Accounting

Business Academy

The Business Academy provides the highest quality business expertise to the people and industries of New York State and the broader United States.

This program is designed to provide the student with strong academic preparation in accounting, general business, and liberal arts and sciences. Accounting graduates are prepared to take an entry-level job in the accounting field or to continue their education in a baccalaureate program.

Accounting involves the recording, classifying, and summarizing of financial data; it includes the preparation of financial statements, returns, budgets, and cost reports. The accountant becomes involved with functions in various capacities: as a preparer of financial data (private accounting), as an auditor of financial data (public accounting), or as a member of various government agencies (governmental accounting). The accountant is also called upon to provide managerial recommendations in addition to providing financial data.

The field of accounting provides a broad range of employment opportunities, depending on the level of education a student pursues. Holders of the A.A.S. degree in Accounting are prepared to take such positions as junior accountant, accounting clerk, or office manager in private industry or government and also tax examiner. A student pursuing the baccalaureate can accept such positions as accountant, auditor, and controller, in addition to the titles mentioned above. With a Bachelor's degree, a student who intends to become a C.P.A. (Certified Public Accountant) can enter public accounting as well as private and governmental accounting.

Many of the courses in the Accounting program are transferable to a four-year college, depending on the particular institution's requirements. Students are urged to consult with Department of Business faculty advisers to discuss their individual goals.

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A.A.S. in Accounting

General Education Outcomes

A robust general education is founded on the knowledge, concepts, methods, and perspectives that students gain through the study of many academic disciplines. These disciplinary studies stimulate intellectual inquiry, global awareness, and cultural and artistic appreciation: they equip students to make informed judgments and remain engaged beyond the classroom. To that end, QCC promotes educational activities that allow students to demonstrate that they can:

Communicate effectively in various forms
Use analytical reasoning to identify issues or problems and evaluate evidence in order to make informed decisions
Reason quantitatively as required in various fields of interest and in everyday life
Apply information management and digital technology skills useful for academic research and lifelong learning
Apply scientific methods and reasoning to investigate issues or problems in the natural and social sciences in order to draw conclusions

To support these institutional general education outcomes, the academic departments-;through their programs-may also assess the ability of students to:

Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study
Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the program of study
Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives

Approved by the Academic Senate on April 13, 2021.

Program Outcomes

Integrate knowledge and skills in accounting
Make ethical judgements while recognizing multiple perspectives
Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
Analyze and evaluate business transactions and summarize for internal and external financial reporting
Explain and proficiently apply accounting guidelines and practices and regulatory procedures
Use foundational business principles to evaluate and solve problems for business management, statistics, business law, software applications, and finance.

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