Accounting

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Accounting

The Accounting curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and the skills necessary for employment and growth in the accounting and finance profession. Accountants and finance professionals assemble and analyze, process, and communicate essential information about financial operations.

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  • Gain the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to enter the industry.
  • Receive instruction from a professor with over 20 years of experience teaching accounting.
  • Participate in a flexible online program.

Accounting is an in-demand skill. Graduates are qualified for entry-level positions at accounting firms, small businesses, manufacturing firms, banks, hospitals, school systems, and governmental agencies. Explore a career in accounting. 

Expenses estimated over the two-year program timeline. 

ITEM IN-STATE COST OUT-OF-STATE COST
Tuition* $5,016.00 $17,688.00
Student Activity Fee $175.00 $175.00
Technology Fee $240.00 $240.00
Textbooks $600.00 $600.00

*Program credit hours: 66 – $76.00 per credit hour in-state tuition, $268.00 per credit hour out-of-state tuition.

Cost of Attendance

Sandhills is committed to the belief that every student should have an opportunity to pursue an education, regardless of financial resources. We are here to guide you through the financial aid system to make costs more manageable and higher education more accessible.

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* This program is financial aid eligible. 

Plan of Study Grid
Course Hours Per Week Semester Hours
First Semester (Fall) Class Lab Credit
ACA-115 Success & Study Skills 0 2 1
ACC-120 Prin of Financial Accounting 3 2 4
CIS-110 or Introduction to Computers or
Office Applications I
 2 2 3
ENG-111 Writing and Inquiry 3 0 3
*** Technical Elective 3
  Credit Hours 8 6 14
Second Semester (Spring) Class Lab Credit
ACC-121 Prin of Managerial Accounting 3 2 4
ACC-149 Intro to ACC Spreadsheets 1 3 2
ENG-112 or Writing/Research in the Disc or
Prof Research & Reporting
 3 0 3
*** Natural Science/Math Elective 3-5
*** Technical Elective 3
  Credit Hours 7 5 15-17
Third Semester (Summer) Class Lab Credit
*** Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3 0 3
*** Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective 3 0 3
  Credit Hours 6 0 6
Fourth Semester (Fall) Class Lab Credit
ACC-131 Federal Income Taxes 2 2 3
ACC-220 Intermediate Accounting I 3 2 4
BUS-115 Business Law I 3 0 3
BUS-137 Principles of Management 3 0 3
BUS-225 Business Finance 2 2 3
  Credit Hours 13 6 16
Fifth Semester (Spring) Class Lab Credit
ACC-140 Payroll Accounting 1 3 2
ACC-150 Accounting Software Appl 1 3 2
ACC-151 Acct Spreadsheet Appl 1 3 2
ACC-180 Practices in Bookkeeping 3 0 3
BUS-151 People Skills 3 0 3
ECO-251 or Prin of Microeconomics or
Prin of Macroeconomics
 3 0 3
  Credit Hours 12 9 15
Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit 66
 
Technical Electives: Class Lab Credit
BAF-110 Principles of Banking 3 0 3
BAS-120 Intro to Analytics 2 3 3
BUS-110 Introduction to Business 3 0 3
BUS-125 Personal Finance 3 0 3
BUS-139 Entrepreneurship I 3 0 3
BUS-148 Survey of Real Estate 3 0 3
BUS-153 Human Resource Management 3 0 3
BUS-230 Small Business Management 3 0 3
BUS-260 Business Communication 3 0 3
MKT-120 Principles of Marketing 3 0 3

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* This program is not financial aid eligible. 

Plan of Study Grid
Course Hours Per Week Semester Hours
First Semester (Fall) Class Lab Credit
ACC-120 Prin of Financial Accounting 3 2 4
  Credit Hours 3 2 4
Second Semester (Spring) Class Lab Credit
ACC-140 Payroll Accounting 1 3 2
ACC-149 Intro to ACC Spreadsheets 1 3 2
ACC-150 Accounting Software Appl 1 3 2
ACC-180 Practices in Bookkeeping 3 0 3
  Credit Hours 6 9 9
Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit 13

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Contact

Professor Kirk Lynch, Accounting Coordinator
207 Little Hall
(910) 695-3866
lynchk@sandhills.edu

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