Overview
Offered at the Augusta Campus. Check with an advisor for options on the Thomson and Burke 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
You may click on any course below to view the course description and prerequisite information.
Students who do not follow the Course Sequence listed below may not be able to complete the program in the number of semesters shown.
Accounting courses may only be offered online. See Advisor for course availability. Suggested elective for Fall Semester Year 1 is BUSN 1100.
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
ACCT 1105 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II | 4 |
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
| | |
MATH 1101 | MATHEMATICAL MODELING | 3 |
| OR | |
MATH 1103 | QUANTITATIVE SKILLS AND REASONING | 3 |
| OR | |
MATH 1111 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA | 3 |
| | |
XXXX XXXX | HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS AREA IV* | 3 |
Year 1 Summer Semester
ACCT 1130 | PAYROLL ACCOUNTING | 3 |
ACCT 1115 | COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AREA II* | 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
ACCT 2105 | ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP II | 8 |
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
| | |
XXXX XXXX | GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE* | 3 |
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
ACCT 1105 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II | 4 |
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
| | |
MATH 1101 | MATHEMATICAL MODELING | 3 |
| OR | |
MATH 1103 | QUANTITATIVE SKILLS AND REASONING | 3 |
| OR | |
MATH 1111 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA | 3 |
| | |
XXXX XXXX | HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS AREA IV* | 3 |
Year 1 Fall Semester
ACCT 1130 | PAYROLL ACCOUNTING | 3 |
ACCT 1115 | COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AREA II* | 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
ACCT 2105 | ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP II | 8 |
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE* | 3 |
Thomson Day Program
PROGRAM NAME: Accounting
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
CAMPUS: Thomson Day Program
Year 1 Fall Semester
ENGL 1101 | COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC | 3 |
COMP 1000 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER LITERACY | 3 |
ACCT 1100 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I | 4 |
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
Year 1 Spring Semester
Year 1 Summer Semester
ACCT 1120 | SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS | 4 |
XXXX XXXX | SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AREA II* | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS AREA IV* | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
Year 2 Fall Semester
Year 2 Spring Semester
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | GENERAL CORE OR ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
Year 2 Summer Semester
XXXX XXXX | GENERAL CORE OR ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
Waynesboro Day Program
PROGRAM NAME: Accounting
AWARD: Associate of Applied Science Degree
CAMPUS: Waynesboro Day Program
Year 1 Fall Semester
ENGL 1101 | COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC | 3 |
COMP 1000 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER LITERACY | 3 |
ACCT 1100 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I | 4 |
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
Year 1 Spring Semester
Year 1 Summer Semester
ACCT 1120 | SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS | 4 |
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AREA II* | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | HUMANITIES/FINE ARTS AREA IV* | 3 |
Year 2 Fall Semester
Year 2 Spring Semester
XXXX XXXX | ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
XXXX XXXX | GENERAL CORE OR ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |
Year 2 Summer Semester
XXXX XXXX | GENERAL CORE OR ACCOUNTING ELECTIVE | 3 |