Certificate in Small Business & Accounting
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(CIP Code: 52.0302)
Class time:  Monday trough Friday from 8:30am to 1:30pm
Number of months to complete the program: 9
Job Placement Assistance: Yes
Total Credits to complete program: 36
Price per Credit: $250.00
Total Price for this Program: $9050.00
(Pending SEVIS Approval for international students

SBAB Start Date – July 6 through April 22, 2027 Apply Now
SBAB Start Date – October 5 through June 24, 2027 Apply Now

*Course offered in San Diego Location Only
Related Jobs: Accounting
Job Outlook and Salary:  Accounting and Auditing
**Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) provides the AFC credential https://www.afcpe.org/.

Course Description & Academic Competencies
This program integrates foundational to intermediate-level accounting and bookkeeping skills, requiring no prior experience. Students will gain practical, job-ready knowledge through hands-on training, mastering real-world applications in financial record-keeping, payroll, QuickBooks, and more.

What You Will Learn:

– World of accounting
– Mastering the calculator and ten-key-by-touch
– Business and mental math; simple and compound interest
– Introduction to accounting; accounting equation, debits and credits
– Accounting principles, process, and procedures
– The world of accounts
– The six journals and the general ledger
– Financial statements
– Accounting for cash and accounts receivable
– Five manual practice sets
– Inventory, prepaids, fixed assets, and depreciation
– Accounts payable, accrued expenses, accounting for errors
– Accounting for payroll and payroll taxes 
– Introduction to quickbooks 
– Five quickbooks accounting practice sets 
– Internal control/ethics; credit and collection; record retention

Designed for adult learners, this program prepares students for entry and mid-level roles such as:

• • Accounting Clerk
  • Bookkeeper
  • Accounts Payable/Receivable Specialist
  • Payroll Administrator

Key focus areas include:

General accounting principles
Manual & computerized bookkeeping (QuickBooks)
Financial statement preparation
Payroll processing & tax compliance
Professional work habits & office skills

Completion Requirements:

• • 90%+ attendance

• • 75%+ cumulative GPA

• • Full completion of practice sets

• • 75%+ score on two final exams

Instructional Methods:

• • Lectures & Multimedia

• • Hands-on Practice Sets (Manual & QuickBooks)

• • Quizzes, Tests & Exercises

• • Real-world simulations (invoices, bank recs, payroll, etc.)

• • Keyboarding & 10-key proficiency training (40 WPM, 100% accuracy)

Each sessions is 3 months