Finance Career Cluster
Accounting
Enjoy working with numbers? Accountants work in every industry sector to measure and report financial information. Businesses, schools, individuals and families, non-profit organizations, and federal, state, and local governments all rely on accountants and financial executives to ensure the organization is optimizing its financial resources to achieve its goals and staying in compliance.
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Begin Your Journey
Accounting I
Discover the basic principles of the accounting cycle while learning skills pertinent to an accounting career.
Accounting II
Develop an in-depth knowledge of accounting procedures and techniques utilized in solving business problems and making financial decisions.
Get Certified
Intuit Quickbooks Certified User
This certification validates one’s skills in Quickbooks accounting software.
Expand Your Journey
Found your passion? These courses relate to this career pathway and may align to your career and college goals. Find out which of these may be available at your school and consider adding them to your Course Plan in Xello.
Browse enhancement courses:
- Business Management I
- Entrepreneurship I
- Financial Planning
- Microsoft Excel
Earn College Credit
Get a head start on your college education by taking advantage of dual credit opportunities. There are CTE courses that can articulate to the community college, meaning they will award college credit. Also, the Career & College Promise (CCP) program allows eligible high school students to enroll in community college classes.
Articulated Credits
- ACC-115 College Accounting
- ACC-120 Principles of Financial Accounting
- ACC-118 Accounting Fundamentals I
- ACC-121 Principles of Managerial Accounting
- ACC-150 Accounting Software Application
CCP Pathways
Get Involved
Future Business Leaders of America
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) inspires and prepares students to become community-minded business leaders in a global society through relevant career preparation and leadership experiences. FBLA competitive events prepare students for successful careers in business by providing opportunities to apply classroom concepts in a workforce-simulated competitive environment.
DECA
DECA is available to all high school students who are currently enrolled in marketing and entrepreneurship education courses. Through activities at the local, state, and national level DECA members have the opportunity to enhance their working knowledge of vocational skills, community service, leadership development, and social intelligence. DECA competitive events parallel marketing curricula and industry-validated competencies. Participants compete in written papers, tests, and role-playing events that simulate actual business situations. They are judged by business people in the specific occupational area.
Finance
Careers focused on planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.