Cert in Accounting and Related Services

This certificate covers computerized bookkeeping, intermediate accounting, taxes and cost accounting, as well as financial and managerial accounting. It is meant to give students skills for a range of accounting jobs. The page lists many target jobs, among them bookkeeper, tax staff, cost accountant, ledger specialist, receivables and payables specialist, payroll specialist, and junior or senior accountant. Required courses include auditing, income tax or business taxation, cost accounting, two intermediate accounting courses and an introduction to business. Learning outcomes ask students to carry out the activities of the accounting function, apply technical knowledge and technology, behave ethically, and prepare for moving credits to a university. The catalog encourages students to meet with a college counselor to plan the order of courses, check prerequisites and confirm that the pathway fits their career or transfer goals.