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Accounting (A.A.S.) - This curriculum prepares students for employment in the accounting field. The program includes technical and specialized courses which will equip students to relieve the professional accountant of many details and clerical assignments.

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Accounting
A.A.S. Program
Total Credits: 68

First Semester Credits
ACC 101 Accounting I 3
BUS 110 Introduction to Business 3
ENG 101 Composition I 3
HED Health Elective 2
LAW 103 Business Law I 3
MKT 101 Business Mathematics 3
Total Semester Credits 17
   
Second Semester Credits
ACC 102 Accounting II 3
Business Elective * 3
COM 103 Public Speaking or
COM 101 Interpersonal Communications 		3
LAW 104 Business Law II 3
MAT 102 Introduction to Statistics 3
PED Activity Course (s) 1
Total Semester Credits 16
   
Third Semester Credits
ACC 125 Computerized Accounting 4
ACC 203 Federal Income Taxes 3
ACC 208 Cost Accounting 4
Laboratory Science Elective 4
Social Science Elective 3
Total Semester Credits 18
   
Fourth Semester Credits
ABT 245 Administrative Management 3
ACC 206 Payroll Systems and New York State Taxes 3
CMP 105 Electronic Spreadsheets 4
Humanities Elective 3
PED Activity Course (s) 1
Social Science Elective 3
Total Semester Credits 17
If student cannot type 20-25 words per minute OFT 100 Fundamentals of Keyboarding should be used as the Business Elective. Otherwise, suggested courses:
ABT 244 Business Writing,
BUS 116 Business Internship,
CMP 117 Business Computing: Concepts and Applications, and
MKT 100 Introduction to Marketing or by advisement.