Business Office Management and Technology - Bookkeeping/Accounting, AAS

This concentration is designed for office administration graduates to specialize in general accounting duties of typical businesses. Bookkeepers compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete, both manually and electronically, as well as perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. Bookkeepers check accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers. Graduates are employed by private businesses, governments, and virtually every other type of institution.

Prerequisite/Corequisite Coursework if Required by Placement Testing

ENG 099 - Introduction to College Writing 1 Hour
ENR 098 - Writing and Reading for College 4 Hours
MTH 098 - Elementary Algebra 4 Hours
MTH 099 - Support for Intermediate College Algebra 2 Hours

Area I - Written Composition: 3 Hours

ENG 101 - English Composition I 3 Hours

Area II - Humanities and Fine Arts: 6 Hours

SPH 106 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication 3 Hours or
SPH 107 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3 Hours
Fine Arts or Humanities* 3 Hours
*Choose from art appreciation, art history, humanities, literature, music appreciation, philosophy, religion, or theatre appreciation.

Area III - Natural Science or Mathematics: 6-7 Hours

MTH 100 - Intermediate College Algebra 3 Hours or
MTH 116 - Mathematical Applications 3 Hours or higher math
Math or Natural Science* Elective 3-4 Hours

*Choose from astronomy, biology, chemistry, physical geography, physics, or physical science.

Area IV - History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences: 3 Hours

Choose from anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology.

Area V - Technical Concentration and Electives: 38 Hours

ORI 101 - Orientation to College 2 Hours
OAD 101 - Beginning Keyboarding 3 Hours
OAD 103 - Intermediate Keyboarding 3 Hours
OAD 125 - Word Processing 3 Hours
OAD 126 - Advanced Word Processing 3 Hours
OAD 131 - Business English 3 Hours or
ENG 102 - English Composition II 3 Hours
OAD 133 - Business Communications 3 Hours
OAD 137 - Computerized Financial Record Keeping 3 Hours
OAD 138 - Records/Information Management 3 Hours
OAD 218 - Office Procedures 3 Hours
OAD 231 - Office Applications 3 Hours
OAD 243 - Spreadsheet Applications 3 Hours
OAD 246 - Office Graphics and Presentations 3 Hours

Bookkeeping/Accounting: 15 Hours

BUS 241 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Hours
BUS 242 - Principles of Accounting II 3 Hours
ECO 232 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Hours
OAD 219 - Accounting Concepts and Applications 3 Hours
OAD 242B - Office Internship - Bookkeeping/Accounting 3 Hours