For Program Information please contact:

Shunda Ware,
Instructor,
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
Area I – English/Humanities/Fine Arts
 
 
ENG 1101 Composition and Rhetoric
5
ENG 1102 Literature and Composition
5
OR
HUM 1101  Introduction to Humanities
5
ENG 1105 Technical Communication OR
5
OR
SPC 1101

 Public Speaking

 
Area II – Social/Behavioral Sciences
PSY 1101 Introduction to Psychology
5
SOC 1101 Introduction to Sociology
5
Area III – Natural Sciences/Mathematics
MAT 1111 College Algebra
5
Technical Courses  
65
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 1100 Introduction to Keyboarding
3
OR
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 2105 Database Applications
3
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
ACC 2207 Principles of Fraud Examination
5
BUS 1140 Word Processing
5
BUS 1150 Database Fundamentals
3
BUS 1240 Office Procedures
5
ECO 1101 Principles of Economics
5
   
 
MKT 100 Introduction to Marketing
5
MKT 101 Principles of Management
5
MKT 103 Business Law
3
MKT 110 Entrepreneurship
8
Total
95
   
 
  Minimum Quarter-hour Credits Required for Graduation
95
  Minimum Program Length in Quarters
7
  Estimated Program Cost
$6,069