Accounting, B.S.

Accounting is your path to challenging and rewarding careers in industry, public accounting, or not-for-profit and public sector organizations. The curriculum includes courses in intermediate and cost accounting, tax, audit, information systems, fraud awareness and more. Upon graduation students have available all the necessary coursework to sit for the CPA, CMA, CIA or CFE examinations. Most courses incorporate review material for professional certifications.

Major in Accounting
- BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS BLOCK
  - BUAD 161
    
    Intro to Financial Accounting (C- minimum)
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 162
    
    Intro to Managerial Accounting (C- minimum)
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 202
    
    Legal Environment of Business (C- minimum)
    
    3 hours
- REQUIRED BUSINESS COURSES
  - A grade of C- or higher is required in BUAD 231 (Marketing), BUAD 251 (Management), and BUAD 341 (Finance) as a pre-requisite for the upper level courses in the respective areas.
  - BUAD 206
    
    Business Research Methods
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 231
    
    Principles of Marketing
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 251
    
    Principles of Management
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 307
    
    Management Information Systems
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 341
    
    Managerial Finance 1
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 352
    
    Human Resource Management
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 358
    
    Management Science
    
    3 hours
  - BUAD 455
    
    Strategy and Policy
    
    3 hours
- UPPER LEVEL ACCOUNTING COURSES
  - ACCT 361
    
    Intermediate Accounting 1
    
    3 hours
  - ACCT 362
    
    Intermediate Accounting 2
    
    3 hours
  - ACCT 364
    
    Cost Accounting
    
    3 hours
  - ACCT 366
    
    Federal Income Tax 1
    
    3 hours
  - ACCT 461
    
    Auditing
    
    3 hours
  - Seminar in Business Administration - Choose 1 of the following:
    
    3 hours
    - BUAD 488A
      
      Seminar in Accounting and Finance
    - BUAD 488B
      
      Seminar in Management and Marketing
    - FIN 447
      
      Cases in Finance
  - Internship in Accounting - Choose 3 hours from:
    
    3 hours
    - ACFN 300
      
      Co-Op Ed Exp in Acct/Fin
  - Accounting Elective - Choose 3 hours from:
    
    3 hours
    - ACCT 302
      
      Organizations and Transactions
    - Any 36-level ACCT course(s)
    - Any 46-level ACCT course(s)
    - ACCT 405
      
      Topics in Accounting
    - Note: This requirement may not be satisfied with ACCT 361, ACCT 362, ACCT 364, ACCT 366, or ACCT 461.
- DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES
  - Choose 6 hours from:
    
    6 hours
    - Any ACCT course(s)
    - Any BUAD course(s)
    - Any FIN course(s)
    - Any MGMT course(s)
    - Any MKTG course(s)
    - Any ACFN course(s)
    - Any MGMK course(s)
    - Any INTB course(s)
    - Any INTE course(s)
    - Note: This requirement may not be satisfied with BUAD 161, BUAD 162, BUAD 202, BUAD 206, BUAD 231, BUAD 251, BUAD 307, BUAD 341, BUAD 352, BUAD 358, or BUAD 455.
    - For 'Departmental Electives', you may select any three BUAD courses (including COOP/Internships), or you may also take certain approved non-business elective courses to fill this requirement. You may click here to see the current list of non-business electives. Declaring more than one business concentration, a second major, or a minor will waive departmental electives.
Total hours

63 hours

Req Related for Accounting
- ECON 101
  
  Principles of Macroeconomics (C- minimum)
  
  3 hours
- ECON 102
  
  Principles of Microeconomics (C- minimum)
  
  3 hours
- Data Visualization and Communication - Choose 1 of the following:
  
  1–4 hours
  - MATH 256
    
    Data Visualization and Communication
  - MATH 279
    
    Experimental (Data Visualiation & Comm)
- MATH 235
  
  Survey of Statistics
  
  3 hours
- WRIT 316
  
  Business Writing (AW)
  
  3 hours
Total hours

13–16 hours

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Accounting, B.S.

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