2024-2025 Course Catalog

Accounting Associate in Applied Science (0040)

Graduation Requirements

  1. Total Credit Hours: 61 credit hours in courses numbered 100 and above
  2. Cumulative Grade Point Average: 2.00 (‘C’) or better for all work applicable toward the degree that was completed at Richland
  3. Residency: 15 credit hours or more at Richland Community College

Additional Program Considerations

Students attending full-time who begin in spring may not finish in a two-year time frame. All AAS degrees include a required minimum of 15 general education credits.

 

Articulated AAS Degree Programs

Articulated programs are designed for Richland students who intend to transfer to another institution to complete a four-year degree after earning an associate in applied science degree at Richland.

Success Coaches and other staff in the Student Success Center provide extensive transfer information on Richland’s associate in applied science degree transfer curriculum (2+2) articulated agreements with various baccalaureate institutions.

Franklin University (Columbus, OH)
Greenville University (Greenville, IL) - Accounting

Greenville University (Greenville, IL) - Organizational Leadership

Millikin University

University of Illinois, Springfield

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses

ACCT 101Financial Accounting

4.0

ACCT 102Managerial Accounting Fundamentals

4.0

ACCT 201Intermediate Accounting 1

4.0

ACCT 202Intermediate Accounting 2

4.0

ACCT 210Tax Accounting

3.0

ACCT 290Work Exp Practicum & Seminar

3.0

Or

ACCT 295Special Advanced Projects

3.0

BUS 100Business Fundamentals

3.0

BUS 110Business Mathematics

3.0

Or

MATH 113Intro to Applied Statistics

4.0

BUS 231Business Law Principles

3.0

BUS 232Business Law & Ethics

3.0

CIS 110Computer Business Applications

3.0

COMM 120Business & Professional Speaking

3.0

Or

COMM 101Public Speaking

3.0

ECON 231Macroeconomics

3.0

ECON 232Microeconomics

3.0

ENGL 110Professional & Technical Writing

3.0

Or

ENGL 101Composition 1

3.0

IT 120Spreadsheet Applications

3.0

P REL 100Human Relations

3.0

General Education Elective

6.0

Suggested Course Sequence

Fall Semester

ACCT 101Financial Accounting

4.0

BUS 100Business Fundamentals

3.0

BUS 110Business Mathematics

3.0

Or

MATH 113Intro to Applied Statistics

4.0

CIS 110Computer Business Applications

3.0

ENGL 110Professional & Technical Writing

3.0

Or

ENGL 101Composition 1

3.0

Spring Semester

ACCT 102Managerial Accounting Fundamentals

4.0

IT 120Spreadsheet Applications

3.0

ECON 231Macroeconomics

3.0

General Education Elective

3.0

Fall Semester

ACCT 201Intermediate Accounting 1

4.0

ACCT 210Tax Accounting

3.0

BUS 231Business Law Principles

3.0

ECON 232Microeconomics

3.0

General Education Elective

3.0

Spring Semester

ACCT 202Intermediate Accounting 2

4.0

ACCT 290Work Exp Practicum & Seminar

3.0

Or

ACCT 295Special Advanced Projects

3.0

BUS 232Business Law & Ethics

3.0

COMM 120Business & Professional Speaking

3.0

Or

COMM 101Public Speaking

3.0

P REL 100Human Relations

3.0

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