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Accounting Certificate of Achievement
Accounting Certificate of Achievement
at Foothill College
Bay Area Catalog
The primary goal of the Certificate of Achievement in Accounting is to prepare students to achieve the coursework necessary to provide a strong foundation in accounting. The certificate provides skills necessary for a number of career opportunities including bookkeeping, tax preparer, general ledger accountant, junior accountant, and senior accountant. All courses in this certificate meet the 150-semester-hour education requirement for licensure by the California Board of Accountancy.
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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
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$30,460
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