Accounting
3 courses · Porterville College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
ACCT P99Z Computerized Accounting Application
- Units
- 0
- Hours
- Total 36 hours
This course introduces the computer-based accounting package QuickBooks to handle general ledger accounting for a business. [Equivalent P900Z].
ACCT P110 Financial Accounting
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Total lecture 54 hours
- Prerequisite
- Elementary Algebra Equivalent or higher. Excluding STAT C1000.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ACCT 110
This course is the first part of the introduction to the basics of accounting and provides students with a working knowledge of the concepts, purposes, and basic principles of accounting within the business system. Topics include preparing, analyzing, and interpreting the complete accounting cycles of service and merchandising business; concepts of accruals, deferrals, and valuation; and computerized accounting systems using commercial general ledger software
ACCT P120 Managerial Accounting
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- Total lecture 54 hours
- Prerequisite
- Accounting P110 or equivalent, with a "C" or better.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- ACCT 120
This is the study of how managers use accounting information in decision-making, planning, directing operations and controlling. Focuses on cost terms and concepts, cost behavior, cost structure and cost-volume-profit analysis. Includes issues relating to cost systems, cost control, profit planning, and performance analysis in manufacturing and service environments.