Stark State College offers a one-year certificate program in bookkeeping for non-degree-seeking students. Students may apply credits earned in this certificate program to the accounting associate degree program. Students will be awarded a certificate in bookkeeping upon completion of the courses listed. Students must still pass the Certified Bookkeepers Examination to become certified. This examination is administered by the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers.

Many students opt to pursue an associate degree in accounting after receiving a bookkeeping certificate.

The goal is that the students successfully completing the one-year bookkeeping certificate will be exposed to all the tools and skills necessary to be successful in the undertaking of entry level positions in the field of accounting. Areas of entry may include, but are not limited to bookkeeper, accounts receivable specialist and accounts payable specialist.

Suggested Course Sequence

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First Semester		Credit Hours
BUS101	Business Student Success Seminar	1
ACC132	Financial Accounting **	4
BUS121	Business Administration	4
BCA120	Business Computer Applications *	4
BUS123	Business Mathematics	4
ENG124	College Composition †	3
		20
Second Semester
	Accounting Elective ***	4
ACC229	Computerized Accounting Applications	3
ACC227	Payroll Accounting	3
ENG230	Business Communication	3
ACC130	Business Law and Ethics	3
		16
	TOTAL CREDITS	36

† Based on SSC placement score
* Successful completion of AOT102, AOT104, AOT105 and AOT106 is equivalent to and may be substituted for BCA120.
** May elect to take ACC121 as an introduction to accounting prior to taking this course.
*** Select from ACC228, ACC124, ACC133

Students must pass the Certified Bookkeepers Examination to become certified.
This examination is administered by the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers.