Business Administration A.S. with Area of Concentration in Accounting

Program Description

The Accounting Transfer Concentration is for students who plan to obtain an associate degree and then transfer into an accounting program at a four-year college or university. This concentration of the Business Administration A.S. degree program is designed to maximize the number of credits students can transfer. Transfer students should obtain approval from their prospective four-year school or consult with a Prince George’s Community College advisor before registering for any 2000-level accounting course.

Graduates of the Accounting Transfer Concentration will be able to:

• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Utilize computer applications
• Work effectively in teams

General Education Courses (31 Credits)

The list of general education courses appears in the General Education List . Some programs recommend or require specific courses to fulfill general education requirements. Please check your program’s sequence of study for this information.

• English Composition

• EGL-1010 Composition I: Expository Writing 3 Credits
• EGL-1320 Composition II: Writing For Business 3 Credits

• Humanities

• Any General Education Humanities Speech course 3 Credits
• Any General Education Humanities course other than Speech 3 Credits

• Mathematics

• MAT-1350 Pre-Calculus I - College Algebra and Trigonometry 3 Credits

• Social Sciences

• ECN-1030 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credits
• Any General Education Social Science course 3 Credits

• Science with a Lab

• Any General Education Science course with a Lab 4 Credits

• Science

• Any General Education Science course without a Lab 3 Credits

• Institutional Requirement Computer Literacy

• INT-1010 Introduction to Information Technology 3 Credits

Area of Concentration (29 Credits)

• PAS-1000 First Year Experience 1 Credit (Institutional Requirement)
• ACC-2001 Principles of Accounting I 3 Credits
• ACC-2002 Principles of Accounting II 3 Credits
• BMT-1010 Introduction to Business 3 Credits
• ECN-2040 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credits
• MAT-2160 Applied Calculus I 3 Credits
• MAT-2210 Statistics 3 Credits

Sequence of Study - Accounting Transfer Concentration A.S.

Below are the required courses for your program arranged in a suggested sequence. Please note that the sequence does not include developmental coursework. See Academic Preparation  for the developmental course sequence if applicable to you.

Program Total: 60 Credits

¹The two Social Science general education courses must be from different disciplines.

Asterisk (*) denotes a general education course.

Transferability

Credit earned at any public institution in the state shall be transferable to any other institution if the:

• Credit is from a college or university parallel course or program;
• Grades in the block of courses transferred average 2.00 or higher; and
• Acceptance of the credit is consistent with the policies of the receiving institution governing students following the same program. Refer to ARTSYS at artweb.usmd.edu and the receiving institution’s catalog to select transferable courses.

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