by Danelle E. Davis, Certified Public Accountant

Curriculum
THE ONLINE PROGRAM
Throughout the process, students will earn badges in different areas that they demonstrate expertise and for each course they pass.
Besides the number of classes a student has taken, the badge system determines the hierarchy of the Scout within the organization.
60 minimum credits required (82 offered)
30+ Badges
64 weeks
100% Online
4 Face-to-Face Scout Seminars per year
#1 GET ADMITTED
Admitted Scout
Students will:
Pass an admissions "critical thinking" test
Pass the first welcome course
Need to have a computer and wi-fi at home
Parents will:
Acknowledge all of ASA's policies and expectations
Have a "welcome call" with scout and the ASA team

#2 LEARN ACCOUNTING
Junior Scout
Senior Scout
Students will:
Take 10 required classes
Have the option to pick 1 of 3 electives
Mentor and grow with their peers
Volunteer with Accounting Professionals & CPAs
Parents will:
Volunteer (as needed)
Attend at least 1 of 4 seminars with scouts and staff per year
Survey the Organization

#3 GRADUATE!
Veteran Scout - Green Ribbon
Veteran Scout - Gold Ribbon
Students can:
Work to obtain a 1 to 4-year scholarship
Apply for internships
Use skills to get a general bookkeeping or accounting assistant job
Use skills to prepare taxes
Use skills to work for a business
Use skills to progress through college
Continue to Intern & Mentor other Scouts in ASA.
Parents will:
Support Scouts
Attend at least 1 of 4 seminars with scouts and staff per year
Survey the Organization

CURRICULUM
1 class = 6 weeks (6 credit hours)
& 1 credit hr. is earned per week
Scouts are required to take and pass 9 required courses that are each worth 6 credit hours. Scouts have the choice of 1 Elective in addition to these 9 courses for a total completion requirement of 10 classes and 60 credit hours. This elective can be FIN 200 or any of the other electives listed below.
Our Curriculum
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Our scouts earn badges by completing milestones during the duration of the program. Once a Scout has received all the badges in a category, he or she will receive an award administered by Account Scouts.
He or she may also be eligible for a college scholarship funded by one of our sponsors.
OUR BADGE SYSTEM
"Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious … and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."