What You Will Learn
Financial accounting is important for all companies, regardless of size. Through our business courses at the Center for Workforce Development, businesses can learn to record transactions thoroughly and systematically. This is important for establishing a record of a company’s financial health, which becomes critical when applying for loans or establishing a working relationship with other businesses.
Accounting Students Learn How to:
- Understand and use the vocabulary of accounting
- Record, analyze, and report financial transactions accurately
- Apply the conventions of bookkeeping
- Use Microsoft Excel for bookkeeping processes
- Use QuickBooks to track orders, sales, expenses, invoices and more
Why study at CCM?
The Center for Workforce Development at CCM offers a short-term certificate program in accounting for students who wish to move quickly into the job market without enrolling in a degree program. Three evening courses over a semester will prepare students for an accounting career. Preparing for and passing the QuickBooks certification exam after these courses will help students stand out as a premier candidate for a professional accounting role.
Curriculum
Students learn basic terminology and accounting practices before moving on to double entry bookkeeping and the recording of financial transactions. Balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements are introduced and practiced. Students learn the preeminent computerized accounting system QuickBooks and prepare to sit for the QuickBooks certification exam.
Careers in the Field
All businesses, whether for-profit or nonprofit, have a need for meticulous accountants who can accurately record financial transactions using conventional accounting processes. Firm knowledge of QuickBooks is a definite asset, and QuickBooks certification proves a student’s mastery of the subject. Careers in this field include:
- Accounts manager
- Bookkeeper
- Tax professional
Paying for Your Accounting Education at CCM
The Accounting/QuickBooks program at CCM (3 classes) has been approved by the NJ Department of Labor for NJ residents who are unemployed or underemployed and wish to receive a training voucher to pay for this program. If you are un/underemployed, click here for information on how to qualify.
Related Courses Taught in English
Accounting Basics for Non-Accountants (BDT-161E)
PREREQUISITE: This is an introductory course on the basics of accounting. Basic computer skills are essential. A personal computer with Windows 10, while not needed, is helpful. A computer is required for the next classes in this program series.
If you have never had a bookkeeping or accounting course and the words t-account, debit and credit entries, sound like a foreign language, you need to start here to advance in this series. Understanding the theories and practices behind accounting, which is the process of recording financial transactions and then summarizing, analyzing, and reporting these transactions, is the basis of this class. This class will equip you with the foundational knowledge to be successful in the next course.
Wed, Feb 19-March 5, 6:30-9:30 p.m. on campus in Cohen Hall, Room CH-156
3 sessions, 9 hours, CEU 0.9
Cost: $249
Accounting Fundamentals and More (BDT-124E)
PREREQUISITE: Accounting Basics for Non-Accountants, or accounting/bookkeeping knowledge or prior work experience. Students should have a personal computer with Windows 10 and have strong computer skills. Students will receive CCM student credentials to access MS Excel.
Apply double entry bookkeeping and then dig deeper into the analysis and recording of financial transactions and financial statements. Get hands-on experience in accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes and common banking activities. Understand the role of the three main accounting statements: balance sheet, income statement and cash flow.
This course is a prerequisite for QuickBooks. During a one-hour orientation, in advance of the course work, students will receive information on the class structure, use of Excel and how to access MS Excel if a student does not have the application available.
6 sessions: 15 hours, CEU 1.5
Location: on campus in Cohen Hall, Room CH-156
Cost: $399
QuickBooks Certification Prep with Exam Voucher (BDT-146E)
PREREQUISITE: Accounting Fundamentals or a minimum of one year work-related bookkeeping or accounting experience is required. Students must have good computer skills, along with a personal computer with Windows 10. Students receive CCM student credentials to access the QuickBooks software. Students who register for this class, and do not have the prerequisite knowledge, will be limited in their ability to participate in this course. If in doubt, please contact Workforce Development at wfd@ccm.edu prior to enrolling. A QuickBooks certification exam voucher is included with the course.
QuickBooks is a computerized accounting system commonly used in small-to-medium sized businesses. Students learn to create purchase orders, track sales and expenses, produce and manage invoices, monitor financial records and more. This course uses the QuickBooks cloud version, with an introduction to the QuickBooks desktop version. The course will help you prepare for the QuickBooks certification exam. During a one-hour orientation, in advance of the course work, students will receive information on how to download the student version of QuickBooks directly from Intuit and learn more about the QuickBooks certification process and course outline.
Wed, May 21-July 9, 2025
Orientation May 21 from 6:30-7:30 p.m., classes May 28-July 9 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Location: on campus in Cohen Hall, Room CH-156
Cost: $699
Textbook information:
Computer Accounting with QuickBooks Online: A Cloud Based Approach, 4th Edition by Carol Yacht and Matthew Lowenkron.
ISBN 10: 1264136749
ISBN 13: 978-1264136742
May 21, 2025 – Jul 9, 2025 | 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Course ID: 28234
Instructor: Mojena
Location: CH-156
Registration closes 3 business days before a class begins.
Please plan ahead and register before the class closes!
Refund Policy
About the Instructor: Ariel Mojena, CPA – Ariel is a licensed CPA, QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor and senior finance professional with over 25 years of corporate accounting and finance experience. He has his own accounting and tax business that helps small and mid-sized business leaders with real-time business insights and solutions. Ariel teaches Principles of Accounting at Eastwick College and looks forward to sharing this information with CCM students to help them prepare for a financial career.
Contact Us
Center for Workforce Development, County College of Morris
Student Community Center, Room 125
214 Center Grove Road, Randolph NJ 07869
E: wfd@ccm.edu
P: 973-328-5187
