The mission of the Accounting Technology Program is to prepare students for entry-level employment or advancement in the accounting field through a series of experiences provided in fundamental accounting principles and procedures, cost accounting, income tax procedures, payroll accounting, and the use of microcomputers. The Accounting program awards Associate of Applied Science – Business Administration Option 1 – Accounting Technology and the Short Certificate in Accounting Technology. The accounting program is designed to teach, through a sequence of experiences, the skills necessary for a student to develop cognitive knowledge of the accounting process and to be able to apply this knowledge in a practical manner.

The Accounting Technology Program provides the training necessary to become a financial record keeper. Areas of training will include computing, classifying, recording and verifying numerical data to maintain accurate financial records. Graduates of the Accounting Technology Program may become employed as an Accounts Payable Clerk, Inventory Control Clerk, Accounts Receivable Clerk, Bookkeeping Clerk or Auditing Clerk. Additional information is available from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook.