Accounting and Finance Degree (Effective Fall 2025)
Accounting and Finance Degree (Prior to Fall 2025)
Accounting and Finance Diploma (Effective Fall 2025)
Accounting and Finance Diploma (Prior to Fall 2025)
The Accounting and Finance curriculum is designed to provide students with the knowledge and the skills necessary for employment and growth in the accounting and finance profession. Accountants and finance professionals assemble and analyze, process, and communicate essential information about financial operations. Course work may include accounting, finance, ethics, business law, computer applications, financial planning, insurance, marketing, real estate, selling, and taxation. Related skills are developed through the study of communications, computer applications, financial analysis, critical thinking skills, and ethics. Potential careers include:
Bookkeeper
Payroll
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Graduates should qualify for entry-level accounting and finance positions in many types of organizations including accounting firms, small businesses, manufacturing firms, banks, hospitals, school systems, and governmental agencies.
North Carolina Wesleyan College
If a student plans to pursue a CPA license, the student should earn a college transfer degree (AA) and plan to transfer to a 4-year institution. They also need to plan to pursue a master's degree as well.
If a student's desire is to ultimately pursue a four-year degree in Accounting, they would be best advised to follow an Associates in Arts or an Associates in Science degree pathway. This degree does NOT set the student up for transfer to a four-year college or university.