AS Degree - Major in Accounting

Business Division

Upon successful completion of the Associate in Science Degree, the student demonstrates the skills and training for employment and/or transfer to a four-year college or university.

Total Units Required: 63-67

Recommended Sequence:

First Semester Units

BUS 1A Principles of Accounting 5

BUS 11 Income Tax Procedures 3

BUS 81 California Income Tax Preparation 1

BUS 70 Payroll Accounting 2

OR

BUS 71 Computerized Payroll Accounting 1

BIM 31 Electronic Calculation 3

OR

BIM 32A Beginning Office Calculation 1

AND

BIM 32B Intermediate Office Calculation 1

AND

BIM 32C Advanced Office Calculation 1

MATH 10 Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics 3

OR

MATH 13 Survey of Calculus 3

Second Semester

BUS 1B Principles of Accounting 5

BUS 20 Introduction to Business 3

C S 14 Microcomputers and Small Business 3

OR

C S 20 Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access 3

ENG 1A Written Communications 3

GE CHOICE* Humanities Course 3-5

Third Semester

BUS 3 Financial Accounting 5

BUS 15 Computer Spreadsheet for Accounting 2

ECON 1A Principles of Economics 3

BUS 8 Introduction to the American Legal System 3

OR

BUS 18A Business Law 3

GE CHOICE* Natural Science Course 3-5

Fourth Semester

BUS 4 Managerial Accounting 5

C S 11 Fundamentals of Computer Science 3

COM ST 1A Fundamentals of Speech 3

GE CHOICE* Social Science, Group A, Course 3

*ELECTIVE

Courses must be selected from the appropriate area of the

General Education requirements for the Associate degree.