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
  
  9 hours
  - BUAD 161
    
    Intro to Financial Accounting (C- minimum)
  - BUAD 162
    
    Intro to Managerial Accounting (C- minimum)
  - BUAD 202
    
    Legal Environment of Business (C- minimum)
- REQUIRED BUSINESS COURSES
  
  24 hours
  - 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
  - BUAD 231
    
    Principles of Marketing
  - BUAD 251
    
    Principles of Management
  - BUAD 307
    
    Management Information Systems
  - BUAD 341
    
    Managerial Finance 1
  - BUAD 352
    
    Human Resource Management
  - BUAD 358
    
    Management Science
  - BUAD 455
    
    Strategy and Policy
- UPPER LEVEL ACCOUNTING COURSES - See Appendix 1
  
  33 hours
- 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)
  - Note, the 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, 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

72 hours
Appendix 1. 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 Business Admin
  - BUAD 488B
    
    Seminar in Business Admin
  - FIN 447
    
    Cases in Finance
- Internship in Accounting
  
  12 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, the requirement may not be satisfied with ACCT 361, ACCT 362, ACCT 364, ACCT 366, ACCT 461

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Accounting, B.S.

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