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.
2009-2010
Term 1
10101111
10101152
10105124
10801195
10804123
10809196
Accounting I
4.00
Communication for Accountants 2.00
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
16.00
Term 2
10101113
10101180
10102160
10801196
10809195
10101182
Accounting II
Spreadsheet Data Management
Business Law I
Oral/Interpersonal
Communication OR
10801198 Speech
Economics
Accounting Software
Applications
Total
4.00
2.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
18.00
Term 3
10101115
10101123
10101125
10101130
10809198
Accounting III
4.00
Accounting Income Tax I
4.00
Accounting Cost I
4.00
Accounting Information Systems 3.00
Introduction to Psychology
3.00
Total
18.00
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
18
18
18
79
74
86
Admissions Steps
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Application
Application Fee
Entrance Assessment Scores
Transcripts
Program Advising Session
• Microsoft Skills Check (Word, PowerPoint,
Excel)
Program Goals
Term 4
10101135
10101117
10101127
10809122
10101190
Note:
Payroll Accounting
Accounting IV
Managerial Accounting
Introduction to American
Government OR
10806122 Natural Science in
Society
Occupational and Portfolio
Assessment-Accounting
Total
Program Total
3.00
4.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
16.00
68.00
Program start dates vary; check with
your counselor for details.
Curriculum and program acceptance
requirements are subject to change.
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.
• Effectively communicate information to a
diverse population.
• 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
• $102 per credit (resident)
• $624 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
University of Phoenix
UW-Platteville
UW-Stout
IMPORTANT: For more information on these agreements, visit gotoltc.edu/transfer.
10101111 Accounting I
...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.
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
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; and use of tax forms.
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.
PREREQUISITE: 10101111 Accounting I
10101127 Managerial Accounting
...prepares the learner to analyze financial performance;
prepare and evaluate budgets; and compare and manage
capital.
PREREQUISITE: 10101111 Accounting I
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
10101135 Payroll Accounting
...introduces students to federal and state payroll laws;
calculations for gross and net income; prepare payroll
deductions; maintain payroll records; and process payroll
in both a manual and computerized setting.
PREREQUISITE: 10101111 Accounting I
10101152 Communication for Accountants
...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; apply communication
strategies; and listen, speak, and write effectively to be a
more competent business communicator.
10101180 Spreadsheet Data Management
...provides the learner with the skills to operate an IBM
personal computer using Excel spreadsheet software and
solve accounting and business problems using spreadsheetadvanced functions on microcomputers.
PREREQUISITES: 10101111 Accounting I and
Microsoft Excel skills or equivalent
10801198 Speech
...explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation
to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience
analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring
evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other
essential elements of speaking successfully, including the
listening process, form the basis of the course.
10101182 Accounting Software Applications
...prepares the learner to perform file maintenance
procedures, analyze the differences between manual
accounting and computerized accounting, account for
expenditure cycle transactions, account for revenue cycle
transactions, account for general journal transactions,
account for payroll, prepare bank reconciliations, perform
end-of-period procedures, design reports, design financial
statements, and analyze report information.
PREREQUISITE: 10101111 Accounting I
10804123 Math w Business Apps
...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.
PREREQUISITE: Accuplacer Math minimum score of
79 or Equivalent or 10804100 Math Proficiency
10101190 Occupational and Portfolio
Assessment-Accounting
...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. Students will assess what they have larned
throughout the program, review project samples of their
achievements, and analyze program outcomes and coe
abilities.
PREREQUISITE: 10105124 Portfolio Introduction
and CONDITION: 101011 Accounting admission
requirements met
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.
10801195 Written Communication
...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.
PREREQUISITE: 10831103 Intro to College Writing
or CONDITION: Accuplacer Writing minimum score
of 86 or Equivalent
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.
10809122 Introduction to American Government
...introduces American political processes and institutions.
It focuses on rights and responsibilities of citizens and the
process of participatory democracy. Learners examine the
complexity of the separation of powers and checks and
balances. It explores the role of the media, interest groups,
political parties and public opinion in the political process.
It also explores the role of state and national government
in our federal system.
10809172 Race, Ethnic, and Diversity Studies
...is a course that draws from several disciplines to
reaffirm the basic American values of justice and equality
by teaching a basic vocabulary, a history of immigration
and conquest, principles of transcultural communication,
legal liability and value of aesthetic production to increase
the probability of respectful encounters among people. In
addition to an analysis of majority/minority relations in a
multicultural context, the topics of ageism, sexism, gender
differences, sexual orientation, the disabled and the
American Disability Act (ADA) are explored. Ethnic
relations are studied in global and comparative
perspectives.
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.
LTC is an equal opportunity/access employer and educator.
Revised
12-1-08