Bookkeeping Fundamentals (ITC)
Interm 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.
Contact Information:
Career & Technical Professional Programs Division
Hedlund Building, Room 101
Phone: (208) 769-3226
| 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-115 | Outlook | 1 |
| CAOT-120 | Word Processing/Word I 1 | 1 |
| CAOT-130 | Spreadsheets/Excel I | 1 |
| CAOT-183 |
Business Editing and Proofreading or Writing and Rhetoric I or Writing and Rhetoric I |
3-4 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-5 | |
| Financial Business Applications | ||
| Technical Mathematics | ||
| Credits | 16-19 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| BOAA-111 or ACCT-202 |
Small Business Accounting II or Managerial Accounting |
3 |
| BOAA-113 | Payroll Accounting | 3 |
| BOAA-140 | Quickbooks | 3 |
| CAOT-131 | Spreadsheets/Excel II | 1 |
| CAOT-140 | Database/Access I | 1 |
| CAOT-184 | Records Systems Management | 3 |
| CAOT-210 | Office Procedures and Technologies | 3 |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Total Credits | 33-36 | |
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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.
Course Key
- GEM
- AAS Institutionally Designated
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- Gateway
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- Milestone
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.
- Develop skill and proficiency using the latest version of QuickBooks. Proficiency leads to certification.