Program

Associate of Applied Business in Accounting and Financial Services

Hocking College’s Accounting and Financial Services program offers a wide variety of training to meet the needs of the accounting field. In this two-year associate degree program, you will learn non-profit accounting, cost accounting, payroll accounting, federal taxation, and auditing. Coursework in this Accounting degree program includes training in the use of commercial software packages including Peachtree, MS Office, Drake and Quickbooks software.

Hocking College provides training in all of the essential accounting courses to prepare students for work in this field. Working in accounting and financial services is as important today as it has ever been, and this accounting degree program from Hocking College offers the necessary coursework and training to meet those important needs.

Program Outcomes

The following outcomes are skills, behaviors, and attitudes cultivated in students seeking the Associate of Applied Business in Accounting and Financial Services:

• Use appropriate entry-level accounting skills;
• Interact effectively with peers and superiors in the work place;
• Effectively use a microcomputer to develop and maintain cost, non-profit, and general ledger accounting systems;
• Manually prepare federal and state tax returns for payroll and income;
• Prepare federal tax returns on a microcomputer;
• Use commercial spreadsheet software efficiently;
• Use word processing software proficiently;
• Perform data entry accounting tasks and understand the results;
• Effectively prepare to transfer to four year colleges, if wishing to continue formal education;
• Effectively read and interpret financial statements; and,
• Effectively use routine accounting equipment, including 10-key adding machine.

Curriculum

Career Opportunities

A recent government survey shows accounting to be among the top 10 best job choices based on income and placement potential. As a graduate of the Accounting and Financial Services program, you may be employed in a certified public accounting firm, bank, small business, manufacturing firm, or a non-profit organization such as a college, hospital, or government agency.

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