 Spring Semester
*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.
Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.
The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.
Augusta SPRING ADMITS Day/Online
PROGRAM NAME: Accounting AC 13
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
CAMPUS: Augusta SPRING ADMITS Day/Online
Year 1 Spring Semester
Year 1 Summer Semester
Year 1 Fall Semester
| ACCT 1130 | PAYROLL ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| ACCT 1115 | COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| PSYC 1101 | INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| ACCT/BUSN XXXX | Must include BUSN 1100 if needed or ACCT elective as approved by program advisor | 3 |
Year 2 Spring Semester
Year 2 Summer Semester
*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.
Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.
The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.
Thomson Day Program
PROGRAM NAME: Accounting
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
CAMPUS: Thomson Day Program
Year 1 Fall Semester
Year 1 Spring Semester
Year 1 Summer Semester
| PSYC 1101 | INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| XXXX XXXX | General Core Elective | 3 |
| ACCT 1120 | SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS | 4 |
| XXXX XXXX | Accounting Elective | 3 |
Year 2 Fall Semester
| ACCT 2000 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 1125 | INDIVIDUAL TAX ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| ACCT 2110 | Accounting Simulation | 3 |
| BUSN 1440 | DOCUMENT PRODUCTION | 4 |
| XXXX XXXX | General Core Elective/and or an ACCT elective | 3 |
Year 2 Spring Semester
| XXXX XXXX | Accounting/Free Electives | 9 |
Year 2 Summer Semester
| XXXX XXXX | General Core Elective/and or an ACCT elective | 3 |
Note: Accounting courses may be offered online. Suggested elective for Fall Semester Year 1 is BUSN 1100.
*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.
Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.
The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.
Waynesboro Day Program
PROGRAM NAME: Accounting
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
CAMPUS: Waynesboro Day Program
Year 1 Fall Semester
Year 1 Spring Semester
Year 1 Summer Semester
| PSYC 1101 | INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| XXXX XXXX | General Core Elective | 3 |
| ACCT 1120 | SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS | 4 |
| XXXX XXXX | Accounting Elective | 3 |
Year 2 Fall Semester
| ACCT 2000 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 1125 | INDIVIDUAL TAX ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| ACCT 2110 | Accounting Simulation | 3 |
| BUSN 1440 | DOCUMENT PRODUCTION | 4 |
| XXXX XXXX | General Core Elective/and or an ACCT elective | 3 |
Year 2 Spring Semester
| XXXX XXXX | Accounting/Free Electives | 9 |
Year 2 Summer Semester
| XXXX XXXX | General Core Elective/and or an ACCT elective | 3 |
Note: Accounting courses may only be offered online. See Advisor for course availability. Suggested elective for Fall Semester Year 1 is BUSN 1100.
*Refer to the College catalog for course prerequisite requirements.
Students who choose to not follow the Course Sequence listed above may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown above.
The Augusta Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender or disability. For information on Title IX, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Shannon Patterson at (706) 771-4013 or in Building 100. For information on ADA/504, contact the ADA/504 Coordinator, Karissa D. Wright, at (706) 7714067 or go to the Counseling Center in Building 1300.