Program Intro
The Accounting and Finance–A25800 curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and the skills necessary for employment and growth in the accounting and finance profession. Accountants and finance professionals assemble and analyze, process, and communicate essential information about financial operations.
Course work may include accounting, finance, ethics, business law, computer applications, financial planning, insurance, marketing, real estate, selling, and taxation. Related skills are developed through the study of communications, computer applications, financial analysis, critical thinking skills, and ethics.
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SAMPLE COURSES
- ACC 120 – Prin of Financial Accounting
This course introduces business decision-making using accounting information systems. - CIS 110 – Introduction to Computers
This course introduces computer concepts, including fundamental functions and operations of the computer.
SAMPLE COURSES
- ACC 121 – Prin of Managerial Accounting
This course includes a greater emphasis on managerial and cost accounting skills. - CTS 130 – Spreadsheet
This course introduces basic spreadsheet design and development.
SAMPLE COURSES
- BUS 125 – Personal Finance
This course provides a study of individual and family financial decisions. OR - Other Major Hours Elective
SAMPLE COURSES
- ACC 131 – Federal Income Taxes
This course provides an overview of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, and corporations. - ACC 215 – Ethics in Accounting
This course introduces students to professional codes of conduct and ethics adopted by professional associations and state licensing boards for accountants, auditors, and fraud examiners.
SAMPLE COURSES
- ACC 225 – Cost Accounting
This course introduces the nature and purposes of cost accounting as an information system for planning and control. - BUS 225 – Business Finance
This course provides an overview of business financial management.
Paying for College
What is financial aid? Financial aid is money that is given or borrowed to help pay for college. It can come from federal, state, local, school and private entities. North Carolina and the federal government award millions of dollars each year to help students pay for college. Don’t forget Scholarships! Scholarships are gifts. They don’t need to be repaid. There are thousands of them, offered by schools, employers, individuals, private companies, nonprofits, communities, religious groups, and professional and social organizations.