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Accounting

Florence-Darlington Technical College

Associate's DegreeAcademicCIP: 52.0301

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Graduates with an Accounting degree receive 66 credit hours of course work. They demonstrate core skills in the following: accounting, business, business ethics, managing spreadsheets, data analytics, business law, and computer applications. Graduates receive oral and written communication skills and critical thinking and problem solving skills for both academic and workplace solutions.

Credits

66 credits

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

SpeakingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingWritingActive LearningJudgment and Decision MakingComplex Problem SolvingMonitoringMathematicsInstructingLearning StrategiesTime ManagementService OrientationManagement of Financial Resources

Knowledge

English LanguageMathematicsAdministration and ManagementEconomics and AccountingCustomer and Personal ServiceLaw and GovernmentAdministrativeEducation and TrainingComputers and Electronics

Abilities

Oral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionOral ComprehensionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningNear VisionProblem SensitivityInformation OrderingWritten ExpressionSpeech ClaritySpeech RecognitionNumber FacilityMathematical ReasoningCategory Flexibility

Tasks

  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as financial accou
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Compute taxes owed or overpaid, using adding machines or personal computers, and complete entries on
  • Use all appropriate adjustments, deductions, and credits to keep clients' taxes to a minimum.
  • Furnish taxpayers with sufficient information and advice to ensure correct tax form completion.
  • Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
  • Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved
  • Notify taxpayers of any overpayment or underpayment, and either issue a refund or request further pa
  • Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior managem
  • Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institut
  • Prepare reports, exhibits, and other supporting schedules that detail an institution's safety and so
  • Collect fees, commissions, or other payments, according to contract terms.
  • Send samples of clients' work and other promotional material to potential employers to obtain auditi
  • Keep informed of industry trends and deals.
  • Analyze credit data and financial statements to determine the degree of risk involved in extending c
  • Complete loan applications, including credit analyses and summaries of loan requests, and submit to
  • Generate financial ratios, using computer programs, to evaluate customers' financial status.
  • Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
  • Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparatio
  • Review operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs.
  • Communicate financial reports and budgets to stakeholders.
  • Submit and monitor salary raises.
  • Write descriptions of the property being appraised.
  • Determine the appropriate type of valuation to make, such as fair market, replacement, or liquidatio
  • Document physical characteristics of property such as measurements, quality, and design.
  • Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.
  • Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations
  • Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or no

Technology

Financial analysis softwareElectronic mail softwareAccounting softwareInformation retrieval or search softwareData base user interface and query softwareProject management softwareTax preparation softwareHuman resources softwareDocument management softwareCompliance softwareAnalytical or scientific softwareOffice suite softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP softwareComputer based training softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareWord processing softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareData base management system softwareContent workflow softwareDevelopment environment softwareSpreadsheet software

Tools

Carousel slide projectorsCompact digital camerasCompact disk CD playersComputer data input scannersComputer laser printersComputer projectorsConference telephonesDesktop computersDigital calculatorsDigital video camerasDigital video disk DVD playersHandheld microphonesInteractive whiteboard controllersInteractive whiteboardsLaptop computers10-key calculatorsNotebook computersComputer scannersMulti-line telephone systemsPersonal computersPhotocopiersLaser facsimile machinesPhotocopying equipmentTablet computersScannersLaser printersPersonal digital assistants PDA

Work Values

AchievementIndependenceRecognitionRelationshipsWorking ConditionsSupport
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Business Teachers, Postsecondary25-1011.00
  • Tax Preparers13-2082.00
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents13-2081.00
  • Financial Examiners13-2061.00
  • Financial Risk Specialists13-2054.00
  • Credit Analysts13-2041.00
  • Budget Analysts13-2031.00
  • Appraisers of Personal and Business Property13-2022.00
  • Accountants and Auditors13-2011.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Associate's Degree)

  • Undergraduate and graduate lectures — independently prepare and deliver topically rigorous sessions on subjects such as operations management or financial accounting across multiple course sections.
  • Assignment and paper evaluation — assess student work across a full semester using self-developed rubrics that align with course learning outcomes in a business school context.
  • Classroom discussion facilitation — moderate in-depth Socratic and case-method discussions, adjusting facilitation strategies in response to student engagement levels.
  • Course materials and syllabi — design comprehensive syllabi, homework sequences, and supplementary handouts aligned with accreditation standards for postsecondary business programs.
  • Field currency — stay current with developments in a business discipline by routinely reading peer-reviewed journals and participating actively in a professional academic association.
  • Curriculum review — evaluate existing course content for relevance and rigor, proposing evidence-based revisions to the departmental curriculum committee.
  • Student records management — maintain complete and timely attendance, participation, and grade records in compliance with FERPA regulations and institutional policy.
  • Scholarly manuscripts — draft and submit research findings to peer-reviewed business journals or edited volumes, incorporating reviewer feedback through revision cycles.
  • Analytical software — apply statistical or qualitative analysis tools to support research projects and to demonstrate data-driven decision-making methods to graduate students.
  • Learning strategy adaptation — select and adjust instructional methods—including active learning, flipped classroom, and simulation exercises—to meet the varied needs of a diverse business student cohort.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
21%
Placement Rate
73%