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Account Clerk I Certificate

IN OUR ACCOUNT CLERK I PROGRAM, YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Accounting vocabulary and theory 
  • Equations to solve word problems
  • Simple and compound interest
  • Present value, consumer and business credit
  • Mortgages, financial statements and ratios,
  • Inventory, depreciation, business taxes and investments
  • Use of QuickBooks & Sage 50 software

OUR ACCOUNT CLERK I PROGRAM provides students the foundation and confidence needed to land an entry-level position in accounting or bookkeeping with a real potential to advance in responsibilities and salary as procedures and tasks are learned.  In addition, students completing this program will be well prepared to enter a college level accounting course and/or advancing to earn their Account Clerk II Certificate. 

The core requirements include NINE COURSES—NO ELECTIVES. 

COMPLETION ESTIMATE: 10 months
GRADE: Pass/No Pass


Average Annual Wage: $47,190

Annual California Job Openings through 2029: 1,578,200

Salary information is based estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor


Enroll in these courses first and attend when not in other courses:

  • STV 21 Business Math and Calculators (self-paced)
  • STV 11 Beginning Keyboarding (self-paced)

Take at any time in this order:

  • STV 70 Introduction to Computers
  • STV 80 Windows

Take at any time, in any order:

  • STV 32 Business Writing: Memos
  • STV 34 Filing Fundamentals

After completing Business Math, take:

  • STV 90 Beginning MS Excel
  • STV 22 Beginning Account Clerk (self-paced)

Final course:

  • STV 40 21st Century Employment Strategies

If you are interested in these courses, please take a few moments to fill out this form to allow us to better serve you now and in the future: Student Interest Form

For more information about these courses, contact Yazaret Moscorro at (818) 240-1000 ext. 5690 or email mascorro@glendale.edu.