Earn your Associate in Arts degree online with a major in Accounting at Foothill College.
Associate Degree Requirements available as online courses:
A minimum of 90 units is required to include:
NOTE: All courses pertaining to the major must be taken for a letter grade. In addition, a GPA of 2.0 or higher in all core and support courses for the degree.
The courses listed BELOW are offered as online courses. Please see Online Schedule of Classes for verification.
| ONLINE COURSE | TITLE | UNITS |
| CORE COURSES (37 units) | ||
| ACTG 1A | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I | 5 |
| ACTG 1B | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II | 5 |
| ACTG 1C | MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING | 5 |
| ACTG 64A | COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING PRAC QUICKBOOKS | 2 |
| ACTG 64B | COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING PRAC EXCEL | 2 |
| ACTG 65 | PAYROLL & BUSINESS TAX ACCOUNTING | 4 |
| ACTG 67 | TAX ACCOUNTING | 5 |
| BUSI 22 | PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS | 4 |
| ECON 1A * | PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | 5 |
| or ECON 1B * | PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | 5 |
| SUPPORT COURSES (10 units) | ||
| ACTG 51A | INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I | 4 |
| ACTG 51B | INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II | 4 |
| ACTG 51C | INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING III | 4 |
| ACTG 58 | AUDITING | 5 |
| ACTG 60 | ACCOUNTING FOR SMALL BUSINESS | 5 |
| ACTG 66 | COST ACCOUNTING | 5 |
| ACTG 68A | ADVANCED TAX ACCOUNTING I | 4 |
| ACTG 68B | ADVANCED TAX ACCOUNTING II | 4 |
| ACTG 68C | ADVANCED TAX ACCOUNTING III | 3 |
| ACTG 75 | ACCOUNTING FOR GOVERNMENTS & NOT-FOR-PROFITS | 5 |
| BUSI 11 | INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 5 |
| or BUSI 91L | INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS INFORMATION PROC | 4 |
| ECON 1A * | PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | 5 |
| ECON 1B * | PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | 5 |
* May be taken only once for credit (either Core or Support).
Based on the 2012-2013 degree program. For a list of on-campus courses that satisfy degree requirements, visit the Program webpage.