Accounting, A.S.

Smart money management is crucial to a successful business. Accountants must ensure that businesses earn and spend money responsibly and ethically amid a complicated web of federal regulations and procedures. For those who love numbers, this is a welcome challenge. Indiana Tech’s accounting program will refine your problem solving skills and develop your understanding for the ethical and professional standards of modern accounting.

Program Description

Indiana Tech’s accounting courses involve careful analysis of case studies. Class work goes beyond studying accounting principles in textbooks and learning software applications. The accounting theory you will explore is applied to real-life situations and business models. A hallmark of all programs at Indiana Tech is our relationship-based education philosophy. Our programs feature a high level of student-professor interaction. Since our faculty are professionals who with real-world experience, they create an environment that develops the practical experience and the skills you’ll need to participate in the world’s fast-paced business environment.

The Next Step

If you decide to continue your education, the associate degree curriculum leads directly into the bachelor’s degree programs. Alternatively, if you choose to start working right away, you can still earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree though our College of Professional Studies. These accelerated programs feature classes in the evening, so you can work full-time while earning your degree. Credits from Tech’s traditional associate degree programs transfer to programs in the College of Professional Studies.

Career Opportunities

An associate’s degree in accounting will prepare you for entry-level accounting positions, including:

management accounting
financial services
auditing
governmental and nonprofit agencies
public accounting
and taxation.

There are many national corporations who are headquartered or operate branches right here in Fort Wayne. Their accounting departments serve a huge clientele and work opportunities are plentiful. Remember: accounting is everywhere. So whether you want to work for a huge corporation, small business, or an accounting firm, there is work out there for talented, hard workers around the country.

Required Courses

Semester 1

MA 1000 Foundations of College Math
3

ENG 1250 English Composition I
3

BA 1200 Foundations of Business
3

MIS 1300 Software Tools
3

PSY 1700 Introduction to Psychology
3

IIT 1000 Freshman Seminar
0

15

Semester 2

MA 1025 Mathematical Problem-Solving
3

ENG 1270 English Composition II
3

ACC 1010 Accounting Principles
3

SS 2200 Macroeconomics
3

IIT 1270 Introduction to Critical Inquiry
3

IIT 2000 Pre-Internship Seminar
0

15

Semester 3

MA 2025 Statistical Problem-Solving
3

BA 2010 Principles of Management
3

ACC 2140 Managerial Accounting
3

ENG 2320 Professional Communication
3

ACC 2200 Intermediate Accounting I
3

HUM 2000 Introduction to Humanities
3

3

18

Semester 4

ACC 2240 Intermediate Accounting II
3

ACC 2400 Cost Accounting
3

SS 2210 Microeconomics
3

BA 2850 Managing in the Legal Environment
3

HUM Elective (Humanities)
3

15

:Total Credits Required

63