Accounting
1-Year Certificate

Here's how it works: Your program consists of courses designed to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you'll employ in your new career as an Accountant. Your first course will be sent to you as soon as your enrollment has been accepted. Other courses will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.

You will need access to a computer to complete this program. Penn Foster Career School recommends the following as minimum specifications: Pentium® II or better processor, using Microsoft® Windows® XP or later.You will also need to have access to the Internet and Microsoft® Office 2003 to complete portions of this program.

This program includes instructor support, all required textbooks, and each of the following online courses:

BUS100 Introduction to Business
Business in a global environment; starting and growing a business; human resources; marketing; information and technology; finances.

ACC111 Financial Accounting
Analyzing transactions; completing the accounting cycle; merchandising businesses; inventories, assets, and liabilities; and corporations, stocks, bonds, and cash flow.

MAT106 Math for Business and Finance
Percentages; discounts; interest; present worth; sinking funds; installment buying; pricing; depreciation; investments; insurance; use of symbols and their applications, equations and formulas; importance of statistics.

CSC110 Computer Applications
The course gives the student an understanding of the fundamentals of PC applications software. Students gain proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software applications.

ACC112 Managerial Accounting
Introduction to managerial accounting; analyses: C-V-P and management; budgeting and performance evaluation; decentralized operations; differential analysis and product pricing; and capital investment analysis, and cost activities.

ENG121 Business and Technical Writing
Writing styles; ABC method of organizing material; grammar (parts of speech, active and passive voice, complete sentences vs. sentence fragments; parallel construction); using action verbs; constructing paragraphs; writing memos, business letters, and e-mails; organizing material; conducting research; documenting sources; outlining; providing illustrations; writing reports, proposals, descriptions, instructions, articles, and manuals.

FIN101 Financial Management
Financial assets; investing in long-term assets; capital structure and dividend policy; financial planning and working capital management.

BUS213 Business Law I
American court practice and procedure; torts; employment law; international law; environmental law; contract law.

ACC201 Intermediate Accounting I
Computing earnings per share; lease transactions; income tax accounting; cash flow information; pension and benefit information; financial statement analysis.

ACC202 Intermediate Accounting II
Inventories; investments; intangible assets; current, contingent, and estimated liabilities; premium and discount on long-term debt; stockholder’s equity.

ACC210 Cost Accounting
Timekeeping and payroll procedures; setting overhead rates; accounting for spoiled and defective goods; development of cost analyses; process cost accounting; job-order cost accounting.

ACC211 Computer Applications for Accounting
Computer Applications in Accounting builds on concepts learned in Financial and Managerial Accounting. This course covers typical accounting software tools including Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks and Peachtree Accounting, the student combines real world accounting systems and examples with computer based solutions. The course is a blend of problem solving, reading, internet case studies and computer applications to problems encountered in today’s accounting environment.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.

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