The primary mission of the Accounting Operations program is to provide quality educational training designed to meet the current and future needs of the Business Technology community.
Toward this end the following guidelines are established: assist students to choose, prepare for, enter, and be gainfully employed in the business technology career field; offer a program which emphasizes sound fundamentals while responding to the needs of this particular industry; and provide courses to meet current and specific needs of the student and this industry.
Through manual and computerized assignments, this 900 hour program provides training in the basics of bookkeeping, financial record keeping, proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. The programs also provide supplemental training for persons previously or currently employed in these occupations.
Students who successfully complete the requirements of specific business education programs may receive college credits toward an Associate in Science Degree at Miami-Dade Community College. Detailed information is available from a counselor in the Registration Office.
Students are eligible to join Phi Beta Lambda, the vocational student organization for Business Technology Education. Students are also eligible for nomination (by their instructors), into the National Vocational-Technical Honor Society.
The average length of this program is 900 hours (approx. 10 months) for adults attending full-time. Actual time in class is dependent upon enrollment status (full-time/part-time) and length of time student requires to achieve competencies. This program contains several occupational completion points designed to prepare students for various entry level jobs within this occupational area.
This program operates on an open-entry, open-exit basis. Students may enter the program anytime during the school-year. Entrance is dependent upon space availability.
The primary mission of the Accounting Operations program is to provide quality educational training designed to meet the current and future needs of the Business Technology community.
Toward this end the following guidelines are established: assist students to choose, prepare for, enter, and be gainfully employed in the business technology career field; offer a program which emphasizes sound fundamentals while responding to the needs of this particular industry; and provide courses to meet current and specific needs of the student and this industry.