Cert in Accounting and Related Services

The Accounting Applications college credit certificate readies students for entry-level work in bookkeeping and accounting support. It totals twenty-seven credit hours and can be finished in about thirty-two weeks. Courses cover English, microcomputer applications and financial accounting. Graduates typically find positions as bookkeepers or accounting technicians, and some continue into the Accounting Technology AS degree, since the certificate credits count toward that two-year program. Anyone with a high school diploma may apply, and credits earned at a regionally accredited college or university may shorten the path. Students work with an accounting faculty advisor and a pathway navigator, and a degree checklist helps them follow their progress. Because the certificate builds toward a degree, it suits people who want to start working soon yet keep the option of further study open, without repeating coursework already completed.