{
  "college": "orange-coast-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Accounting",
  "id": "accounting--financial-accounting-competency-certificate-achievement",
  "name": "Financial Accounting Competency",
  "award": "Certificate of Achievement",
  "department": "accounting",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.cccd.edu/orange-coast/pathways/business-management-entrepreneurship/accounting/financial-accounting-competency-certificate-achievement/",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "This certificate, issued through the Graduation Office, provides students with accounting and computer accounting coursework focusing on intermediate accounting concepts. Completion of the certificate will enable students to prepare for the financial reporting section of the CPA exam.\n\n#### Program Outcome\n\n#### Program Learning Outcomes\n\n1.  Demonstrate generally accepted accounting practices in the area of business taxation using various forms of technology."
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Requirements\n\nReview Certificate Requirements."
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "comment",
          "text": "Required Courses"
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ACCT A101/A101H",
          "title": "Financial Accounting",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ACCT A102/A102H",
          "title": "Managerial Accounting",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ACCT A110",
          "title": "Excel for Accounting and Finance",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ACCT A212",
          "title": "Intermediate Accounting 1",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ACCT A213",
          "title": "Intermediate Accounting 2",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "17"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Program Sequence\n\n#### Program Sequence\n\nThese sequences at Orange Coast College are curriculum maps for students to finish all requirements for the certificate. There may be advisories, prerequisites, or time requirements that students need to consider before following these maps. **Students are advised to meet with an Orange Coast College Counselor for alternate sequencing.**\n\n**Year 1**\n\n| Semester 1 | Units |\n| --- | --- |\n| ACCT A101or ACCT A101H | Financial Accountingor Financial Accounting Honors | 4 |\n|  | Units | 4 |\n\n| Semester 2 |\n| --- |\n| ACCT A102 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |\n| ACCT A110or ACCT A102H | Excel for Accounting and Financeor Managerial Accounting Honors | 3 |\n|  | Units | 7 |\n\n**Year 2**\n\n| Semester 1 |\n| --- |\n| ACCT A212 | Intermediate Accounting 1 | 3 |\n| ACCT A213 | Intermediate Accounting 2 | 3 |\n|  | Units | 6 |\n|  | Total Units | 17 |"
    }
  ]
}