Small Business Bookkeeping Certificate

Certificate Completers will be able to

. Manage accounting records on the computer using Quickbooks software.
. Create spreadsheets.
. Prepare payroll.
. Manage receivables and payables.

Note

Enrollment in some courses requires an Academic Skills Assessment (Accuplacer) with appropriate benchmark scores. See course descriptions for detail; equivalent assessment scores are acceptable. To learn more about these assessments and benchmark scores, please contact a counselor at (920) 498-5444 or (888) 385-6982.

Completers will be able to apply credits toward the following programs:

. 101011, Accounting
. 311011, Accounting Assistant

Curriculum

Catalog No. Description Credits

Course Descriptions

10-101-101 Accounting Principles...accounting fundamentals, recording of business transactions, preparation of financial statements, cash basis and accrual business accounting for service enterprises, and merchandising businesses with a manual system.

10-101-110 Accounting 1...accounting principles, financial statements, business transactions, accounting cycles/systems, specialized journals, accounting for cash and receivables for sole proprietorships in service or merchandising businesses.

10-101-105 Accounting-Computer Ledger...applications on calculators or keypad such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percent, and computers using Microsoft Excel. (Prerequisites: 10-101-110, Accounting 1 OR 10-101-101, Accounting Principles; 10-103-131, Micro: Excel-Intro; 10-103-132, Micro: Excel-Part 2 )

10-101-151 Accounting-Payroll...payroll and personnel records, social security, withholding tax, unemployment compensation, time sheets and time-keeping records, and legal aspects of payroll. (Prerequisite: 10-101-110, Accounting 1 OR 10-101-101, Accounting Principles)

10-101-190 Accounting-QuickBooks...an introductory course in using QuickBooks to create vendor/employee accounts, invoices, budgets, profit/loss statements, balance sheets, A/R, A/P, journals, graphs.

10-101-189 Accounting-Applying Quickbooks...learners will be introduced to basic and advanced features of Quickbooks and will apply skills in realistic business simulations including creating accounts, invoicing, budgeting, preparing statements, journalizing and graphing. (Prerequisite: 10-101-110, Accounting 1)

10-804-123 Math w Business Apps...real numbers; basic operations; proportions/one variable; percents, simple/compound interest; annuity; apply math concepts to purchasing/buying process, selling process; and basic statistics with business/consumer applications. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer-Arithmetic=65 OR ACT-Math=15 OR 10-834-109, PreAlgebra OR 77-854-759, BE Math Prep IIB with "C" or better OR equivalent)

10-103-131 Micro: Excel-Intro...creating a worksheet, enhancing worksheet appearance, moving and copying data, using formulas and functions, creating charts and using clip art. Requires Windows experience.

10-103-132 Micro: Excel-Part 2...advanced formatting techniques and functions, working with templates, collaborating with multiple Excel users, Excel's database features and analysis tools. Requires prior completion of Excel Intro.

10-103-121 Micro: Word-Intro...word processing basics including creating, revising, formatting, and printing; sections, tabs, multiple-page numbering; manipulating text; creating headers/footers; creating and formatting tables, graphics; and merging documents. Requires Windows experience.

For more information, please contact: The Business & Information Technology Department, (920) 498-5435 or (800) 422-NWTC, extension 5435, or contact Enrollment Services at 888-385-NWTC.