Degree Stats
Associate in Applied Science (60-65 credit hours)
Cost per credit hour: $250
Career Choices
Accountants are in demand in every industry. With an Associate degree in accounting, you’ll be able to prepare financial statements, record business transactions, and track financial performance. Entry-level jobs in accounting include:
- Accounting clerk
- Auditor, accounts payable/receivable clerk
- Claims clerk
- Credit clerk
- Full-charge bookkeeper
- Accounting intern
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.
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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)
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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
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
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
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
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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
SEMESTER 2 (6 CREDITS)
CIS105 (3): Survey of Computer Information Systems
ACC111 (3): Accounting Principles I
SEMESTER 3 (9 CREDITS)
ENG102 (3): First-Year Composition
MHL153 (3): Rock Music and Culture
ECN211 (3): Macroeconomic Principles
SEMESTER 4 (6 CREDITS)
ACC112 (3): Accounting Principles II
COM100 (3): Introduction to Human Communication
SEMESTER 5 (9 CREDITS)
ACC212 (3): Managerial Accounting
CIS114DE (3): Excel Spreadsheet
GBS233 (3): Business Communication
SEMESTER 6 (6 CREDITS)
ACC221 (3): Tax Accounting
MAT142 (3): College Mathematics
SEMESTER 7 (6 CREDITS)
ACC115 (3): Computerized Accounting
ACC105 (3): Payroll, Sales and Property Taxes
SEMESTER 8 (7 CREDITS)
GBS205 (3): Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Business
CHM130 (3): Fundamental Chemistry
CHM130LL (1): Fundamental Chemistry Laboratory
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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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