Accounting

Fast Career Training Prepares You for an Accounting Career, in Pennsylvania or Elsewhere!

Associate in Specialized Business Degree Program: ACCOUNTING
Available at our campuses in Allentown, Dickson City, Hazleton, Pottsville, and Sunbury

The Associate in Specialized Business Degree in Accounting program provides training for those who are seeking entry-level careers in accounting and bookkeeping. Graduates who receive the proper accounting education will encounter opportunities for advancement to professional levels. Accountants must be skilled at working quickly and accurately with numbers figures. They should also be able to concentrate on minor details. Students of the Associate’s Degree in Accounting program will gain important knowledge of the accounting processes used in different governmental, service and manufacturing environments. They also obtain the necessary skills needed to operate computerized accounting systems that utilize new, technologically based accounting methods. Graduates of this program may pursue careers in virtually any industry including wholesale and retail firms, schools, hospitals, physicians’ offices, banks, and governmental agencies.

Bookkeeping clerks and accounting experts are essential to the successful survival of any business or firm, regardless of its field of expertise or number of employees. Accountants oversee and maintain the diverse financial or employee records of a company. They may also be in charge of monitoring business accounts, tracking losses and profits and supervising different corporate expenditures and costs. Accountants are often responsible for carrying out a wide variety of miscellaneous duties and tasks. Bookkeeping clerks are taught to be able to handle smaller business accounts as well as an entire firm’s financial transactions.

The McCann School of Business aims to provide students with quality training classes in the areas of personal employee taxation, corporate taxation and auditing. We want our graduates to be able to work quickly, accurately and thoroughly with various accounting maintenance systems and software. Our two-year Associate’s Degree in Accounting is available at our campuses in Allentown, Dickson City, Hazleton, Pottsville, and Sunbury. We give our students the ability to interpret economic data by translating and summarizing financial information. This aids in the important process of corporate decision-making. Upon commencement, accounting graduates can find employment in the following career positions.

Junior accountants
Bookkeepers
Accounting clerks
Billing clerks
Collection worker