Breaking Ground on Your Pathway

Plan Your Courses

Meet with our counselors to customize this plan just for you. You can also search the quarterly schedule for class days and times.

Placement

Math placement is not required for this program.
English placement is not required for this program.

As a paraprofessional in the accounting field, the accounting assistant analyzes and interprets the essential information about the operations of a business and contributes vitally to important policies and decisions.

An accounting assistant should have an above-average aptitude for working with numbers and the ability to concentrate and communicate. In addition, students should be detail oriented and able to work within timed deadlines. Accounting affords a continuing challenge to creative, alert minds.

In addition to earning an AAS at the completion of the six-quarter program, students will earn an Accounting Clerk Certificate after completing the first three-quarters of the AAS degree. The degree is ideally arranged for a fall quarter start; however, you may start any quarter with the assistance of an advisor to re-arrange the course sequence.

All students graduating from this program must have a minimum grade of 2.0 in each of the accounting, business, economics, management, and management information systems courses. Students must also have a 2.0 cumulative minimum grade point average in all required courses in this program.

With the assistance of a program advisor, these courses can be sequenced so the degree can be completed fully online. This degree is non-transferable to a four-year university. Students working toward the associate in arts degree for transfer to a four-year institution should consult individually with an advisor or counselor for planning the Business DTA or AA degree program. For information on Business DTA and AA degree requirements, refer to the Degree and Certificate Requirements section of the CCS catalog.

Total Program Credits: 90