COURSE CODE: 6320

Accounting

SCED Code: 12104
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FBLA

In this course, students explore the intricacies of the accounting cycle for both service and merchandising businesses. They will analyze transactions, master journal entries, and create essential financial statements. Students will get hands-on experience with payroll records and learn to manage cash control systems while emphasizing the importance of business ethics and professional conduct. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

Recommended prerequisite(s): Keyboarding or Digital Applications course(s) or teacher-approved demonstration and documentation of touch keyboarding skills.

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Virginia’s High Demand Occupations and Apprenticeable Occupations

Section § 2.2-2472 of the Code of Virginia requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) to publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.  The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) collaborated with the VBWD and related stakeholders to develop the high demand occupations list. VOEE’s mission is to leverage data to inform educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships across the Commonwealth.  See also the Virginia 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Occupation Description, and Active Apprenticeable Occupation status (Yes/No per the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry). 

SOC Code Occupation Description Apprenticeable Occupation
132011 Accountants and Auditors No
132061 Financial Examiners No
433021 Billing and Posting Clerks No
132041 Credit Analysts No
132072 Loan Officers No
132071 Credit Counselors No
132054 Financial Risk Specialists No
433031 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Yes
132082 Tax Preparers No
113031 Financial Managers No
132052 Personal Financial Advisors Yes
151253 Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers No
131082 Project Management Specialists No
113021 Computer and Information Systems Managers No
172061 Computer Hardware Engineers No
151255 Web and Digital Interface Designers No
151252 Software Developers Yes
151243 Database Architects No
151232 Computer User Support Specialists Yes
273091 Interpreters and Translators No
113012 Administrative Services Managers No
119041 Architectural and Engineering Managers No
434031 Court, Municipal, and License Clerks No
119151 Social and Community Service Managers No
434061 Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs No
131041 Compliance Officers No
195011 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Yes
474011 Construction and Building Inspectors Yes
435011 Cargo and Freight Agents No

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Business Information Management
  • Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
  • Computer Programmers
  • Project Management Specialists
  • Computer and Information Systems Managers

Pathway Occupation
Accounting
  • Accountants and Auditors
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
  • Financial Examiners
  • Billing and Posting Clerks
  • Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Banking Services
  • Credit Analysts
  • Loan Officers
  • Tellers
  • Accountants and Auditors
  • Financial Examiners
  • Credit Counselors
  • Financial Risk Specialists
Business Finance
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
  • Statisticians
  • Financial Risk Specialists
  • Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Securities & Investments
  • Tax Preparers
  • Loan Officers
  • Financial Managers
  • Brokerage Clerks
  • Credit Counselors
  • Personal Financial Advisors

Pathway Occupation
Foreign Service
  • Interpreters and Translators
Governance
  • Legislators
  • Administrative Services Managers
  • Financial Examiners
National Security
  • Military Officer Special and Tactical Operations Leaders, All Other
  • Special Forces
  • Command and Control Center Specialists
Planning
  • Urban and Regional Planners
  • Architectural and Engineering Managers
  • Statistical Assistants
Public Management & Administration
  • Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
  • Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
  • Social and Community Service Managers
  • Emergency Management Directors
  • Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
Regulation
  • Compliance Officers
  • Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
  • Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
  • Agricultural Inspectors
  • Construction and Building Inspectors
Revenue & Taxation
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
  • Financial Examiners
  • Appraisers of Personal and Business Property
  • Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
  • Tax Preparers

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Materials Engineers
  • Cost Estimators
  • Computer Hardware Engineers
Science & Mathematics
  • Computer and Information Research Scientists
  • Computer Programmers
  • Web and Digital Interface Designers
  • Software Developers
  • Database Architects
  • Computer User Support Specialists

Pathway Occupation
Sales & Service
  • Billing and Posting Clerks
  • Parts Salespersons
  • Cargo and Freight Agents
  • Postal Service Clerks
  • Parking Attendants

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