# Business: Accounting Option (Certificate of Achievement)

Gavilan College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Business

Source: https://gavilan.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/4089/4097/4337

This program allows student to gain experience and knowledge in basic accounting skills, therefore preparing them for entry-level accounting jobs. Job opportunities include: accounting clerk, accounting assistant, bookkeeper, payroll clerk, billing clerk, and accounts receivable/payable clerk.

**Learning Outcome(s):**

1.  Apply accounting theory to accumulate and summarize financial data using common business software.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CSIS 1 | Computer Literacy | 2 |
| CSIS 2 | Computers in Business | 4 |
| ACCT 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| ACCT 20 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| or ACCT 103 | General Office Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 20 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 21 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 105 | Payroll Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| or CSIS 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| ACCT 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| or CSIS 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| BOT 100 | Effective Written and Oral Business Communication | 3 |
| or BUS 100 | Effective Written and Oral Business Communication | 3 |
| BOT 212 | Business Computations with Machines | 0.5 |
| BOT 291A | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| or BOT 291B | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| or BOT 291C | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| BUS 1 | Fundamentals of Business | 3 |
| BUS 11 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 4 |
| or ECON 11 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 4 |
| or MATH 5 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| BUS 14 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| or ECON 14 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| BUS 80 | Business Law | 3 |
| CSIS 6 | Webpage Authoring | 3 |
| or DM 6 | Webpage Authoring | 3 |
| CSIS 8 | Introduction to the Internet | 1 |
| CSIS 75 | Photoshop I - Adobe Photoshop | 3 |
| or DM 75 | Photoshop I - Adobe Photoshop | 3 |
| CSIS 122 | Computer Keyboarding | 0.5-2 |
| CSIS 126 | Word Processing - MS Word | 3 |
| CSIS 128 | Database - MS Access | 2 |
| CSIS 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| or CMUN 12 | Business Communication | 3 |
| CMUN 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| ECON 1 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CSIS 212 | Keyboard Speed Building | 0.5-1 |
| ECON 2 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| **Total** | | **** |