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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 type

Associate

Est. time to complete

2 years

Credit Hours

61 hours

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General Education
(35 Credits)

Student Life Skills (1 Credit) Credit Hours
SLS 1501
College Study Skills
1
English and Communications (9 Credits) Credit Hours
ENC 1101
English Composition I
3
ENC 1102
English Composition II
3
SPC 1017
Fundamentals of Oral Communications
3
Humanities (6 Credits) Credit Hours
 
Any Two Humanities Courses
6
Social Science (6 Credits) Credit Hours
ECO 2013
Principles of Macroeconomics
3
 
Any Social Science Course
3
Natural Science (3 Credits) Credit Hours
 
Any Natural Science Course
3
Mathematics (7 Credits) Credit Hours
MAC 1105
College Algebra I
3
STA 2014
Introduction to Statistics
4
Information Literacy (3 Credits) Credit Hours
CGS 1030
Introduction to Information Technology
3

Core Requirements
(26 Credits)

Courses Credit Hours
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
BUS 2505
End of Program Assessment
 
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.