The Accounting Program is a career-oriented curriculum preparing students for a variety of entry-level accounting positions. Students who definitely plan to pursue a degree in accounting at a four-year school after completion of studies at DCC are instead encouraged to enroll in the Business Administration Transfer Program.

Program graduates gain employment in private and public sector positions, including bookkeeper, junior clerk, assistant auditor, cost accounting clerk and assistant office manager.

A.A.S. | Associate in Applied Science

Accounting

For more information, contact the Admissions Office at (845) 431-8010 or visit www.sunydutchess.edu/academics

Students who successfully complete the Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree in Accounting (ACC) will be able to:

• Use a variety of accounting and business software.

• Demonstrate knowledge of accounting principles.

• Demonstrate real world experience using simulations.

• Demonstrate a variety of skills needed in the business environment.

Courses should be selected in consultation with an advisor.

Accounting (ACC)BUSINESS

(HEGIS 5002)

FIRST SEMESTER credits ENG 101 Composition I 3American History (Appendix D) 3ACC 101 Principles of Financial Accounting I 3Math Elective (a) 3CIS 111 Computer Systems and Applications 3ACC 100 ACC Seminar (b) 1 Total: 16

SECOND SEMESTER ENG 102 Composition II 3ACC 102 Principles of Financial Accounting II 3ACC 205 Computerized Accounting Applications 2BUS 102 Introduction to Business or CIS 213 Advanced Software Applications for Business 3BHS 103 Social Problems 3 Total: 17

THIRD SEMESTERScience Elective (d) (Appendix B) 3-4ACC 204 Managerial Accounting 4BUS 210 Business Communications 3ACC 241 Income Tax Procedures 3Free Elective (f) 3-4 Total: 16

FOURTH SEMESTERACC 221 Intermediate Accounting 4ACC 213 Accounting Systems & the Computer 3ACC260 or Accounting InternshipACC Elective (c) 3Gen Ed Elective (e) (Appendices E, F, H, or I) 3-4 Total: 13-14

Total Credit Hours: 62

a. MAT 109 or higher. MAT 118 recommended.

b. ACC100 must be taken in the first semester for full-time students or within the first 9 credits for part-time students. Students entering the ACC program who have successfully completed BUS100 have fulfilled the ACC100 requirement.

c. ACC Electives are any 200-level BUS course. However, CIS107, SPE101, SPE210, and SPE219 may also be used.

d. Science courses: Applicable four-credit courses in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physical sciences, and physics. See page 32.

e. General Education Elective – Choose any course from Appendices E, F, H, or I.

f. See page 33 for a full discussion of the free elective requirement. The subject area for Accounting includes all courses labeled ACC.

(Page numbers and appendicies refer to College catalog.)