Accounting Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Accounting Clerk program at RCTC, students will achieve the following outcomes:

  • Record, analyze, interpret, and report financial transactions using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other professional accounting standards and laws.
  • Develop and use critical thinking processes to compare detailed expected results to actual reported information.
  • Utilize technology including accounting software, spreadsheets, database, and other accounting information software when reporting financial information.
  • Analyze, interpret, and report financial data and non-financial information to aid decision-makers within an organization.
  • Use clear and concise oral and written communication methods to convey financial and non-financial information effectively to different users.

Upon completion of the Accounting Transfer Pathway program at RCTC, students will achieve the following outcomes:

  • Strategic Thinking: Recognize accounting, economic, marketing and business opportunities/challenges and develop strategies to address them.
  • Data Informed Decision Making: Apply critical thinking skills and technology to formulate viable solutions to organizational issues.
  • Global Perspective: Identify domestic, international, cultural, political, and economic issues present in today’s work environment.
  • Ethical & Social Responsibility: Translate ethical and social responsibility concepts into responsible decision-making in a business environment.
  • Organizational Dynamics: Identify and analyze factors that influence organizational dynamics including teamwork, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Record, analyze, interpret, and report financial transactions using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other professional accounting standards and laws.
  • Develop and use critical thinking processes to compare detailed expected results to actual reported information.
  • Utilize technology including accounting software, spreadsheets, databases, and other accounting information software when reporting financial information.
  • Analyze, interpret, and report financial data and non-financial information to aid decision-makers within an organization.
  • Use clear and concise oral and written communication methods to convey financial and non-financial information effectively to different users.