Bookkeeping

This program is designed to prepare students for a career as an entry-level bookkeeper or provide the necessary knowledge of basic bookkeeping functions for business owners or entrepreneurs.

Bookkeepers maintain their employers’ financial records by using accounting software and other tools. As they play such a significant role in determining their companies’ success, employers want only the most highly trained and ethical bookkeepers.

Bookkeepers work with financial transactions and records, such as expenditures, receipts, accounts payable/receivable, and profit and loss records. They represent a wide range of skills and knowledge, from maintaining an entire company’s books to handling a specific account.

• English language – reading, writing, and speaking skills usually at or above an ESL (English as a Second Language) Intermediate High level.
• Mathematics— Using mathematics to solve problems .
• Interacting With Computers— Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information .
• Getting Information— Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources .