Accounting Operations (B200100)

 

 

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 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
• Outlook
• Quickbooks Online
• Adobe Acrobat.

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).

Program content includes the following courses:

OCPS	Title	Course	Hours
A	Information Technology Assistant	OTA0040	150
B	Accounting Clerk	ACO0040	300
C	Accounting Assistant	ACO0041	300
D	Accounting Associate	ACO0043	300
		Program Length:	1050 Hours

Enrollment

George Stone Technical College has an open-enrollment policy. Provided there is seat availability in the desired class, the student may begin classes on the first Monday of each quarter.

Fall Enrollment Dates	Spring Enrollment Dates
August 10, 2023	January 8, 2024
October 2, 2023	March 4, 2024

 

Program Times

 

Status	Times	Frequency
Full Time - Day	8:00AM - 1:30PM	MTWRF
Part Time - Day	8:00AM - 10:30AM	MTWRF
Part Time - Day	10:30AM - 1:30PM (includes a 30 - minute lunch)	MTWRF
Full Time - Evening	NOT AVAILABLE
Part Time - Evening

Program Costs

Estimated for Florida Residents Tuition: $2,700

Books/Supplies: $750

Total: $3450

Industry Salaries

Salary Rate: $40,000 - $62,000

Pensacola Average: $50,000

State Average: $45,000

National Average: $48,000

Instructor Contact Information

Instructor: Annie Gilmore Email: agilmore@ecsdfl.us

Phone: 850 786 6562

Location: Building 3, Room 319

Office hours: Monday through Thursday 7:30AM - 3:15PM and Friday 7:30AM - 2:00PM