Accounting AAS Degree

You graduate with skills and experience in:

• Cost accounting
• Income tax accounting
• Financial analysis
• Advanced Excel data tools

Semester 1

• Financial Accounting
• Introduction to Computers or
  Information Computing
• Payroll Accounting
• Statistics or
• The College Experience

Semester 2

• Accounting Spreadsheets
• Composition I or
  Written Communication in the Workplace
• Computer Accounting
• Fundamentals of Oral Communication
• Managerial Accounting

Semester 3

• Cost Accounting
• Income Tax Accounting
• Intermediate Accounting I

Semester 4

• Emerging Topics in Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Intermediate Accounting II
• Introduction to Psychology or
  Human and Work Relations or
  Introduction to Sociology
• Principles of Macroeconomics or
  Introduction to Economics or
  Principles of Microeconomics
• Workplace Professionalism

Accounting Electives

• Business Ethics
• Business Law
• Business Statistics
• Introduction to Accounting
• Introduction to Accounting II
• Introduction to Business
• Personal Finance
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Principles of Management
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Small Business Management

Math Electives

• Applied Math
• Calculus I
• Calculus II
• Calculus III
• College Algebra
• Math for Liberal Arts
• Precalculus
• Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry

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This program qualifies for the Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship and will pay up to 100% of your tuition.

You must apply for, be awarded, and meet the ongoing eligibility requirements for the Last-Dollar Scholarship.

These are just a few of the companies that hire graduates from this program:

• Advanced Systems, Inc., Waterloo, IA
• Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo, Waterloo, IA
• Lee Enterprises (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier), Waterloo, IA
• McGladrey LLP, Waterloo, IA
• Paul R. Nielsen Co., PC, Cedar Falls, IA
• The Principal Financial Group, Waterloo, IA
• Veridian Credit Union, Locations throughout Iowa

You can get right to work after your program. Or, if you plan to earn an associate degree and go on to earn a bachelor’s degree, consider your transfer options.

Many four-year colleges and universities accept a limited number of transfer and elective credits.

If you’re interested in transferring, you must work closely with an academic advisor here and at the transfer institution. This is important to ensure courses transfer and you meet program requirements.

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