Overview
Features
On its own, Northampton's associate's degree will qualify you for a range of employment opportunities, including entry-level accounting, bookkeeping, accounts payable/receivable and more. If your plan is to pursue a career as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an associate's degree from Northampton is an affordable way to start down the path toward the required bachelor's degree.
The AAS degree program can be conveniently completed in the day or evening, on a full- or part-time basis. The program can also be completed online.
Courses
First Semester
| COLS101 | College Success | 1 credits |
| ACCT101 | Financial Accounting I | 3 credits |
| BUSA152 | Business Law I | 3 credits |
| ENGL101 | English I | 3 credits |
| Mathematics Elective (QL) + | 3 credits |
| General Education Elective ++ | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Second Semester
| ACCT151 | Financial Accounting II | 3 credits |
| CISC101 | Introduction to Information Technology | 3 credits |
| COMM101 | Introduction to Communication | 3 credits |
| ENGL151L | English II | 3 credits |
| Business Elective +++ | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Third Semester
| ACCT201 | Intermediate Accounting I | 4 credits |
| ACCT202 | Managerial Accounting | 3 credits |
| ECON201 | Macroeconomics | 3 credits |
| CISC104 | Information Systems and Resources | 4 credits |
| General Education Elective ++ | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Fourth Semester
| ACCT220 | Income Tax Accounting | 3 credits |
| BUSA201 | Business Statistics I | 4 credits |
| BUSA221G | Business Communications | 3 credits |
| Accounting Elective ++++ | 3 credits |
| Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
Total Credit Hours: 64
+ Mathematics Elective options: MATH140, MATH145, MATH160, MATH165, MATH175, MATH176, MATH180, MATH181.
++For the General Education Elective, students must take a course from the list of approved courses in two of the following categories: Arts & Humanities (AH); Social Science: Societies and Institutions over Time (SIT) or Social Science: Scientific Study of Human Behavior (SSHB).
+++ Business Elective options: BUSA101, BUSA115, BUSA131, BUSA137, BUSA202, BUSA205, BUSA226, BUSA235.
++++ Accounting Elective options: ACCT160, ACCT205*, ACCT251*, ACCT255* or BUSA211. * Offered only through Online Learning.
- Completion of ENGL151L satisfies the Diversity and Global Awareness (D) requirement.
- BUSA221G satisfies the Writing Intensive (WI) requirement for this program.
NOTE: Students will be required to use spreadsheets in their upper level accounting courses. Thus, it is highly recommended that students complete CISC101 before enrolling in any sophomore accounting courses.