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Program checklist · AAS

Business: Accounting, AAS

Mohawk Valley Community College · Utica, NY

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Program
Award
AAS
Credential class
ceterms:AssociateDegree
CIP
52.0301
Total credits (published)
64
Credits (computed from items)
86
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
193283
CourseShelf checklist
CK_193283_c15b7f33
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

First Semester

7 items
  1. CF 100
    College Foundations Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  2. AC 115
    Financial Accounting
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. BM 100
    Introduction to Business
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. As published: “English 1: Composition”
    3
  5. As published: “Principles of Microeconomics”
    3
  6. As published: “Introduction to General Psychology”
    3
  7. Physical Education Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    0.5

Second Semester

6 items
  1. AC 116
    Managerial Accounting
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. As published: “Principles of Macroeconomics”
    3
  3. As published: “English 2: Ideas and Values in Literature”
    3
  4. As published: “Elementary Statistics”
    3
  5. IS 101
    Computers and Society
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. Physical Education Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    0.5

Third Semester

6 items
  1. AC 127
    Computerized Accounting Systems
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. AC 131
    Business Law 1
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. AC 230
    Financial Management
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. Restricted Elective (c)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. Physical Education Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    0.5
  6. GE Natural Science Elective (b)
    Not resolved to a course
    4

Fourth Semester

6 items
  1. AC 201
    Intermediate Accounting 1
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. AC 243
    Cost Accounting
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. IS 200
    Spreadsheet Concepts and Applications
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. Restricted Elective (c)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. Restricted Elective (c)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. Physical Education Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    0.5

Social Science Electives (a)

2 items
  1. As published: “Introduction to General Psychology”
    3
  2. SO 101
    Introduction to Sociology
    Not resolved to a course
    3

GE Natural Science Elective (b)

4 items
  1. BI 103
    Human Life Science 1
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. As published: “Environmental Science”
    4
  3. GL 100
    Introduction to Earth Science
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  4. GL 101
    Physical Geology
    Not resolved to a course
    4

Restricted Elective (c)

5 items
  1. Students pursuing a microcredential in Financial Crime Investigation should take CJ 206 , CJ 215 , and CJ 290 /BM 290 .
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Students pursuing a Data Analytics Certificate should take BA 101 , BA 201 , and MA 111 .
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Students pursuing a Finance Certificate should take BM 108 , BM 109 , and any other BM or BA course, except BM 101 .
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Students pursuing an accounting degree only with no added credentials should take BM 108 , BM 254 , and BM 290 .
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Other acceptable options should be discussed with your faculty advisor.
    Not resolved to a course

Program Goals and Outcomes

22 items
  1. Prepare students to perform the job functions typical of a beginning accountant entering the industry with a two-year degree
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Students will perform general bookkeeping.
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Students will use mathematical techniques to recognize revenues.
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Students will compute and record payroll.
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Support students’ development of foundational understanding of the generally accepted accounting principles
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Students will prepare and interpret financials according to GAAP standards.​
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Students will make business decisions based upon accounting data prepared to GAAP standards.
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Train students to use computer software as an accounting tool
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Students will proficiently use accounting software such as QuickBooks.​
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Students will use spreadsheets as a tool for tracking data and making financial and business decisions.
    Not resolved to a course
  11. Provide opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in communicating analysis of financial data in writing
    Not resolved to a course
  12. Students will effectively communicate analysis of business decisions and financial analytics in writing.​
    Not resolved to a course
  13. Students will conduct research on accounting topics, and revise and edit that work.
    Not resolved to a course
  14. Apply the fundamental principles of effective public speaking as it relates to the business world
    Not resolved to a course
  15. Students will conceptualize audience analysis and effective delivery techniques.​
    Not resolved to a course
  16. Students will orally communicate appropriate business decisions and data analysis.
    Not resolved to a course
  17. Demonstrate ethical decision making which is relevant to the profession
    Not resolved to a course
  18. Students will differentiate between creative use of accounting standards and financial fraud.​
    Not resolved to a course
  19. Students will compare previous cases of accounting fraud to current ethical problems.
    Not resolved to a course
  20. Demonstrate the interrelationship between accounting and other business disciplines
    Not resolved to a course
  21. ​​Students will discuss how accounting practices affect economic systems in diverse global societies.
    Not resolved to a course
  22. Students will discuss how accounting estimates and methodologies affect a company’s capital financing decisions.
    Not resolved to a course
Source. Mohawk Valley Community College, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.mvcc.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=3&poid=253&returnto=235. Captured page pages/0070.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.