Accounting Associate of Arts Degree Requirements
The Associate of Arts degree is for students who plan to complete their first two years of a bachelor’s degree before transferring to a four-year institution. For more specific information based on the institution to which you want to transfer, please visit: https://www.southeast.edu/transfer-information/
Not all courses will be available every term or at all campuses. A course may only meet one graduation requirement. Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor for your major at your receiving institution, for recommendations.
Accounting Core Credits: 7 (3 classes, including ACFS 1015 )
Accounting Electives Credits: 12 (4 classes)
Additional Accounting/Business Elective Credits: 3 (1 class)
Technology Credits: 3 (1 class)
Social Sciences Credits: 6 (2 classes)
Culture and Gender Studies Credits: 3 (1 class)
Written Communication Credits: 6 (2 classes)
Speech Communication Credits: 3 (1 class)
Mathematics/Logic Credits: 6 (2 classes)
Natural Science (At least one course must have a lab) Credits: 7 (2 classes)
Humanities Credits: 6 (2 classes)
Total minimum number of credits required: 62
Accounting & Electives
NOTE: Must take a minimum of six (18 credit hours) ACCT prefix classes for the Accounting AA Degree.
Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor for your major at your receiving institution, for recommendations.
All Accounting Associate of Arts students are required to take ACFS 1015 Success@SCC in their first semester of the program.
Choose four ACCT courses:
Work closely with your advisor, as not all accounting courses are offered every term.
Choose one additional Accounting/Business Elective:
Students with limited or no prior Accounting experience are encouraged to take OFFT 1310 prior to ACCT 1200 .
Economics
Take both.
It is recommended that students have a strong college level English, Math, and Accounting background before taking these ECON courses.
Culture and Gender Studies
Choose one.
And choose one of the following:
Total: 6 hours
NOTE: UNL’s College of Business requires OFFT 2120 .
Total: 3 hours
NOTE: UNL’s College of Business requires SPCH 2810 .
And choose one of the following:
Total: 6 hours
NOTE: MATH 1150 and MATH 1200 do not fulfill the math requirement at UNL and will count as electives only.
UNL’s College of Business recommends taking Applied Statistics as BSAD 2170 .
UNL recommends students planning to major in Accounting, Economics, or Finance take MATH 1600 .
Natural Science with Lab
NOTE: Science requirements vary depending on transfer institutions and major. Some colleges/majors require that you take science courses from two different subjects. For the AA degree, only one science course must include a lab. Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor for your major at your receiving institution, for recommendations.
*Students may only receive credit for either CHEM 1050 or CHEM 1090.
*Students may receive credit for only one of the following: PHYS 1150 , PHYS 1410 or PHYS 2110 .
Choose two of the following, (either 2 lab classes, or 1 lab & 1 non-lab):
Natural Science: Non-Lab
Option for AA only.
Humanities
Humanities requirements vary depending on your intended transfer institution and major. Check with a SCC advisor, as well as an advisor at your receiving institution, to help you select your Humanities courses.
For the Accounting AA Degree, choose 2 courses from 2 different groups, for a total of 6 credit hours.
Group 1: Literature/History/Journalism/Philosophy
Group 2: Creative/Fine/Performing Arts
Return to: