Accounting, Associate of Arts

Program Description:

The program is designed for students planning to pursue a higher-level degree in Accounting as well as to prepare the student for employment as an entry-level accountant, bookkeeper or general accounting clerk. The program is designed to provide the student with an intensive background in general accounting procedures and principles, business principles and automated accounting procedures. The program includes a thirty-nine credit-hour component of general education/liberal arts courses. FNU awards an Associate of Arts Degree in Accounting upon graduation.

Program Requirements (61 Credits)

General Education (35 Credits)

Student Life Skills (1 Credit)

SLS 1501

College Study Skills

English and Communications (9 Credits)

ENC 1101	English Composition I	3
ENC 1102	English Composition II	3
SPC 1017	Fundamentals of Oral Communications	3

Humanities (6 Credits)

Any Two Humanities Courses

Social Science (6 Credits)

ECO 2013	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	Any Social Science Course	3

Natural Science (3 Credits)

Any Natural Science Course

Mathematics (7 Credits)

MAC 1105	College Algebra I	3
STA 2014	Introduction to Statistics	4

Information Literacy (3 Credits)

CGS 1030

Introduction to Information Technology

Core Requirements (26 Credits)

ACG 2003	Principles of Accounting I	3
ACG 2003L	Principles of Accounting I Lab.	1
ACG 2004	Principles of Accounting II	3
ACG 2004L	Principles of Accounting II Lab.	1
ACG 2071	Managerial Accounting	3
BUL 2131	Business Law	3
ECO 2023	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GEB 2430	Business Ethics & Social Responsibility	3
TAX 2000	Income Tax Accounting	3
CGS 2511	Spreadsheet Applications for Business	3

An Associate of Arts program is a two-year course of study that covers the core materials needed to complete the first two years of a four-year bachelor’s degree.