Associate Degree in Accounting at Delaware County Community College |
Delaware County Community College
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Delaware County Community College is a Public, 2-year Associate's--Public Suburban-serving Single Campus with 10,816 students in Media, PA.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate, Associate degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Mission:
The mission of Delaware County Community College is to offer educational programs and services that are accessible, comprehensive, community centered and flexible in order to enhance the development
of the community and residents of its service area. |
Delaware County Community College
Associate degree
Accounting
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The career program in Accounting prepares students for various entry-level positions in the field of accounting. It is strongly recommended that students who plan to pursue further studies at a four-year institution immediately after graduation to major in Accounting take the Business Administration with the Accounting Concentration program.
Upon successful completion of this program, the student should be able to:
Perform all steps in the accounting cycle for business entities.
Compute and record those amounts arising from representative transactions unique to partnerships or corporations.
Analyze financial statements, recognize potential problem areas, and suggest appropriate actions to alleviate or eliminate problems.
Prepare a federal income tax return and other tax forms for representative individuals including the person who is operating the business as a single proprietorship.
Record representative cost accounting transactions and subsequently reflect the effect of these transactions in appropriate financial statements.
Recognize special needs of business and design the records required to meet such needs.
Prepare financial forecasts based on information from both internal and external sources.
Prepare cash budgets.
Prepare production budgets and subsequent variance reports.
Demonstrate a knowledge of capital budgeting.
Discuss the importance of ethical behavior in business operations.
Demonstrate efficient utilization of appropriate accounting software.
Apply basic economic principles in the business decision-making process.
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