Accounting and Finance

The Accounting and Finance curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and the skills necessary for employment and growth in the accounting and finance profession. Accountants and finance professionals assemble and analyze, process, and communicate essential information about financial operations. Course work may include accounting, finance, ethics, business law, computer applications, financial planning, insurance, marketing, real estate, selling, and taxation. Related skills are developed through the study of communications, computer applications, financial analysis, critical thinking skills, and ethics.

Graduates should qualify for entry-level accounting and finance positions in many types of organizations, including accounting firms, small businesses, manufacturing firms, banks, hospitals, school systems, and governmental agencies.

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply appropriate financial accounting principles and concepts to identify, record, and communicate financial results.
  • Apply appropriate cost accounting principles and concepts to identify, record, and communicate managerial accounting results.
  • Prepare a basic individual income tax return in compliance with current federal laws and regulations.

Contact Information

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Cindy Killian, MS, CPA
Lead Instructor of Accounting
Phone: 336-838-6150
cjkillian928@wilkescc.edu
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Martha Combs, MS
Instructor of Accounting
Phone: 336-838-6159
mhcombs646@wilkescc.edu

Pathways

First Year – Fall Semester

  • ACA 115: Success and Study Skills
  • ACC 120: Principles of Financial Accounting
  • BUS 115: Business Law I
  • Business Elective (BUS 110: Introduction to Business or BUS 137: Principles of Management)
  • CIS 110: Introduction to Computers or CIS 111: Basic PC Literacy
  • ENG 111: Writing and Inquiry

First Year – Spring Semester

  • ACC 121: Principles of Managerial Accounting
  • ACC 129: Individual Income Taxes
  • ACC 150: Accounting Software Applications
  • CTS 130: Spreadsheet
  • ENG 112: Writing/Research in the Disciplines
  • MAT 110: Math Measurement & Literacy or MAT 143: Quantitative Literacy or MAT 152: Statistical Methods

Second Year – Fall Semester

  • ACC 140: Payroll Accounting
  • ACC 220: Intermediate Accounting I
  • ACC 225: Cost Accounting
  • BUS 225: Business Finance
  • ECO 251: Principles of Microeconomics
  • Humanities/Fine Arts Elective

Second Year – Spring Semester

  • ACC 221: Intermediate Accounting II
  • ACC 267: Fraud Examination
  • BUS 260: Business Communication
  • DBA 110: Database Concepts
  • ECO 252: Principles of Macroeconomics

Fall Semester

  • ACA 115: Success and Study Skills
  • ACC 120: Principles of Financial Accounting
  • BUS 115: Business Law I
  • CIS 110: Introduction to Computers or CIS 111: Basic PC Literacy
  • ECO 251: Principles of Microeconomics
  • ENG 111: Writing and Inquiry
  • MAT 110: Math Measurement & Literacy or MAT: 143: Quantitative Literacy or MAT 152: Statistical Methods

Spring Semester

  • ACC 121: Principles of Managerial Accounting
  • ACC 129: Individual Income Taxes
  • ACC 140: Payroll Accounting
  • ACC 150: Accounting Software Applications
  • CTS 130: Spreadsheet
  • DBA 110: Database Concepts

  • ACC 120: Principles of Financial Accounting
  • ACC 121: Principles of Managerial Accounting
  • ACC 140: Payroll Accounting
  • CIS 110: Introduction to Computers or CIS 111: Basic PC Literacy
  • CTS 130: Spreadsheet

  • ACC 120: Principles of Financial Accounting
  • ACC 121: Principles of Managerial Accounting
  • ACC 140: Payroll Accounting
  • ACC 150: Accounting Software Applications

  • ACC 120: Principles of Financial Accounting
  • ACC 140: Payroll Accounting
  • ACC 150: Accounting Software Applications
  • CIS 110: Introduction to Computers or CIS 111: Basic PC Literacy
  • CTS 130: Spreadsheet
  • DBA 110: Database Concepts

Associate to Bachelor Agreements

An Associate to Bachelor agreement is an opportunity for students to complete their Associate's degree at Wilkes Community College and then transfer into a specified program at a partnering four-year institution for their Bachelor's degree. Wilkes Community College has the following Associate to Bachelor agreements for our Accounting and Finance graduates:

Other Opportunities

UNC Greensboro accepts the credits listed on their Transfer Guide for Business towards their Accounting degree.

Technology Requirements

Students in the Accounting and Finance program need:

  • A PC computer or laptop (not Apple and preferably not a Chromebook)
  • High-speed internet access
  • Microsoft Office installed on the computer (software provided by WCC)