Business Department | C.C. Certificate of Completion | 1 year

You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:

• Analyze financial transactions
• Prepare financial statements
• Conduct basic bookkeeping and accounting

Careers

Career opportunities include:

• accounts payable or receivable clerk
• payroll clerk
• bookkeeper for small and medium-sized service businesses

For information contact Dr. Joan San-Claire, 503-594-3013 or joan.san-claire@clackamas.edu

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PROGRAM CODE: CC.ACNTGCLERK

Curriculum includes basic bookkeeping and accounting, including manual and computerized data entry, transaction analysis, preparation of financial statements and other related tasks.

RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES

Computation (1 course- MTH-050 Technical Mathematics I or higher)

• Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems

Communication (1 course- WR-121Z Composition I)

• Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences

Human Relations (1 course- BA-285 Human Relations in Business)

• Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• organize, analyze, record, and report financial events by applying the principles, standards, and practices of general, financial, and payroll accounting;  
• capably use basic business and accounting computerized tools and systems; 
• comprehend overall business environments and influences on financial situations, such as economic events.