ACCOUNTING PROGRAM PROFILE
The Accounting Program at East Central College is designed to;
1. To provide students with a basic comprehensive knowledge of
bookkeeping and accounting.
2. To prepare students with skills to perform general bookkeeping and
accounting functions.
3. To provide students with a basic knowledge of accounting systems,
and work with spreadsheets.
4. Provide students with skills to enhance entry into the accounting job
market.
5. Provide students with the ability to transfer to a four year institution.
A student desiring to enter the job market with the two year AAS in
accounting or an accounting certificate must take the following courses:
AAS DEGREE-ACCOUNTING
Financial Accounting I-Lec & Lab, Financial Accounting II-Lec and Lab,
Managerial Accounting Lec & Lab, Computer Assisted Accounting,
Accounting Practicum, Intermediate Accounting I & II, Tax Accounting,
Cost Accounting, Business Communications, Legal Environment of
Business, Principles of Macroeconomics or Principles of Microeconomics,
Introduction to Computers and Information Systems or Microcomputer
Applications, Career Management and at least one other Business Elective.
AAS DEGREE-ACCOUNTING CERTIFICATE
A student seeking this degree will substitute Intermediate Accounting I & II
with two other courses: Technology and Procedures and Document
Production.
All AAS degrees require 21 hours of general education courses. See the
catalog or degree worksheet.
AA DEGREE-BUSINESS
All students desiring to make a transition to a four year institution seeking a
bachelor’s degree must complete 21 hours from the following courses:
Financial Accounting I-Lec & II-Lec, Managerial Accounting Lec,
Intermediate Accounting I, Principles of Marketing, Principles of Finance,
Fundamentals of Management, Legal Environment of Business,
Microcomputer Applications, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of
Macroeconomics, Survey of Calculus and Statistics.
Students should always check with the transfer institution to make sure their
course work meets the transfer institution’s requirements.
All AA degree seeking students must complete 42 hours of general
education requirements. See the catalog or check with degree plan
worksheet.