ACCOUNTING DEGREE - Atlanta Technical College

For Program Information please contact:

Shunda Ware,
Chair,
Room 61
Atlanta Technical College
1560 Metropolitan Parkway
Atlanta GA 30310
404-225-4553.

sware@atlantatech.edu

ACCOUNTING DEGREE

The Accounting 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 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, which qualifies them as accounting technicians.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ATC’s Career Placement Office is available to assist students in finding employment in their occupational fields. Location: Cleveland Dennard Building, Suite 128

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
* Must be 16 years of age
* Completion of high school diploma or GED and submission of official transcript required to apply
* Achievement of minimum program admission scores in Reading, English, and Math
* Transfer of previous post secondary credits will be determined by the registrar.
Student Performance/Graduation Requirements: Students must maintain a 2.0 grade point average and complete all required courses to graduate.

CORE COURSES
Curriculum

Curriculum
General Core Courses		30
Area I – English/Humanities/Fine Arts

ENG 1101	Composition and Rhetoric	5
ENG 1102	Literature and Composition	5
SPC 1101	Public Speaking	5
Area II – Social/Behavioral Sciences
PSY 1101	Introductory Psychology	5
SOC 1101	Introduction to Sociology	5
Area III – Natural Sciences/Mathematics
MAT 1111	College Algebra	5

Technical Courses		68
ACC 1101	Principles of Accounting I	6
ACC 1102	Principles of Accounting II	6
ACC 1103	Principles of Accounting III	6
ACC 1104	Computerized Accounting	3
ACC 1106	Spreadsheet Applications	3
ACC 1151	Individual Tax Accounting	5
ACC 1152	Payroll Accounting	5
BUS 1130	Document Processing	6
SCT 100	Introduction to Microcomputers	3
ACC xxx	Accounting Electives	10
XXX xxx	Advisor Approved Specific Occupational - Guided Electives	15
Program Recommended Electives
ACC 2122	Introduction to Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting	5
ACC 2154	Personal Finance	5
ACC 2155	Legal Environment of Business	5
ACC 2156	Business Tax Accounting	5
ACC 2167	Accounting Internship I	6
ACC 2168	Accounting Internship II	12
ECO 1101	Principles of Economics	5
MKT 100	Introduction to Marketing	5
MKT 101	Principles of Management	5
	Total	98

	Minimum Quarter-hour Credits Required for Graduation	98
	Minimum Program Length in Quarters	7
	Estimated Program Cost	$6,189

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