Upon successful completion of the Accounting Certificate  program, students will have acquired the knowledge and skills to:

• Interpret financial reports (i.e., income statements, balance sheets, statements of retained earnings, statements of cash flows) prepared for users external to businesses (i.e., owners, creditors, government, and investors).
• Describe the importance of capital investments and the capital budgeting process while understanding the components of the master budget.
• Identify the factors involved in the accounting and recording of depreciation and depletion and the methods of writing off the cost of tangible assets and natural resources.