About This Program
The Associate of Applied Business degree in Accounting Technology provides students with a broad range of practical accounting and communication skills and teamwork experience. These combined skills prepare students for immediate entry into the accounting technology field in numerous environments, including manufacturing, retail, service and governmental organizations.
The degree program articulates with select bachelor's degrees at Kent State.
Contact Information
Program Delivery
- Delivery:
- Location:
- Ashtabula Campus
- East Liverpool Campus
- Trumbull Campus
- Tuscarawas Campus
Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries*
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- -5.7% decline
- 1,673,600 number of jobs
- $42,410 potential earnings
Brokerage clerks
- 3.8% about as fast as the average
- 48,600 number of jobs
- $55,270 potential earnings
Payroll and timekeeping clerks
- -4.5% decline
- 149,800 number of jobs
- $47,020 potential earnings
Tax preparers
- -0.6% little or no change
- 88,400 number of jobs
- $44,300 potential earnings
* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.
Admission Requirements
The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.
Kent State campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, and the Twinsburg Academic Center, have open enrollment admission for students who hold a high school diploma, GED or equivalent.
Some programs may require that students meet certain requirements before progressing through the program. For programs with progression requirements, the information is shown on the Coursework tab.
For more information on admissions, contact the Regional Campuses admissions offices.
Roadmap
This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. However, courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.
Plan of Study Grid | Semester One |
|---|
| ! | ACTT 11000 | ACCOUNTING I: FINANCIAL | 4 |
| ! | BMRT 11000 | INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS | 3 |
| UC 10001 | FLASHES 101 | 1 |
| Kent Core Composition | 3 |
| Kent Core Humanities or Fine Arts | 3 |
| Technical Elective | 3 |
| | Credit Hours | 17 |
| Semester Two |
|---|
| ! | ACTT 11001 | ACCOUNTING II: MANAGERIAL | 4 |
| COMM 15000 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION (KADL) | 3 |
| MATH 11010 | ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS (KMCR) | 3 |
| Technical Elective | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 |
| | Credit Hours | 16 |
| Semester Three |
|---|
| ! | ACTT 21000 | ACCOUNTING III: FINANCIAL | 3 |
| ! | ACTT 21003 | FUNDAMENTALS OF TAX PREPARATION | 3 |
| ECON 22060 | PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS) | 3 |
| Kent Core Basic Sciences | 3 |
| Kent Core Composition | 3 |
| | Credit Hours | 15 |
| Semester Four |
|---|
| ! | ACTT 20012 | ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | 3 |
| ! | ACTT 31063 | INTRODUCTION TO COST ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| ECON 22061 | PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS (KSS) | 3 |
| ENG 20002
| INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING
or BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS | 3 |
| Technical Elective | 3 |
| | Credit Hours | 15 |
| | Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 63 |
University Requirements
All students in an applied or technical associate degree program at Kent State University must complete the following university requirements for graduation.
NOTE: University requirements may be fulfilled in this program by specific course requirements, please see Program Requirements for details.
Course List | Code | Title | Credit Hours |
| 1 |
| |
| 15 |
| 60 |
| |
Kent Core Requirements
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Apply generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to analyze and record business transactions, prepare financial statements and complete all other procedural steps in the accounting cycle of a company.
- Identify different manufacturing costs, record transactions to reflect the cost flow of a manufacturing company and prepare various management reports.
- Prepare individual tax returns (manual and electronic).
- Maintain accounting records of a company utilizing a general ledger software package.
