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Accounting Clerk CC
Business Department | C.C. Certificate of Completion | One year
Become an Accounting Clerk at Clackamas Community College and in one year, you can earn your certificate to begin work in tax preparation, financial reporting and more.
From investigating accounting discrepancies to generating financial reports and statements, accounting clerks perform a number of roles in all different types of businesses including large multi-national corporations and small local companies. Graduates of the Accounting Clerk program at Clackamas Community College can go on to specialize in tax preparation or general accounting assistant work. This program can be completed entirely online, and there are also in-person classes for those interested.
Accounting Clerk CC
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Analyze financial transactions
- Prepare financial statements
- Conduct basic bookkeeping and accounting
Careers
Career opportunities include accounts payable clerk, accounts receivable clerk and data entry clerk for small and medium-sized service businesses.
For information contact Dr. Joan San-Claire, 503-594-3013 or joan.san-claire@clackamas.edu
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PROGRAM CODE: CC.ACNTGCLERK
Curriculum includes basic bookkeeping and accounting, including manual and computerized data entry, transaction analysis, preparation of financial statements and other related tasks.
RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES
Computation (1 course- BA-104 Business Math)
- Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems
Communication (1 course- WR-121 English Composition)
- Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences
Human Relations (1 course- BA-285 Human Relations in Business)
- Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- meet the financial needs and objectives of external stakeholders and/or clients, including preparing and interpreting basic financial reports and statements, and communicating verbally and in writing performance results and recommendations;
- capably use basic business and accounting computerized tools and systems;
- organize, analyze, and record financial events by applying the principles, standards, and practices of accounting in the areas of financial accounting and payroll;
- comprehend overall business environments and aspects that inform financial situations, including economic events.
Accounting Clerk Core Requirements
*Complete BA-156 or EC-201
- BA-156
- Business Forecasting
- 3
- EC-201
- Principles of Economics: MICRO
- 4
Complete the following Core Requirements
- BA-101
- Introduction to Business
- 4
- BA-111
- General Accounting I
- 3
- BA-112
- General Accounting II
- 4
- BA-131
- Introduction to Business Computing
- 4
- BA-177
- Payroll Accounting
- 3
- BA-211
- Financial Accounting
- 4
- BA-228
- Computerized Accounting
- 3
- CS-135S
- Microsoft Excel
- 3
Computation Related Instruction
Complete BA-104
- BA-104
- Business Math
- 3
Communication Related Instruction
Complete WR-121
- WR-121
- English Composition
- 4
Human Relations Related Instruction
Complete BA-285
- BA-285
- Human Relations in Business
- 4
Program Electives
Complete 2-3 credits of Accounting Clerk Program Electives. This may consist of any Business Administration (BA) or Business Technology (BT) course not included in the Accounting Clerk program, or EC-201 or EC-202.
Notes
*Students who take BA-156 must complete 3 elective credits. Students who take EC-201 must complete 2 elective credits.
Courses in this program can be applied to satisfy elective requirements in the Business AAS degree.
