Accounting/Financial Management

Division of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies
Associate Dean: Deborah Beall

Upon completion, students in the AS in Accounting program will be prepared for transfer to four-year bachelor’s degree programs in accounting. This program is designed to parallel the courses they would otherwise be taking during the first two years of study at a four-year college. A faculty advisor will guide students in selecting electives that will make transferring to a four-year college as efficient as possible. Corning Community College has recently developed bachelor’s (four-year) degree completion and transfer credit agreements with other colleges in our region. Students who complete the program will also be prepared for immediate entry-level positions such as bookkeeper, accounting clerk, office manager, accounts payable or accounts receivable clerk, tax preparer, or inventory clerk.

Students in this program must meet 7 of the 10 SUNY Knowledge and Skills areas, 2 core competencies (Critical Thinking and Information Literacy), and have 30 SUNY General Education credits. Please note that of the 7 Knowledge and Skills areas, the following 4 are required: Communication-Written and Oral; Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning; Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning; and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice. For more information on the SUNY General Education requirements please see General Education Requirements.

Graduates are able to:

• Demonstrate the foundation of business knowledge required to successfully complete the next level of courses post CCC;
• Have the ability to complete a baccalaureate degree in two years post CCC;
• Have the opportunity to specialize in a variety of business-related areas;
• Achieve a broad-based liberal arts education suitable to multiple applications and transfer programs of study.
• Develop the basic skills required in designing and maintaining a moderately complex, double entry set of accounting records;
• Describe the theoretical foundations of the accounting discipline;
• Develop basic quantitative skills required by those who are employed in entry-level book-keeping positions;
• Understand basic written and oral communication skills required by those who are employed in entry-level accounting positions;