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Accounting Certificate (ACN)

2025-2026 Business & Administrative Pathways

Certificate, STEM and Business Division

Recommended Course Selection Sequence

ACC108Financial Accounting

3

BUS120Computer Applications for Business

3

CMP101Composition 1

3

MGT102Principles of Management

3

OPN-ELECTIVE
Open Elective

3

ACC110Small Business Computerized Accounting

1

ACC103Computerized Accounting with QuickBooks

1

ACC201Intermediate Accounting 1

3

ACC203Managerial Accounting

3

ACC208Taxation

3

BUS103Advanced Excel

1

Total Credit Hours: 27

Program Notes

  • Open admissions
  • Stackable credential
  • All courses can be achieved through day, evening, and online options

Campus Information

  • Lynn or Danvers campus

Additional Graduation Requirements

  • Cumulative CLGPA at or above 2.0
  • Submit your NSCC Graduation Application https://www.northshore.edu/registrar/graduation.html

Advising Notes

This certificate is designed upon completion to prepare a student for entry level employment in the accounting field.

For students interested in continuing their education in the accounting field, courses in this certificate count towards Accounting Degree.

Courses are listed in the recommended order you should take them.

Many courses have prerequisite requirements that must be fulfilled to be eligible to enroll in the course.

ACC101: For students wishing to complete the certificate program within one year must complete ACC102 prior to enrolling in ACC201 and ACC203.

Students starting in September must take ACC102 during the winter intersession to complete the program by the following May. (Note: ACC102 runs only if there is a minimum number of students enrolled)

Students starting in January must take ACC102 in the summer to complete the program requirements by December.

Students who complete ACC101 in the summer will be able to complete the remaining program requirements by the following May.