Professional Bookkeeping & Recordkeeping (ATC)
Advanced Technical Certificate
Career-Technical Program
The Bookkeeping/Accounting Assistant program prepares students for occupational opportunities in the field of bookkeeping including payroll clerk, accounts receivable clerk, accounts payable clerk, and full-charge bookkeeper. Bookkeeping and related fields involve the day-to-day analyzing and recording of business transactions, preparing payroll, preparing financial reports, filing state and federal forms, analyzing data, and making decisions. Students will complete general education, general business, and bookkeeping/accounting specific courses that will lead to a Basic Technical Certificate, an Intermediate Technical Certificate, an Advanced Technical Certificate, or an Associate of Applied Science degree. Emphasis is placed on manual and computerized accounting applications, current business taxes, fraud investigation, and payroll.
| Semester 1 | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| BOAA-110 or ACCT-201 |
Small Business Accounting or Principles of Accounting |
3 |
| BOAA-150 | 10-Key Skill Building | 1 |
| BUSA-101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| CAOT-130 | Spreadsheets/Excel I | 1 |
| CAOT-131 | Spreadsheets/Excel II | 1 |
| CAOT-183 | Business Editing and Proofreading | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-5 | |
| Financial Business Applications | ||
| Technical Mathematics | ||
| Credits | 15-17 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| BOAA-111 or ACCT-202 |
Small Business Accounting II or Managerial Accounting |
3 |
| CAOT-115 | Outlook | 1 |
| CAOT-120 | Word Processing/Word I 1 | 1 |
| CAOT-132 | Spreadsheets/Excel III | 1 |
| COMM-101 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| GEM 6 - Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing | 3 | |
| Credits | 12 | |
| Semester 3 | ||
| BOAA-140 | Quickbooks | 3 |
| BOAA-243 | Fraud Investigation | 1 |
| BOAA-246 | Current Business Taxes | 3 |
| CAOT-140 | Database/Access I | 1 |
| CAOT-184 | Records Systems Management | 3 |
| CAOT-205 | Business Document Formatting/Transcription | 2 |
| Credits | 13 | |
| Semester 4 | ||
| BOAA-113 | Payroll Accounting | 3 |
| BOAA-290 | Bookkeeping/Accounting Assist Internship | 3 |
| CAOT-210 | Office Procedures and Technologies | 3 |
| Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
| Customer Service | ||
| Supervisory Management | ||
| Employee Benefits and Compensation | ||
| Problem Solving Through Team Dynamics | ||
| Principles of Management | ||
| Legal Environment of Business | ||
| Word Processing/Word III | ||
| Computer Fundamentals for Technical Programs | ||
| Living Online for Technical Programs | ||
| Career Leadership | ||
| Entrepreneurship Skills | ||
| Credits | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 52-54 | |
Course Key
- GEM
- AAS Institutionally Designated
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- Gateway
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- Milestone
- 1
To meet industry recommendations, students must possess keyboarding skills of at least 35 wpm with 95% accuracy. NIC will assess this skill in the CAOT-120 course.
Upon completion, the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate appropriate work relationships and habits, communication skills, and computation skills used in business.
- Analyze and record financial transactions in a manual and computerized accounting system utilizing generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
- Prepare financial statements according to generally accepted accounting principles.
- Process payroll transactions in accordance with current payroll reporting requirements.
- Complete accounting cycle tasks using general ledger accounting software.
- Identify internal controls to reduce risk. Develop skill and proficiency using the latest version of QuickBooks. Proficiency leads to certification.
- Utilize current income tax resources to prepare personal income tax returns.
- Demonstrate professionalism through acceptable attitude, organization and time management skills, and attire.
- Describe current law, practices and policies for establishing, managing and collecting on both consumer and business credit accounts. Utilize various types of office machines and technologies.
- Solve organizational cost accounting problems using tools for identifying cost behaviors and by applying cost accounting techniques. Identify ethical issues associated with accounting and business situations. Apply appropriate principles of ethics and civic responsibility.