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Certificate in Account Clerk

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Total Units: 14 - 16

Term 1

14 - 16 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	Required Core Choice (Select One)	2 - 3
ACCT-20: Intro to Accounting (3.00 units) ACCT-128: Bookkeeping (2.00 units)
	BCIS-46: Business Math Calculations	2
Unit(s): 2.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level II Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 17.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 51.00 In this course, students use the features of an electronic calculator to solve business math problems including retail calculations, payroll, and installment buying. Students will develop Ten-Key speed and accuracy using the touch method.
	BCIS-13: Business Communication	3
Unit(s): 3.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level IV Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 51.00 hours Lecture Total Course Hours: 51.00 This course applies the principles of creating ethical and effective business communication to letters, memos, emails, and written and oral reports. The course emphasizes planning, organizing, composing, and revising business documents utilizing appropriate software to prepare and deliver written documents and professional-level oral reports.
	BCIS-81: Excel for Business	1
Unit(s): 1.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level I Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 12.75 hours Lecture / 12.75 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 25.50 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.
	BCIS-33: Skills-Working Professional	1
Unit(s): 1.00 Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 17.00 hours Lecture Total Course Hours: 17.00 This course introduces students to identifying essential external and internal communication skills, managing conflict, developing a positive attitude, and creating the professional image for the workplace.
	Required Elective (Select One)	3 - 4	ECON-4: Math level IV prerequisite. ACCT-105:recommended prep of ACCT-20.
ACCT-105: Income Tax Preparation (4.00 units) BCIS-18: Intro to Business Technology (3.00 units) BUS-18: Database Design (4.00 units) BUS-62: Money & Happiness (3.00 units) ECON-4: Princ of Microeconomics (3.00 units)
	ACCT-100: QuickBooks Pro-Comp Acc	2	Department recommends taking this in term 2, as it has a prerequisite of Acct 20 or 2 or 128.
Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2 or ACCT 20 Unit(s): 2.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level II Transfer Status: NT Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 17.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 51.00 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. Typical documents produced consist of purchase orders, checks, invoices, deposit slips, job cost reports, financial statements, bank reconciliations, payroll tax returns and 1099 forms.