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Accounting
Accounting is the art of communicating financial information about a company, not-for-profit organization, or government agency. The first course, Financial Accounting, discusses how economic information about corporations is communicated to outsiders such as investors and creditors. The second course, Managerial Accounting, discusses how economic information is communicated to insiders such as supervisors and other employees. Other courses in the department focus on how accounting and tax information is prepared.

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Certificate Associate in Science
Associate in Science Degree
Accounting
CoursesUnits
ACCT 116A, Financial Accounting4
ACCT 116B, Managerial Accounting4
ACCT 150, Computer Accounting Applications3
ACCT 201A, Intermediate Accounting I3
ACCT 201B, Intermediate Accounting II3
BUSE 100, Introduction to Business
(recommended as a first semester course)
3
BUSE 119, Business Communications3
BUSE 140, Business Law and the Legal Environment3
CISC 181, Principles of Information Systems4
ECON 120, Principles of Economics I3
ECON 121, Principles of Economics II3
Select one course from:
ACCT 120, Federal Income Tax
ACCT 125, Government & Not-for-Profit Accounting
ACCT 135, Principles of Auditing
3
Total Units = 39

San Diego Mesa College *Note: An associate degree is awarded by the San Diego Community College District colleges in recognition of completion of a minimum of 60 units of specified requirements. See the college catalog for details.

Recommended Electives: Accounting 120, 121, 125, 135, 270 (if not taken above); Business 150, 155, 201; Computer and Information Sciences 181; Computer Business Technology 140, 140A; Psychology 101; Speech Communications 135.