Accounting

Associate Degree Program

This is a highly-respected profession that can earn you well-deserved prestige and public confidence. People rely on accountants to examine, analyze, and interpret accounting data for the purpose of giving advice and preparing financial statements.  Our business program is a blend of academic and technical courses in specialized areas such as financial, cost, or tax.

This program is offered at Dover, Georgetown, and Wilmington campuses.

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

• Accounts payable technician
• Accounts receivable technician
• Budget analyst
• Payroll technician
• Staff accountant
• Tax preparer

What You Will Earn

Competitive starting salaries range from $22,000 - $40,000

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Prepare and analyze financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
2. Analyze data to process information for decision-making under a product and job costing system.
3. Apply tax laws to the preparation of tax returns and to tax plans.
4. Integrate professional, ethical, and legal standards into business practice.
5. Employ the various theories of management and marketing in a business.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree?

This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!