Accounting Technology
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This program offers a diploma and an AAS degree, and prepares students for entry-level employment in accounting-related occupations. Students learn the functions of the complete accounting cycle for service, merchandising, and manufacturing businesses.
On-the-job responsibilities
Use computers to maintain and reconcile various financial records, verify business records, and perform other clerical and administrative duties.
Places of employment
Business, industry, government, and self-employment
Diploma Program
Positions for which graduates qualify
Accounts receivable/payable clerk, payroll clerk, general office clerk, file clerk, recordkeeping clerk, data-entry clerk
Prerequisites
English—Diploma: Placement into level B English or above (nonfiction reading, academic writing, and literature). Students successfully completing a diploma typically enter with reading scores equivalent to 7.0 on the California Reading Test.
Mathematics: Mathematics Applications for Business Technology required. Typically, students entering this program will have completed at least two years of high school mathematics.
Science: Placement into any level B science course numbered 150 or higher. Typically, students entering this program will have completed at least two years of high school science.
Accounting technology, diploma, typical course sequence
For a curriculum chart for this program, look in the PDF for this college.
AAS Degree Program
Positions for which graduates qualify
Junior accounting technician, cost accounting clerk, accounts receivable/payable clerk, payroll clerk, general accounting clerk, microcomputer accounting clerk.
Prerequisites
English—AAS: Placement into the College of Liberal Arts course, Writing. Students typically enter Writing with reading scores equivalent to 10.0 on the California Reading Test. However, students who complete AAS degrees typically enter NTID with reading scores equivalent to 9.0 on the California Reading Test.
Mathematics: Mathematics Applications for Business Technology required. Typically, students entering this program will have completed at least two years of high school mathematics.
Science: Placement into any level B science course numbered 150 or higher. Typically, students entering this program will have completed at least two years of high school science.
Accounting technology, AAS degree, typical course sequence
For a curriculum chart for this program, look in the PDF for this college.