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Accounting Foundations
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
The online undergraduate certificate program in accounting foundations at ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ can help you develop the skills and knowledge needed for business transactions, including critical thinking skills for analysis and reporting of the economic activities of an organization.
Program Highlights
- Understand the principles: Develop an understanding of the principles of accounting, business, and management.
- Stay on the cutting edge: Learn about the range of technologies that data-centric organizations use today.
- Analyze transactions: Define the characteristics of business transactions and employ managerial accounting techniques.
- Develop your skills: Practice skills in critical thinking and reporting of economic activities.
- Apply knowledge: Consider basic technical, ethical, and security implications.
- Prepare statements: Prepare financial statements and communicate information to stakeholders.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, ACCT 220)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 221)
- Choose four courses from the following:
- Any ACCT or FINC course
- (3 Credits, BMGT 110)
- (3 Credits, CMSC 105)
- (3 Credits, DATA 200)
- (3 Credits, ECON 201)
- (3 Credits, ECON 203)
- (3 Credits, IFSM 201)
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
- (3 Credits, WRTG 112)
Career Preparation
This certificate program is designed to help you develop an understanding of accounting principles, business, and management.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
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Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
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State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Accounting
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Aim to develop the skills you need to enhance your analytical abilities and boost your organization’s financial health with an online bachelor's degree in accounting from ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ. Engage with a diverse network of peers and learn from highly respected faculty members as you prepare to advance in nearly any industry or workplace. With convenient online courses, multiple start dates, access to lifetime career services, and a generous transfer credit policy, UMGC provides the flexibility and support you need. Begin your accounting degree journey today.
Program Highlights
- Enhance communication skills: Communicate with financial and non-financial audiences in a concise manner to facilitate decisions.Ìý
- Develop effective reports: Create financial and business reports based on research and data analysis.Ìý
- Inform business decisions: Apply accounting and business management principles to inform decision-making and risk management.Ìý
- Assess modern technology: Evaluate technology designed to help personnel work collaboratively and facilitate the decision-making process.Ìý
- Test and validate data: Employ standards to identify, test, and validate processes, systems, and financial data.Ìý
- Detect and prevent fraud: Plan for fraud detection and deterrence analysis, implementation, and evaluation.Ìý
- Manage agency finances: Perform a range of functions, including budgeting, reporting, and auditing to manage federal agency finances.Ìý
- Improve the use of data: Propose a plan for improved use of business intelligence, data management, and analytics.Ìý
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, ACCT 220)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 221)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 310)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 311)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 321)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 323)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 326)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 410) or any upper-level ACCT course
- (3 Credits, ACCT 422)
- (3 Credits, ACCT 436) or any upper-level ACCT course
- (3 Credits, ACCT 438) or any upper-level ACCT course
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, ACCT 496)
Related Required Courses
The following required courses (12 credits) may be applied to general education requirements:
- (3 Credits, ECON 201)
- (3 Credits, ECON 203)
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
- Choose one of the following writing courses:
- (3 Credits, WRTG 293)
- (3 Credits, COMM 390)
- (3 Credits, WRTG 394)
The following required courses (15 credits) may be applied to elective requirements:
- (3 Credits, BMGT 364)
- (3 Credits, BMGT 380)
- (3 Credits, FINC 330)
- MRKT 310
- (3 Credits, ACCT 411) or BMGT 496
Career Preparation
UMGC courses are taught by experienced faculty members and offer skills and proficiencies in high demand by today’s employers. This undergraduate accounting program is specifically designed to enable you to succeed in a wide range of professional environments within both the public and private sectors, including corporate accounting departments, auditing firms, taxation agencies, financial consultancies, and more. Graduates may pursue careers as entry-level accountants, financial analysts, auditors, forensic accountants, tax consultants, management accountants, or budget analysts.Ìý
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
Learn more about professional licensure as it relates to this program.
Data Analytics
Undergraduate CertificateThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Employers are looking to hire professionals who possess data analytics skills and can inform and enhance decision-making within corporations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, or the military. The online certificate program in data analytics at ¶¶ÒõÊÓƵ provides a valuable introduction to data science and can enhance your career opportunities. In this program, you will earn how to manage and manipulate data, create data visualizations, and use cutting-edge technology to gain insights from traditional and emerging data sources to make strategic data-driven recommendations that influence managerial decision-making and organizational outcomes.
Program Highlights
- Evaluate a business problem: Determine if data science can provide a viable solution.
- Apply leadership skills: Promote communication, ethical behavior, and quality performance.
- Implement methodology: Implement data science methodology including data extraction and cleaning.
- Execute best practices: Use diverse technologies in data science and artificial intelligence.
- Develop solutions: Incorporate data security, data privacy, and risk management best practices.
- Analyze ethical issues: Analyze social, global, and ethical issues and their implications.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
- (3 Credits, DATA 200)
- (3 Credits, DATA 320)
- (3 Credits, DATA 330)
- (3 Credits, DATA 335)
- Take one of the following courses:
- (3 Credits, CSIA 300)
- (3 Credits, DATA 300)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help you gain introductory skills in data analytics that can benefit you in a number of industries.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
18
Transfer Credits
Up to 9
Format
- All courses available online
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
