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Sep 13, 2024
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Yakima Valley College Catalog 2024-2025
Accounting, AAS
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The Accounting degree option prepares students for entry-level accounting positions as bookkeepers, accounting assistants, and accounting clerks.
The program offers instruction in accounting principles combined with a general college education. Instruction in computers, office machines, communications, and other related subjects is provided as part of the program.
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Required Courses
- ACCT& 201: Principles of Accounting I 5 Cr
- ACCT& 202: Principles of Accounting II 5 Cr
- ACCT& 203: Principles of Accounting III 5 Cr
- BA 115: Business Math 5 Cr ♦
- BA 137: Payroll/Tax Accounting 5 Cr
- BA 138: Written Business Communication 5 Cr •
- BA 154: Computerized Accounting 5 Cr
- BA 161: Human Resources Management 5 Cr
- BA 180: Consumer Financial Planning 5 Cr
- BA 225: Career Management 5 Cr ■
- BA 260: Principles of Income Tax 5 Cr
- BA 270: Business Ethics 3 Cr
- BUS& 101: Introduction to Business 5 Cr
- BUS& 201: Business Law 5 Cr
- BT 140: Electronic Business Math Applications 5 Cr
- ECON 101: Introduction to Economics 5 Cr
- IT 221: Applied Spreadsheets 5 Cr
- Approved Electives 7 Cr
Eligible Electives: All BA, IT, BT 101 , BT 140 , CMST 202 , CMST 280 , CMST& 101 , CMST& 102 , CMST& 210 , CMST& 220 , ECON& 201 , ECON& 202 , and ENGR 100 .
Core Competency Codes
♦ Computation
• Communication
■ Human Relations
Accounting, AAS Program Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate effective communications applying interpersonal and cultural awareness to business settings
- Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze and problem solve quantitative, legal, ethical, and other general business situations
- Perform accurate recordkeeping in a technology-based accounting system, including preparing individual income tax returns, compute payroll taxes, and prepare required reports
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