Business Studies: Accounting

Building M, Room M110
E-mail: bhcBusinessStudies@dcccd.edu
972-860-4160

Degree and Certificate Programs

At Brookhaven College, instruction in Accounting integrates practical, real-world applications with the thorough understanding of financial and managerial accounting principles and hands-on training in computerized accounting. The four Accounting degree and certificate programs are:

• Associate in Applied Sciences Degree in Accounting, Tech Prep Enhanced Skills Certificate
• Accounting Tech Prep Enhanced Skills Certificate
• Accounting Clerk Certificate – Short Route to a Higher Income and It’$ a Counting Thing
• Accounting Assistant Certificate – It’$ a Counting Thing

Short Route to a Higher Income

Take this cluster of complementary courses and one business elective to earn the Accounting Clerk Certificate in one semester!

• ACCT 2301 or ACCT 2401, Principles of Accounting I
• ACNT 1311, Introduction to QuickBooks
• POFI  2301, Word Processing – learn Microsoft Word
• POFT 1325, Business Math and Machines Applications
  

The teachers integrate the curriculum so the four separate courses become a linked, learning community for students in this unique program. Class size is limited to the first 20 students enrolled. All instruction takes place in a computer lab.

To satisfy the business elective requirement, the following options are recommended:

• ACNT 1380, Cooperative Education – for students already working at least 20 hours per week in accounting;
• ACNT 1366, Accounting Work Experience – for students not currently employed in accounting and who work at least 20 hours per week;
• POFT 1329, Beginning Keyboarding – for students who wish to improve their keyboard skills and speed; or
• BUSI 1301, Introduction to Business.