MiraCosta College Accounting
Program – A Brief Overview
Presented To Our Distinguished Guests
From The Yunnan College Of Business
Management
Program Structure
 Essentially, there are two broad paths
to the accounting program:
 Transfer – Offering lower division
accounting courses that are required for
admission to upper division business
classes at the four year university.
 Work Ready Skill Classes and
Certificate Programs – Preparing
students to gain immediate entry level
positions in the accounting field.
Program Structure (cont.)
 For transfer, we offer both
introductory financial and managerial
accounting.
 For skill development, we offer a
number of classes and certificates to
assist students in gaining the skills
and experience that they will need to
gain sustainable employment.
Transfer Classes:
 ACCT 201 – Financial Accounting - covers the
accounting information system and the
recording and reporting of business
transactions with a focus on the accounting
cycle and the application of generally accepted
accounting principles.
 ACCT 202 – Managerial Accounting - examines
how managers use accounting information in
decision-making, planning, directing
operations, and controlling. It focuses on cost
terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost
structure, and cost-volume-profit analysis.
Skill Based Classes:
 ACCT 101- Practical Accounting
 ACCT 145 - Individual Income Tax
 ACCT 146 - Taxation of Corporations,
Partnerships, Estates, and Trusts
 ACCT 148 - Computer Accounting
(QuickBooks)
 ACCT 158 - Business Mathematics
 ACCT 292 - Internship Studies
Degrees and Certificates:
 Associate Degrees
 Associate in Arts
Degree in
Accounting & the
Associate in Arts
Degree in
Bookkeeping
 Both require
approximately 60
units of classwork
 Certificates
 Certificate of
Achievement in
Accounting
 Certificate of Proficiency
for Billing, Cost, and
Accounting Assistant
 Certificate of Proficiency
as an Income Tax
Preparer
 Certificate of
Achievement in
Bookkeeping
Program Flexibility
 The accounting program is designed to
offer to offer maximum flexibility for our
students.
 Students move freely between the
transfer and skill based courses in order
to fulfill both their short and long term
career goals.
 Classes are offered in live, hybrid, and
totally on-line formats.
Program Faculty
 Our faculty, both full-time and parttime, have significant experience in
the accounting and business fields.
 In addition to advanced degrees,
many of our faculty have attained
professional certifications in the
accounting field including the CPA,
CMA, and Enrolled Agent
designations.
Student Success
 Our students have achieved success
on a number of levels, including:
 Transfer to a number of outstanding four
year colleges and universities including
UCLA, UC-Berkely, San Diego State
University, DePaul University, and the
University of Southern California.
 Successfully entered into the workforce
in the fields of income tax preparation,
bookkeeping, and financial services.
Thank You For Your Attention
 For more information on the
MiraCosta College Accounting
Program, you can visit the program’s
website at:
http://www.miracosta.edu/instruction
/accounting/index.html