# Accounting (Certificate of Achievement)

Merritt College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Business

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##### Program Description

This Accounting Certificate of Achievement is designed to prepare students for an entry-level position in accounting and bookkeeping. Accountants play an essential role in keeping businesses within their budgets, and this program offers real-world application of skills related to private accounting, institutional accounting, and other accounting career opportunities within the private and public sectors.

The certificate can be completed in one academic year. A Certificate of Achievement will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the courses specified below.

##### Career Opportunities

The Accounting Certificate of Achievement prepares students for entry level positions in different fields of accounting; small business accounting, institutional accounting, payroll accounting, account receivable and accounts payable, income tax and other related fields.

##### Learning Outcome(s)

1.  Apply knowledge of financial accounting, including content, concepts and structure of the various statements for internal and external use.
2.  Synthesize business communication techniques to create, revise and evaluate verbal and written business messages.
3.  Evaluate the process of identifying, gathering, measuring, summarizing and analyzing financial data in business organizations.
4.  Design and complete professional assignments using computer applications such as Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks, and general ledger software to summarize business transactions

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Required Courses:** | | 18 |
| BUS 1A | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS 1B | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUS 2 | Introduction to Business Law | 3 |
| BUS 10 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| CIS 1 | Introduction to Computer Information Systems | 4 |
| **Recommended Courses:** | | 6 |
| BUS 5 | Human Relations in Business | 3 |
| ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON C2002 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |