Randolph Community College Offers
Noncredit Bookkeeping Program

ASHEBORO, N.C.--Randolph Community College is offering a Bookkeeping program featuring noncredit courses for individuals desiring to develop or upgrade their clerical skills, but who do not wish to earn college credits.

A noncredit certificate may be earned in Advanced Office, Bookkeeping/Accounting, and Legal Office Assistant. Certain basic courses are required, then students take specific courses depending on what option is chosen, plus a choice of electives.

Courses are being offering both on the Asheboro Campus and on-line.

In September, RCC will offer a “Business Math/Calculator Use” course, which focuses on basic math as applied in the business setting. Students will calculate percent markup, convert between decimal figures and percentages, and learn the touch system of using a standard 10-key calculator. Choose from two classes on the Asheboro Campus, the first from 8 - 11 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 8 - 24, and the second from 6 - 9 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 9 - Oct. 2. The next on-line class will be available Sept. 16 - Oct. 18. The registration fee is $55 plus text.

“Records Management” will be offered on-line from Sept. 6 through Oct. 11. A second class will begin in November. In this class, simulated business documents provide hands-on practice which prepares students for clerical positions involving filing and retrieving business documents. The registration fee is $55 plus text.

Three courses specific to the Bookkeeping/Accounting track will be offered this fall. “Basic Accounting Principles” will meet from 8 - 11 a.m., Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from Sept. 8 - Oct. 27, or from 6 - 9 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 9 - Nov. 18, on the Asheboro Campus. In this course, students will learn to establish a chart of accounts, classify accounts, analyze transactions, maintain general ledgers, prepare closing entries, reconcile the bank statement, and prepare financial statements. The on-line version of this course will be available Sept. 6 - Nov. 1. Cost is $60 plus text.

A “Bookkeeping Certification Review” course will be offered from 7 - 9 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 22 - Oct. 13. This class will prepare a student to take a test to become a certified bookkeeper through the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers. Cost is $50.

Also, students can take a “Payroll Accounting” class on-line beginning Sept. 6 through Nov. 8. This class will cover computing wages/salaries, determining employee/employer payroll taxes, recording journal entries for payroll transactions, preparing a payroll register, posting from the register to the employees' earnings records, and preparing W-2 forms. Cost of this class is $60, and completion of Business Math/Calculator Use and Basic Accounting Principles are prerequisites.

To register for on-line courses, go to www.virtualrandolph.org. For on-campus courses, call RCC at (336) 633-0267 in Asheboro or (336) 862-7980 in Archdale.