The mission of the Accounting Lab is to provide assistance to students to strengthen their understanding of foundational accounting concepts. To fulfill this mission, the Accounting Lab provides in person and remote tutoring to students who voluntarily seek the services. The Accounting Lab is staffed by knowledgeable accounting majors selected by the faculty and offers a variety of equipment and instructional resources that support accounting courses in distance and campus-based formats. The Accounting Lab is committed to fulfilling the goal of improving students’ understanding of accounting concepts.

Students can drop in during the regularly scheduled lab hours that are posted each term in the announcement area of Blackboard in all accounting classes.   Also, students can make an appointment by calling 1-800-522-0272 (ask for accounting lab).  Those students with an appointment will be given priority.  Most students come to the Lab for tutoring; however, online tutoring is available through email, fax and phone.  Lab equipment and resources on site include:

>	A selection of textbooks and resource materials
>	Four computers with windows operating systems.
>	A variety of software tools and internet materials that support the accounting course work.

Phone: 1-256-216-5379 is the direct line to the accounting lab
Email address:  accounting@athens.edu  (email is checked daily - responses within 24 hours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays)
Fax: (1-256-216-5398) is available for students who need to have a problem reviewed. The lab will not give answers but will  check figures and work on the accounting concepts necessary to solve the problems. 

The objectives of the Accounting Lab are:

• To identify, recruit and retain qualified tutors
• To provide tutoring in a timely manner
• To provide tutoring in a format that meets the needs of all students
• To provide tutoring that enhances learning

In addition, the following commercial product is available for use by all our business students.

 Is available 24/7

  Link to this tutoring tool is available in all business classes.   See your class menu for link.