21 Credits - 7 Courses Prerequisite: Basic Accounting Certificate This certificate is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to identify industry trends and evaluate the impact of those trends at corporate and industry levels. It is also intended to enhance accounting proficiencies and provide students with the ability to develop corporate-level financial documents, as well as the ability to critically analyze and synthesize information found in complex accounting and financial reports. Ethical decision making, as it relates to financial reporting, is an integral theme of this program. Classes include: 1. Intermediate Accounting (Prerequisite: Accounting I) 2. Managerial/Cost Accounting 3. Business Ethics or Business Law 4. Statistics 5. Financial Statements for Managers 6. Corporate Finance 7. Contemporary Regulatory Issues

This program of study is designed to prepare students for the types of occupations listed below. The occupations listed are based on federal government information and represent the types of positions for which the program generally prepares graduates. The College makes no representation or warranty that its graduates have obtained these positions or that any future graduates will obtain these positions. Occupation SOC Code Accountants 13-2011.01 Auditors 13-2011.02 Budget Analysts 13-2031.00 Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011.00 Credit Analysts 13-2041.00 Financial Examiners 13-2061.00 Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents