Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
Accounting Transfer Pathway AS offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Science degree with course credits that directly transfer to designated Accounting bachelor’s degree programs at Minnesota State universities. The curriculum has been specifically designed so that students completing this pathway degree and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities* enter the university with junior-year status. All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor’s degree programs in a related field. The Accounting Transfer Pathway AS prepares students to advance on to one of the 4-year universities listed below or students are able to enter the workforce right away.
*Universities within the Minnesota State system include Bemidji State University; Metropolitan State University; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State University Moorhead; Southwest Minnesota State University; St. Cloud State University, and Winona State University.
Award Outcomes
Analyze financial statements.
Apply professional communication skills.
Demonstrate critical thinking skills.
Demonstrate mathematical skills essential to accounting.
Demonstrate ethical behavior.
Generate accounting financial statements.
Record business transactions.
Utilize current accounting and office software.
Analyze various tax rules and regulations.
Synthesize business information.
Career Opportunities
Job opportunities are available in any organization that conducts financial transactions: private business, non-profit and government organizations. Job titles include accounting clerk, payroll specialist, staff accountant, tax preparer, inventory clerk, associate accountant, and accounting support specialist.
Program Requirements
General Education Elective 3 Credits
Choose an additional 3 credits from at least 1 MnTC Goal Area not listed in the General Education Requirements. Students must ensure that the General Education courses cover at least 6 MnTC Goal Areas.
General Education Required 27 Credits
Technical Studies Elective 5 Credits
Any Accounting (ACCT) course that is not required for this award may be used as an elective.
Technical Studies Required 25 Credits
Total Associate of Science 60 Credits
Semester Sequence
Offered at Eden Prairie Only
Third Semester
| ACCT2221 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| BUSN2005 | Marketing Concepts and Strategies | 4 |
| MATH2150 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| Choose 4 credits from MnTC Goal Area 3 | 4 |
Technical Studies Electives
Any Accounting Careers (ACCT) course that is not required for this award may be used as an elective.
Choose a Total of: 5 Credits
General Education Electives
Hennepin Technical College’s 2000-level general education courses meet the guidelines of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC).
Choose a Total of: 3 Credits
MnTC Goal Area 3
A complete list of MnTC courses and Goal Areas that can be used to meet General Education requirements can be found at www.hennepintech.edu. The same course cannot satisfy more than one MnTC Goal Area requirement.
Choose a Total of: 3 Credits
Graduation (60 Credits)
Semester listings reflect the recommended sequence. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the information herein is subject to change without notice.
6/20/2019 : BP / EP ETAC