Financial Accounting

Learn the fundamentals of financial accounting and bookkeeping in a practical, hands-on methodology. Familiar with the processes involved in day-to-day accounting and bookkeeping tasks.  Understand the fundamental building blocks of the accounting process including debits and credits, T-accounts, how to balance double entry accounts, depreciation methods, and different kinds of business legal structures.  How the income accounts connect to the balance sheet will also be taught.  Students learn how to prepare and analyze financial statements.  Other topics include receivables, liabilities, stockholders’ equity, and internal control.

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Quickbooks

Learn to set up books from scratch, setting up all of the ledgers and journals needed to do full-service accounting.  Practice industry-specific accounting systems that makes them an expert in the specialized accounting and reporting procedures for many fields. Learn how to prepare payroll, create quarterly reports, calculate the cost of goods and the relationship between markup and profit.

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Bookkeeping for Small Business

Learn to set up books from scratch, setting up all of the ledgers and journals needed to do full-service accounting.  Practice industry-specific accounting systems that make you the expert in the specialized accounting and reporting procedures for many fields.  Learn how to prepare payroll, creating quarterly reports, calculate the cost of goods and the relationship between markup and profit.

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J-O-B Search Workshop

This course covers communications skills, effective resume writing, and job hunting techniques. Students are also taught how to improve their interpersonal skills and how to promote and market their skills using effective interviewing techniques.

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Graduation Requirements

A student must obtain an overall average of at least 70% in order to graduate and receive a certificate.  A student is allowed to retake a class in which the grade was below 70%.

 

Books and materials

• Handouts and worksheets from the Instructor

• MS Office 2016

• College Accounting by Heintz and Parry

• USB memory stick

• Business calculator

 

Equipment used in classroom

• Personal computers with Internet

• Projector

 

Methods of Instruction

This program will be taught through a combination of classroom lectures, hands-on laboratory projects, small group, and individual projects.  

 

Methods of Evaluation

Students will be evaluated using a variety of traditional methods including, but not limited to, performance evaluations, quizzes, exams, and attendance.