Program Code: 3245
The Associate in Science in Accounting is a 60-credit hour program that prepares students for further education and for careers such as accounts receivable coordinators, accounts payable coordinators, bookkeepers, credit and collections coordinators, payroll coordinators, accountants, auditors, tax preparers, and other accounting paraprofessionals in advanced professional accounting occupations. The program is for both full-time and part-time students.
Requirements for Admission
There are no Admissions requirements for this program.
If a student is not at college level, they would take the prep classes before beginning the program courses but could still be admitted.
Students can pursue two programs at the same time, such as an A.S. degree and an A.A. degree, or a primary degree and an alternate degree.
Program Goals and Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will prepare and use financial information about business organizations to support decision making.
- Students will manage business information using appropriate software.
- Students will demonstrate effective business communication skills.
- Students will evaluate business and financial information to support internal decision making.
- Students will participate in work-based learning experiences.
- Students will prepare governmental tax forms, including income, payroll, and sales taxes.
- Students will consider the implications of professional values, ethics, and attitudes in business.
- Students will prepare or develop strategic or organizational skills.
- Students will prepare individual tax forms.
Performance Standards
- Students need a C or higher in all coursework
- Students are urged to make an appointment to see Santa Fe College’s Business Programs Advisor once each semester to ensure that adequate progress toward a degree is being made.
- Students must apply for graduation upon enrollment in their last semester of coursework.
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