CIP 52.0302
“This program offers the curriculum framework as prescribed by the Program of Study for this CIP code.” The accounting program is designed to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Students learn to use generally accepted accounting principles in manual and computerized formats to complete the steps of the accounting cycle for various forms of business ownership; verify and enter details of transactions from source documents into journals; post transactions to accounts; summarize details of separate ledgers by transferring data to general ledgers; balance records and compile various financial statements and reports; prepare withholding, social security, and other tax reports; compute, type, and mail monthly statements to customers; complete records through the prior balance; and operate calculators, computers, and spreadsheet and accounting application software. Students also receive instruction in business ethics, business law, economics, office procedures and public relations. Students are provided experiences and instruction needed to satisfy initial employment requirements for accounting, computing and data capturing occupations. Those completing the program may be employed as accounting clerks, credit clerks, payroll clerks, statistical clerks, general bookkeepers, bank clerks/tellers, auditing clerks, billing machine operators and inventory clerks.”
This is a 2-year, 6-credit program that students begin in 11th grade. Students in this program must successfully complete the following course sequence: BE100(L) in 11th grade and BE200(L) & BE300(L) in 12th grade. Students have the opportunity to earn QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel Certifications.