Skip Navigation
*To search for student contact information, login to FlashLine and choose the "Directory" icon in the FlashLine masthead (blue bar).


Accounting Technology-A.A.B.

COLLEGE: Regional College
CAMPUS:
Ashtabula Campus
http://www.ashtabula.kent.edu
Salem Campus
http://www.salem.kent.edu
East Liverpool Campus
http://www.eliv.kent.edu
Trumbull Campus
http://www.trumbull.kent.edu
Geauga Campus
http://www.geauga.kent.edu
Tuscarawas Campus
http://www.tusc.kent.edu
 


Resources:

 
DESCRIPTION: The Associate of Applied Business in Accounting Technology provides students with a broad range of practical accounting and communication skills and teamwork experience. These combined skills prepare students for immediate entry into the accounting technology field in numerous environments including manufacturing, retail, service and governmental organizations. Requirements articulate with the Accounting Technology certificate; contact an advisor for more information. The degree is available at the Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Trumbull and Tuscarawas campuses. Most of the courses for this major are available at the Geauga and Salem campuses.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
Payroll and timekeeping clerks held about 214,000 jobs in 2006. They can be found in every industry, but a growing number work for employment services companies as temporary employees. Many also work for accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services firms, which increasingly perform the payroll function as a service to other companies. Approximately 16 percent of all payroll and timekeeping clerks worked part time in 2006. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)
ADMISSION
REQUIREMENTS:
Admission is open to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent.
GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum 61 credit hours. Minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and in major.
LANGUAGE
REQUIREMENT:
None
PROGRAM FEE: None
ACCREDITATION: Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), 7007 College Blvd., Suite 420, Overland Park, KS 66211, 913-339-9356
STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS:
See individual campuses