Associate Degree in Accounting

Classes You’ll Take

The Accounting Associate degree program is designed to provide students with a well-rounded education in accounting, communications, mathematics, computer technology, and critical thinking. You can choose to take these classes on a part-time or full-time schedule. Start dates and class times are flexible, so you’ll be able to take classes that fit your schedule.

• What Will I Learn?
  • Reporting for payroll, sales and personal property. (ACC105, ACC115)
  • Microcomputer accounting systems, including the general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll. (ACC105, ACC115)
  • Fundamental principles and practices of accounting including interpretation of general purpose financial statements. (ACC111, ACC112)
  • Basic rules of financial accounting and applying them to business problems. (ACC111, ACC112)
  • Procedural details for the accumulation of information and generation of reports for internal and external users. (ACC111, ACC112)
  • Use of accounting procedures for individuals, partnerships, and corporate tax structures. (ACC221 or ACC121)
  • Uses of accounting information for internal and external purposes with emphasis on analysis for use by management. (ACC212)
  • Computer spreadsheets for solving business problems using Microsoft Excel. (CIS114DE)
  • Computer information systems, computer concepts, microcomputer applications, and programming techniques. (CIS105)
  • Business principles, marketing, labor relations, and business risk. (GBS151)
  • Legal theories, ethical issues, and the regulatory climate. (GBS205)
  • Internal and external business communications, verbal and nonverbal. (GBS233)
• Full-Time Schedule

  With our full-time schedule, it will only take four semesters for you to earn your Associates degree.

  SEMESTER 1 (15 CREDITS)

  ENG101 (3): First-Year Composition

  CRE101 (3): College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking

  GBS151 (3): Introduction to Business

  CIS105 (3): Survey of Computer Information Systems

  ACC111 (3): Accounting Principles I

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  SEMESTER 2 (15 CREDITS)

  ENG102 (3): First-Year Composition

  MHL153 (3): Rock Music and Culture

  ECN211 (3): Macroeconomic Principles

  ACC112 (3): Accounting Principles II

  COM100 (3): Introduction to Human Communication

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  SEMESTER 3 (15 CREDITS)

  ACC212 (3): Managerial Accounting

  CIS114DE (3): Excel Spreadsheet

  GBS233 (3): Business Communication

  ACC221 (3): Tax Accounting, or

  ACC121 (3): Income Tax Preparation

  MAT142 (3): College Mathematics

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  SEMESTER 4 (13 CREDITS)

  ACC115 (3): Computerized Accounting

  ACC105 (3): Payroll, Sales and Property Taxes

  GBS205 (3): Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Business

  CHM130 (3): Fundamental Chemistry

  CHM130LL (1): Fundamental Chemistry Laboratory
• Part-Time Schedule

  Our part-time schedule breaks the accounting curriculum down into eight semesters.

  SEMESTER 1 (9 CREDITS)

  ENG101 (3): First-Year Composition

  CRE101 (3): College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking

  GBS151 (3): Introduction to Business

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  SEMESTER 2 (6 CREDITS)

  CIS105 (3): Survey of Computer Information Systems

  ACC111 (3): Accounting Principles I

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  SEMESTER 3 (9 CREDITS)

  ENG102 (3): First-Year Composition

  MHL153 (3): Rock Music and Culture

  ECN211 (3): Macroeconomic Principles

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  SEMESTER 4 (6 CREDITS)

  ACC112 (3): Accounting Principles II

  COM100 (3): Introduction to Human Communication

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  SEMESTER 5 (9 CREDITS)

  ACC212 (3): Managerial Accounting

  CIS114DE (3): Excel Spreadsheet

  GBS233 (3): Business Communication

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  SEMESTER 6 (6 CREDITS)

  ACC221 (3): Tax Accounting

  MAT142 (3): College Mathematics

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  SEMESTER 7 (6 CREDITS)

  ACC115 (3): Computerized Accounting

  ACC105 (3): Payroll, Sales and Property Taxes

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  SEMESTER 8 (7 CREDITS)

  GBS205 (3): Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Business

  CHM130 (3): Fundamental Chemistry

  CHM130LL (1): Fundamental Chemistry Laboratory
• Flexible Block Calendar Scheduling

  Rio offers flexible start dates and class times, so you can create a schedule that works for you. Plan out your degree and certificate classes by checking out our Block Calendar System.

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