Accounting Technology

Accounting professionals are in high demand. Nearly all public, private and nonprofit organizations need accounting support, and there are accounting career opportunities across all industries and sectors. An accountant is a person who keeps or inspects financial records. They're numbers people who excel at organization and detail-oriented work.

The Accounting Technology program is a fully online two-year associate degree program that prepares students for a career as a paraprofessional in the field of accounting. The program emphasizes financial accounting, computerized accounting information systems, managerial accounting, payroll accounting, generally accepted accounting principles, preparation of financial statements, preparation of individual income taxes and nonprofit accounting.

You can look forward to employment as an accounting paraprofessional. Other opportunities include the following:

• bookkeeper
• accounts receivable/payable clerk or manager
• billing/purchasing clerk or manager
• credit/collection clerk, analyst or manager
• inventory clerk or manager
• payroll clerk or manager
• tax preparer
• general accounting clerk

If you wish to become a professional accountant, CPA, audit or or enter a similar career, you should instead pursue pre-business administration and transition to a bachelor's degree program majoring in accounting.

• Complete Common Application
• Pay $100 non-refundable fee
• Submit official School transcripts
• Submit official test scores
• Submit letter of recommendation (optional)