Associate Degree in Accounting – An Attractive Program for Accounting Students

Jan. 23, 2009 - PRLog -- Associate Degree in Accounting is an undergraduate program that gives students an opportunity to begin their career in global financial market. It prepares students to practice the profession of accounting and perform allied business functions.

The program facilitates students to learn all the accounting skills in practitioner’s stance and emphasize more on applying accounting and financial management theories and skills to real life applications. On the other hand, associate degree in accounting offers students a high level proficiency in accountancy.

Associate Degree in Accounting covers various subject areas of accounting that includes, accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budgetary control, tax accounting, legal aspects of accounting, auditing, reporting procedures, statement analysis, planning and consulting, business information systems, accounting research methods, and professional standards and ethics of every organization.

Forecasting Industry - As per the analysis of ‘Occupational Outlook Handbook’ published by www.bls.gov, the employment opportunities of accountants are expected to grow faster than average for all occupations through the year 2014.

Academic Requirements
To pursue an associate degree program in accounting, students have to fulfill the essential academic requirements. However, the requirements vary from a university to another there are some common provisions which are as follows:
•   Introduction to intermediate accounting
•   Cost accounting/analysis
•   Principles of taxation

Skills Development
After completion of the Associate accounting program, students will gain various accounting expertise and have the knowledge of real-world business applications. The program improves analytical skills and can help in developing sophisticated business savvy.

Professions under Associate Accounting
With an associate in accounting degree students will be efficient for various job roles in the entry-level accounting jobs. The following are some of them:
•   Accounts Receivable Clerk
•   Accounting Assistant
•   Billing Clerk
•   Bookkeeper
•   Management Trainee
•   Payroll Clerk
After graduating the associate degree in accounting, students will be able to communicate effectively, as directed for formal, informal and quantitative tasks and will be proverbial with the values and terminology of the field. Students will be able to access the information resources, assess them for integrity and its significance, and utilize the sources to present various alternatives. The program trains students for transition into the Bachelor of accountancy program.

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