Accounting
Program Overview
Quincy College offers an Associate’s degree in Business with a Major in Accounting. This program is Business focus and allows graduates the flexibility to obtain Accounting jobs or Managerial positions. Although it is primarily a business focus, we have had numerous students go into the Certified Public Accounting Discipline. Several are currently working for the Big four. The college also offers an Accounting certificate program. This program is very popular with students trying to get into a Masters program. Many colleges require an academic accounting background for entrance.
The college offers a wide variety of courses. Our Accounting program mirrors four year Accounting major programs. We offer introductory and advanced accounting courses. The course selection goes from Bookkeeping to Fraud and Accounting IV courses.
Accounting positions are in every aspect of the economy. They go from Private Industry to City, State, and Federal government. Salary ranges start at $25 an hour for Bookkeepers to $150 for consultants. A Quincy College graduate with an Accounting major can expect to get a salary of $25 to $35 dollars an hour.
Accounting Courses
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Code
Course
Credits
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- ACC 101
Accounting I
- 3
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- ACC 102
Accounting II
- 3
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- ACC 103
Introduction to Forensic Accounting
- 3
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- ACC 120
Introduction to Bookkeeping
- 3
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- ACC 201
Accounting III
- 3
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- ACC 202
Accounting IV
- 3
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- ACC 205
Managerial Accounting
- 3
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- ACC 207
Municipal Accounting and Finance
- 3
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- ACC 209
Federal Taxation
- 3
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- ACC 297
Accounting Internship
- 3
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- ACC 301
Auditing
- 3
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- BUS 220
Business Ethics
- 3
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- CSA 220
Computerized Accounting/Quick Books
- 3
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- LAW 201
Business Law I
- 3
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- ECO 201
Microeconomics
- 3
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- ECO 202
Macroeconomics
- 3
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- ENG 224
Writing for Professionals
- 3
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- FIN 215
Investments
- 3
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- FIN 202
Health Care Finance
- 3
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- FIN 320
Principles of Finance
- 3
Prerequisites: ACC102, MAT103 (or above)
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- MAT 107
Statistics
- 3
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- MGT 235
Financing a Small Business
- 3
Program Overview
The Accounting Program is a major that is designed to prepare students for entry-level accounting positions, or to provide further advancement for those already employed in the Accounting profession. The program design includes the general education curriculum, a general business core, skills courses, and courses specific to the Accounting profession.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Communicate effectively about accounting information.
- Perform basic mathematical calculations in accounting, finance, and general business.
- Discuss the role of accounting managers.
- Apply the fundamental principles and methods of financial accounting in analyzing business transactions.
- Identify the impact of business transactions upon financial statements.
- Use accounting information to support business decision making.
- Apply principles of cost accounting to analyze a firm’s costs.
- Discuss Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Identify the impact micro and macroeconomic variables have upon businesses and their financial statements.
- Perform computerized financial analysis.
- Discuss the ethical issues faced by accounting majors.
Program Overview
The Accounting Certificate is intended for those students who already have a certificate, associate’s degree, or bachelor’s degree in another discipline, as well as students without a degree who are already working in the accounting profession. It is also intended for those students with an accounting education from another country who wish to become proficient in the United States’ accounting standards and practices.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Communicate effectively about accounting information.
- Perform basic mathematical calculations in accounting, finance, and general business.
- Discuss the role of accounting managers.
- Apply the fundamental principles and methods of financial accounting in analyzing business transactions.
- Identify the impact of business transactions upon financial statements.
- Use accounting information to support business decision making.
- Apply principles of cost accounting to analyze a firm’s costs.
- Discuss Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).