Mar 03, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Accounting Skills Certificate


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Certificate​ • ACC SKL CERT

This certificate provides a general understanding of the role of accounting and accounting principles in business. Focus is placed on analyzing and recording business events following the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Instruction includes accounting principles, as well as financial, managerial, and cost accounting. In addition, budget control, legal aspects of accounting, and professional standards and ethics are reviewed for for-profit, public, and non-profit organizations.

Learning Outcomes


  • Define the role of accounting in business and accounting principles.

  • Analyze and record business events and financial statements according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Total Credits: 20


1See “Guide To Electives ” for list of choices.

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