Accounting  Revised!
(To keep up with industry needs and provide appropriate training, program requirements are reviewed every year. The requirements listed below are effective  Summer Quarter 2008 through Spring 2009.)

Degree Options:  Certificate of Completion (CC) and Associate of Applied Science (AAS)

Prerequisites

Some or all of the following are required. See your faculty adviser for specific details.

...Keyboarding skills

...Minimum COMPASS reading score of 80 or equivalent ASSET

...Consultation with an accounting faculty member.

Certificate

46 credits

Professional-Technical (PT) Courses

Take ACCTG 121 and BUSN 216 before other PT courses.

BUSN 100	Survey of Business	5
BTECH 104	10-Key Mastery	2
ACCTG 121	Practical Accounting I	5
ACCTG  145	Business Taxes and Payroll Accounting	5
ACCTG  283	Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable	3
BUSN 212	Business Ethics Seminar	3
BUSN 214	Microcomputer/Spreadsheet	3
BUSN 216	Microcomputer/Applications	5

Related Instruction (RI)

POL S 120	American Government	5
Not required for AAS degree.
BUSN 134	Principles of Salesmanship	5
	or
SPCH 100	Basic Oral Communication
Option for AAS degree only.
WRIT 101	Principles of Writing	5

Associate of Applied Science	99 credits
All courses and requirements listed for certificate except POL S 120	41

Professional-Technical (PT)

BUSN 110	Business, Government, and Society	5
	or
BUSN 205	International Business
ACCTG  201	Financial Accounting	5
ACCTG 124	Accounting with Microcomputer	5
BUSN 125	Exploring E-Commerce	5
BUSN 133	Basic Money Management	3
BUSN 138	Principles of Marketing	5
	or
BUSN 160	Human and Labor Relations
ACCTG  217	Income Tax Procedures	5
BUSN 250	Business Law	5
BUSN 270	Principles of Management & Supervision	5

Related Instruction (RI)

ANTHR 202	Cultural Anthropology	5
	or
PSYCH 100	Introduction to Psychology
	or
SOC 110	Introduction to Sociology
BUSN 135	Business Mathematics	5
ECON 110	Essentials of Economics	5
	or
ECON 211	Principles of Microeconomics

Important Notes:

...Accounting degree and certificates are not intended for business majors planning to transfer to a four-year program.

...This information does not substitute for meeting with a faculty adviser.

...Students must achieve a minimum grade of 2.0  in each BUSN and ACCTG class.

...Certificate and AAS programs emphasize preparation in specific job skills required for entry-level employment.

...Not all classes are offered every quarter or at night.

...Students attending only in the evening must remember it is likely to take longer than one year for the certificate and two years for the AAS.

Department Web Site and Contact Information
http://flightline.highline.edu/accounting