AA/AS in Accounting and Related Services

Accounting at Joliet Junior College offers several routes depending on a student's goal: move on to a university for a bachelor's degree, a two-year applied science degree for quick entry to work, a certificate to build knowledge, or courses toward the CPA or CMA exam. Bachelor's-bound students are advised to take the Associate of Arts through the Business Transfer Program. The program prepares students for introductory accounting careers, with financial and managerial accounting through intermediate levels, tax accounting, and supporting business and general education. Graduates may work in forensic, management, public, financial or government accounting, or in auditing. Anyone weighing this option is encouraged to speak with an advisor at the college, who can describe how the courses are sequenced and how the credential connects to later study or employment.