STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate and utilize the major components of the accounting information system, recording transactions into various journals and ledgers, and prepare the primary financial statements for a sole proprietorship, partnership, or mail corporation including the Income Statement, Statement of Owner's Equity (or Stockholder's Equity), Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flows.
2. Identify and analyze control problems and make recommendations for safeguarding the assets of a business.
3. Apply economic theory to decision-making and the analysis of a variety of private and public policy concerns using basic economic concepts and analytical tools.
4. Collect, summarize, disburse, and use various forms of information to aid in the running of a business.
5. Identify and apply elements of contract, tort, agency, property law, partnerships, corporations, UCC sales and secured transactions, banking and professional liability law.
6. Use word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, graphics and the internet browser software to solve complex accounting and business issues and report and display these solutions in a manner consistent with good business practice.
7. Communicate effectively and function on multidisciplinary teams and act with professionalism, integrity, and ethical behavior.
8. Identify, formulate, and solve organizational problems using appropriate accounting and business methodology.

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE - Accounting

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
See Admission to Certificate and Associate Degree Programs Requirements on page 38.

GENERAL UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
1. Complete the General University Requirements for Associate Degrees listed on page 70.  (click here)
2. Complete the Associate of Applied Science General Degree Requirements (15 credits). To provide maximum transferability to the BBA in Accounting, it is recommended that a student consider the Bachelor of Business Administration General Education Requirements and business core requirements (refer to the current UAA Catalog) when selecting courses to fulfill the Associate of Applied Science general requirements and business electives. For example CIOS A260A does not satisfy the general education requirement for a baccalaureate degree.

AAS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (15 credits):
Oral Communication Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
COMM A111 Fund. of Oral Communication (3)
COMM A235 Small Group Communication (3)
COMM A237 Interpersonal Communication (3)
COMM A241 Public Speaking (3)

Written Communication Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ENGL A111 Methods of Written Communication (3)
and one of the following:
CIOS A260A Business Communication (3)
ENGL A211 Academic Writing About Literature (3)
ENGL A212 Technical Writing (3)
ENGL A213 Writing in the Social/Ntrl Sciences (3)
ENGL A214 Persuasive Writing (3)

General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Choose Humanities*, Math, Natural Sciences, or Social Sciences courses from the General Requirement Course Classification List for AAS Degrees. Courses chosen must be at the 100-level or above.

* Any English course used to satisfy the Humanities general requirement must be different from the Written Communications Skills requirement and have a course number higher than ENGL A111.

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
1. Complete the following required courses (36 credits):
ACCT A101 Principles of Financial Acctg I (3)
ACCT A102 Principles of Financial Acctg II (3)
ACCT A202 Principles of Managerial Acctg (3)
ACCT A210 Income Tax Preparation (3)
ACCT A222 Intro to Computerized Acctg (3)
ACCT A225 Acctg for Payroll, Recv & Pay (3)
ACCT A230 Fin Stmt Prep & Presentation (3)
BA A151 Introduction to Business (3)
BA/JUST A241 Business Law I (3)
CIS A110 Computer Concepts in Business (3)
ECON A201 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
MATH A105 Intermediate Algebra (3)

2. Complete 9 credits of electives.
Students may choose any course at the 100-level or above in ACCT, BA, CIOS, CIS, ECON, or LOG but may not use more than 6 credits from one discipline.

3. A total of 60 credits is required for the degree.

2007-2008 MSC Bulletin