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Total Units: 15

Term 1

9 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ACCT 20: Introduction to Accounting	3.00
Unit(s): 3.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 102.00 Total Course Hours: 153.00 This course is an introductory accounting course designed for students with little or no prior training in accounting. Topics span the accounting cycle including analysis of business transactions, journalizing, posting, and preparation of financial statements using a hands-on approach. The course prepares students for entry level accounting careers, further study of accounting principles, or to help small business owners manage their own accounting records.
	BCIS 46: Business Math Calculations	2.00
Unit(s): 2.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 25.50 hours Lecture / 25.50 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 51.00 Total Course Hours: 102.00 In this course, students use the features of a business ten-key calculator to solve business math problems including banking, payroll, invoicing, markups/markdowns, interest, present and future value, credit cards, student loans, types of insurance, installment buying, and mortgages. Students will develop ten-key speed and accuracy using the touch method.
	BCIS 81: Microsoft Excel for Business	1.00
Unit(s): 1.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 8.50 hours Lecture / 25.50 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 17.00 Total Course Hours: 51.00 This course is designed for those who want to learn Microsoft Excel for Windows from the perspective of owning or running a business. Course content includes designing and analyzing worksheets and using formulas and functions with an emphasis on accounting principles.
	Select one:	3.00
BCIS-13: Business Communication (3.00 units) BCIS-18: Intro to Business Technology (3.00 units) BUS-62: Money & Happiness (3.00 units) ECON-4: Princ of Microeconomics (3.00 units)

Term 2

6 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	ACCT 100: QuickBooks Pro-Computerized Accounting	2.00	Prerequisite: ACCT 2 or ACCT 20
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2 or ACCT 20 Unit(s): 2.00 Transfer Status: NT Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 17.00 hours Lab Out of Class Hours: 68.00 Total Course Hours: 119.00 This course provides a transition from a manual accounting system to a typical computerized system. The objective is to collect, summarize and communicate information to decision makers and users via QuickBooks Pro accounting software. Microsoft Excel will be utilized for data summation. Typical documents produced consist of purchase orders, checks, invoices, deposit slips, job cost reports, financial statements, bank reconciliations, payroll tax returns and 1099 forms.
	ACCT 105: Income Tax Preparation	4.00
Unit(s): 4.00 Transfer Status: NT Contact Hours: 68.00 hours Lecture Out of Class Hours: 136.00 Total Course Hours: 204.00 This course is a study of the Federal and California income tax laws that apply to taxpayers, the application of the laws by computation of various practical problems and the completion of forms required by the Internal Revenue Service and the California State Franchise Tax Board. The requirements for becoming a licensed tax preparer and the rules and regulations governing licensed tax preparers are reviewed. This course is primarily designed for the vocational student. It will orient the student toward working with tax problems in an accounting office, a financial institution, an enrolled agent's office, the Internal Revenue Service, the California State Franchise Tax Board, a state licensed tax preparers' office or in their own office.