ACCOUNTING SPECIALIZATION
Certificate of Specialization
Program Details
The Accounting Certificate of Specialization prepares students for immediate employment in entry level accounting positions. The Accounting Certificate contains transferable required coursework in financial and managerial accounting that can be applied to future Accounting and Business degrees. The program encompasses classroom instruction in financial, managerial and computerized accounting and extensive hands-on applications with both manual and computerized accounting systems.
ACCOUNTING SPECIALIZATION Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2021-2022. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 52,780
- High salary: 141,420
- Average salary: 81680
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary:
- High salary:
- Average salary:
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 34,600
- High salary: 72,660
- Average salary: 49210
All Careers in ACCOUNTING SPECIALIZATION (13)
| Financial Risk Specialists | - n/a | Rising | 106,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Rising | 97,270 |
| Financial Examiners | Bachelor's degree | Rising | 90,400 |
| Budget Analysts | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Stable | 87,930 |
| Accountants and Auditors | - n/a | Rising | 81,680 |
| Credit Analysts | Bachelor's degree | Declining | 80,970 |
| Brokerage Clerks | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Declining | 62,940 |
| Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Declining | 59,740 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | Bachelor's degree, Some college | Declining | 55,290 |
| Statistical Assistants | Bachelor's degree, Some college | Declining | 51,440 |
| Tax Preparers | High school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree | Stable | 50,560 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school | Rising | 49,210 |
| Appraisers of Personal and Business Property | - n/a | Stable |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Demonstrate awareness and use of technology appropriate to a business environment.
- Demonstrate awareness of accounting terminology and effective business practices to set up and operate an accounting information system, including the use of spreadsheet and accounting software to prepare and analyze financial data representing as business.
- Demonstrate employable skills (initiative, interpersonal communication, professionalism, integrity) and display social business etiquette skills appropriate to a business environment.
- Describe and explain the ethical and regulatory context in which accounting is conducted in the United States.
- Employ quantitative skills and critical thinking to prepare, analyze and interpret financial data that represents a business operation.