Business: Accounting

This degree program prepares students for entry level accounting careers such as junior accountant, payroll accountant, receivables/payables clerk, or bookkeeper. It combines application courses in accounting, computer science, law, and management with liberal arts courses to develop communication and computation skills. With this background, the students will be readily employable and have the skills necessary for further development. Students interested in professional careers in public accounting (CPA) or management accounting (CMA) that require a bachelor's degree are encouraged to refer to the Associate in Science in business administration degree information.

Curriculum code: 0630
Hegis code: 5002
Minimum credit hours required: 60 credit hours

General Requirements (20 credit hours)

Humanities
6
ENG 1530: English Composition II
3
English Electives (college level)
3
Social Sciences Electives 
6
Mathematics/Sciences
6
Liberal Arts and Sciences Electives
2


Core Requirements (33 credit hours)

BUS 1410: Accounting Fundamentals
3
BUS 1510: Principles of Financial Accounting
4
BUS 1520: Principles of Managerial Accounting
4
BUS 1610: Personal Finance or BUS 2510: Business Finance
3
BUS 2270: Introduction to Taxation
3
BUS 2530 or BUS 2540: Business Law I or II
3
BUS 2550: Marketing or BUS 2570: Principles of Management or BUS 2630: Human Resource Management
 3
BUS 2580: Management and Organizational Behavior
3
BUS 2590: Advanced Managerial Accounting
3
  
CSC 1560: Microcomputer Applications I 4  

Electives (7 credit hours)


Important Points
  • To maximize student success, it is strongly recommended that ENG 1530 and ENG 1540 be taken before registering for 2000-level business courses.
Program contact:
James Chimenti
Director of Business; liaison to the assistant dean
jimhimenti@mail.sunjcc.edu
716.338.1225
1.800.388.8557

Admissions contact:
admissions@mail.sunyjcc.edu
800.388.8557
716.338.1001 (Jamestown)
716.376.7501 (Olean)