Accounting - Foothill College

Accounting from Foothill College is a Campus Certificate Accountancy degree that prepares you for a Accounting career. Accounting teachs students accounting theory and practice including books of original entry, the general ledger, financial statements, and the accounting cycle. This curriculum is followed by accounting for plant assets, partnerships, corporations, cost systems, cash flow analysis, and differential cost and performance evaluations. The cost accounting course examines accounting for materials, labor, overhead, standard costs, process costs, and cost analysis for decision making. The intermediate accounting course reviews the financial accounting standards, accounting information processing systems, and the resulting financial statements. Selected topics related to present value applications, asset recognition, and asset bases of measurement are introduced. Payroll and business tax accounting focus on basic payroll procedures used in business today. Students learn recording procedures and tax return preparations. The tax accounting courses cover Federal taxation for individuals, proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts. Areas of coverage include income and gift taxation, tax compliance and procedures, and preparation for the Enrolled Agent Exam. Two modules in computerized accounting practice are offered for students who have completed one quarter of accounting or who have had accounting experience. These practice modules review designing service and merchandising accounting systems, journal and general ledger work, and financial statements. One module includes analysis and solving of accounting problems using spreadsheet software. Career Opportunities Students of accounting typically pursue careers as public accountants, internal auditors, management accountants, government accountants, income tax accountants, business or accounting instructors, computer systems accountants, budget analysts. Most management and accounting positions require four-year college degrees in accounting and/or the CPA license. However, there are also numerous levels of clerical accounting positions such as bookkeeper, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventories, cash control, and data entry. View more details on Foothill College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Accountancy courses.