Accounting
Program No: 10-101-1
Associate Degree in Applied Science
Degree Completion Time: Four Terms
In general, an academic year consists of two terms; however, degree completion time
may vary based on student scheduling needs and class availability.
2008-2009
Term 1
10101111
10105124
10801195
10804123
10809196
Accounting I
4.00
Portfolio Introduction
1.00
Written Communication
3.00
Math with Business Applications 3.00
Introduction to Sociology OR
3.00
10809172 Race, Ethnic &
Diversity Studies
Total
14.00
Term 2
10101113
10101180
10102160
10801196
10809195
10999999
Accounting II
Spreadsheet Data Management
Business Law I
Oral/Interpersonal
Communication OR 10801198
Speech
Economics
Elective
Total
4.00
2.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
18.00
Term 3
10101115
10101123
10101125
10101130
10105126
Accounting III
4.00
Accounting Income Tax I
4.00
Accounting Cost I
4.00
Accounting Information Systems 3.00
Career Assessment
3.00
Total
18.00
Term 4
10101117
10101126
10101128
10101152
10105127
10809166
10809198
Note:
About the Career
Training in accounting and the application of
technology can lead to a rewarding and successful
career as accounting skills are utilized in all types
of businesses. Challenging opportunities exist for
the people-oriented, analytical, and creative
thinker. As an expanding field of employment,
accounting offers limitless opportunities.
Careers:
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Accounts Payable/Receivable Clerk
Cost Accountant
Payroll Accountant
Private and Public Accountant
Accounting Systems Analyst
Staff Accountant
Tax Accountant
Auditor
Entrance Assessment Scores
Accuplacer
Credit(s)
ACT
Class Title
Assessment
Areas
Catalog No.
Math
Read
Write
16
16
15
79
74
82
Admissions Steps
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Application
Application Fee
Entrance Assessment Scores
Transcripts
Program Advising Session
• Microsoft Skills Check (Word, PowerPoint,
Excel)
Program Goals
Accounting IV
4.00
Accounting Cost II
2.00
Accounting Income Tax II
2.00
Communication for Accountants 3.00
Portfolio Assessment
1.00
Intro to Ethics: Theory &
3.00
Application
Introduction to Psychology
3.00
Total
18.00
Program Total
68.00
You'll learn to:
• Analyze, interpret, and communicate
financial information in a professional and
ethical manner.
• Utilize computer technology, including
spreadhseets, word processing, and
accounting-related software, for solving
business problems, managing information,
and making business decisions in local and
global environments.
Program start dates vary; check with
your counselor for details.
• Effectively communicate information to a
diverse population.
Curriculum and program acceptance
requirements are subject to change.
• Demonstrate competence in areas of
financial accounting, cost accounting, tax
accounting, information systems, and
business law using appropriate measurement
criteria according to recognized professional
standards.
Approximate Costs
• $92 per credit (resident)
• $563 per credit (out-of-state resident)
• Other fees vary by program (books,
supplies, materials, tools, uniforms, healthrelated exams, etc.)
Special Note
This program can also be completed in
approximately 3 1/2 years in an evening format.
Contact the program counselor for details.
gotoltc.edu
Lakeshore Technical College
1.888.GO TO LTC
info@gotoltc.edu
1290 North Avenue • Cleveland WI 53015
(1.888.468.6582) • TTY: TTY: 920.693.8956
Transfer agreements are available with the following institutions:
Capella University
Cardinal Stritch University
Franklin University
Lakeland College
Marian College
MSOE Rader School of Business
Silver Lake College
UW-Platteville
UW-Stout
IMPORTANT: For more information on these agreements, visit gotoltc.edu/transfer.
10101111 Accounting I
10101152 Communication for Accountants
10804123 Math w Business Apps
...provides the learner with the skills to understand
accounting principles and procedures useful in any
business, including the accounting cycle for a service
enterprise and a merchandising enterprise, special
journals, and ledgers, accruals and deferrals,
depreciation, inventories, the voucher system, payroll,
and accounting principles and concepts.
...prepares the learner to meet the specific, rigorous
communication demands of accounting professionals for
business writing, business presentations, and
interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop the
ability to organize and present ideas clearly; develop
arguments; apply communication strategies; utilize
various mediums for visual aids; and listen, speak, and
write effectively to be a more competent business
communicator.
...covers real numbers, basic operations, linear equations,
proportions with one variable, percents, simple interest,
compound interest, annuity, apply math concepts to the
purchasing/buying process, apply math concepts to the
selling process, and basic statistics with
business/consumer applications.
10101113 Accounting II
...provides the learner with the skills to transition to
more advanced accounting courses with emphasis given
to notes and interest; partnerships; corporations; and
manufacturing accounting with additional accounting
reports for management, creditors, and investors.
PREREQUISITE: 10101111 Accounting I
PREREQUISITES: 10101115 Acctg III; 10101125 Acctg
Cost I; 10801195 Writ Comm or 10801195TV Writ Comm
ITV; 10801196 Oral/Inter Comm or 10801196OL Oral/Inter
Comm or 10801198 Speech and CONDITION: 101011
Acctg Admission Req Met
10101180 Spreadsheet Data Management
10101115 Accounting III
...introduces the learner to intermediate accounting
concepts, principles, and applications, including
financial statements, temporary investments, receivables,
equities, current liabilities, fixed assets, and bonds.
PREREQUISITE: 10101113 Accounting II and Microsoft
Word and PowerPoint skills or equivalent
10101117 Accounting IV
...expands the learner's ability to understand intermediate
accounting concepts, principles, and applications,
including intangible assets, long-term investments,
corporate taxes, leases, pensions, and stockholders'
equity.
PREREQUISITE: 10101115 Accounting III
10101123 Accounting Income Tax I
...introduces the learner to the federal income tax laws
and their underlying principles, including such topics as
gross income (inclusions and exclusions), deductions
and exemptions, tax forms and schedule, and the
computation of taxes.
10101125 Accounting Cost I
...provides the learner with the skills to understand cost
accounting for manufacturing enterprises, including
budgets, concepts, cost reports, job-order costing,
process costing, joint products, and byproducts.
...provides the learner with the skills to operate an IBM
personal computer using Excel spreadsheet software and
solve accounting and business problems using
spreadsheet-advanced functions on microcomputers.
PREREQUISITES: 10101111 Accounting I and Microsoft
Excel skills or equivalent
10102160 Business Law I
...provides the learner with the skills to summarize the
American legal system; diagram the state/federal court
systems; evaluate dispute resolution methods; sequence
the civil litigation process; summarize the administrative
agencies; differentiate civil and criminal law; apply
theories of negligence, intentional tort, and product
liability; summarize elements of a contract; assess the
validity of a contract; assess third-party rights and
available remedies; and analyze warranties.
10105124 Portfolio Introduction
...prepares the student to develop a personal and
professional portfolio, to identify self-awareness through
various self-assessments and apply these results to the
workplace and other environments, to write goal
statements and understand their value, to develop an
individual history of events and achievements, and to
identify significant learning experiences throughout the
student's life.
10105126 Career Assessment
PREREQUISITE: 10101111 Accounting I
10101126 Accounting Cost II
...expands the learner's ability to understand accounting
for manufacturing enterprises, including factory
overhead, material costs, labor costs, standard costing,
direct costing, marketing costs, break-even analysis,
differential costs, and capital expenditures.
...prepares the student to develop a career plan, write a
resume, create a cover letter, prepare for an interview,
search for work on the Internet, adapt a resume for an
electronic scan, and post a resume and cover letter on
the Internet.
PREREQUISITE: Accuplacer Math minimum score of 79 or
Equivalent or 10804100 Math Proficiency
10809166 Introduction to Ethics: Theory and
Application
...provides a basic understanding of the theoretical
foundations of ethical thought. Diverse ethical
perspectives will be used to analyze and compare
relevant issues. Students will critically evaluate
individual, social and/or professional standards of
behavior, and apply a systematic decision-making
process to these situations.
10809195 Economics
...provides the participant with an overview of how a
market-oriented economic system operates, and it
surveys the factors which influence national economic
policy. Basic concepts and analyses are illustrated by
reference to a variety of contemporary problems and
public policy issues. Concepts include scarcity,
resources, alternative economic systems. growth, supply
and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation,
unemployment and global economic issues.
10809196 Sociology - Intro
...introduces students to the basic concepts of sociology:
culture, socialization, social stratification, multiculturalism, and the five institutions, including family,
government, economics, religion, and education. Other
topics include demography, deviance, technology,
environment, social issues, social change, social
organization, and workplace issues.
10809198 Intro to Psychology
...introduces students to a survey of the multiple aspects
of human behavior. It involves a survey of the
theoretical foundations of human functioning in such
areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality,
deviance and pathology, physiological factors, and social
influences. It directs the student to an insightful
understanding of the complexities of human
relationships in personal, social, and vocational settings.
COREQUISITE: 10105124 Portfolio Introduction
10105127 Portfolio Assessment
PREREQUISITE: 10101125 Accounting Cost I
...prepares the student to identify what they have learned
throughout the program, write career goals, re-examine
their resume, research and collect project samples of
their achievements, and analyze their achievements
within the college core abilities and program outcomes.
10101128 Accounting Income Tax II
...expands the learner's ability to comprehend the
principles of income tax law and calculate federal
income tax for businesses using tax forms and for
businesses using tax forms and practical problems.
PREREQUISITES: 10101111 Accounting I and 1010 1123
Accounting Income Tax I
PREREQUISITES: 10105124 Portfolio Assessment and
10105126 Career Assessment
10801195 Written Communication
10101130 Accounting Information Systems
...introduces the learner to current accounting
information systems theory, procedures, and methods
designed to communicate financial data and report
financial information; system analysis and design related
to manual and computerized systems; internal control;
flow charting; form design; and procedure writing.
PREREQUISITE: 10101113 Accounting II
...teaches the writing process, which includes prewriting,
drafting, revising, and editing. Through a variety of
writing assignments, the student will analyze audience
and purpose, research and organize ideas, and format
and design documents based on subject matter and
content. Keyboarding skills are required for this course.
It also develops critical reading and thinking skills
through the analysis of a variety of written documents.
10801196 Oral/Interpersonal Comm
...provides students with the skills to develop speaking,
verbal and nonverbal communication, and listening
skills through individual speeches, group activities, and
other projects.
LTC is an equal opportunity/access employer and educator.
Revised
12-1-07