This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers, such as an Information Technology Assistant, Accounting Clerk, Accounting Associate, and Accounting Assistant in the Business, Management, and Administration career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupationally-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Business, Management, and Administration career cluster.

The content includes, but is not limited to, double-entry accounting principles; methods of recording business transactions; preparation and analysis of various documents and financial statements; payroll records and tax forms; accounting control systems; account and transaction analysis; inventory methods; the aging process; depreciation; and the application of accounting principles to various entities. The program includes instruction in the following software applications: Microsoft (Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint); Adobe Acrobat Professional; QuickBooks Online; and Google (Gmail, Forms, Calendar & Sites).

Upon completion of the Accounting Operations program, students are required to pass at least one of the following certifications: Bookkeeping Fundamentals, QuickBooks, or MS Office (Bundle of 3 - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, or Access).

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