Accounting

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Associate of Arts in Business Management 
Concentration in Accounting
Offered On-Ground and Online

Amplify your Career Opportunities with a Campus-Based Accounting Associates Concentration
Accounting is evolving: electronic banking, digital wallets, financial derivatives, and other advancements prove the exciting, progressive nature of this field. And it’s not just evolving; it’s expanding. Ever-changing financial laws and a rise in business financial scrutiny have spurred exciting growth in the accountant and auditor jobs markets.*

Employers need qualified accounting personnel, and earning your accounting associates concentration will help position you to take quick advantage of this job growth. Whether aiming to work in public, private, or government accounting, with your degree from LA College, career opportunities await!

* 2008-2009 Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, April, 9.

Learn To…
  • Prepare financial and cash flow statements
  • Follow purchasing and sales accounting
  • Create electronic accounting documents
  • Journalize and record transaction
  • Conduct transaction analyses
  • Balance and close accounts
Acquire Skills In…
  • Accounts payable
  • Record keeping
  • Cost accounting
  • Financial statement analysis
  • Electronic bookkeeping
  • Payroll
  • Banking practices
Course List
Concentration
Course Number Semester Hours Course Name
ACT200 3.0 Accounting II
ACT210 3.0 Tax Accounting
ACT220 3.0 Cost Accounting
ACT230 3.0 Computerized Accounting


Core
Course Number Semester Hours Course Name
ENG100 3.0 English Composition I
ENG11 3.0 English Composition II
COM200 3.0 Contemporary Communication
MAT100 3.0 Mathematics
SCI200 3.0 General Science
POL200 3.0 American Government and Politics
LAC100 3.0 The Collegiate Experience
ACT100 3.0 Accounting I
MGT200 3.0 Introduction to Business Management
MGT210 3.0 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
FIN200 3.0 Financial Planning and Management
LAW240 3.0 Business Law
MKT200 3.0 Fundamentals of Marketing
MGT299 3.0 Seminar in Business Management I
  6.0 General electives selected from any area of study

60 Semester Credit Hours

A Great Foundation for a Bachelor’s Concentration in Accounting
Our associate concentration in accounting gets you more than half way to your bachelor’s degree. Having laid a forcible foundation in business fundamentals, continuing on to your bachelor’s studies is a natural next step. Read about our Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a Concentration in Accounting to learn more.

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