Accounting, B.S.                                              

Accounting is an information system for measuring, analyzing, and communicating information useful in making economic decisions. A program in accounting provides students with the skills and concepts necessary to provide this information to those with direct and indirect financial and managerial interest in economic activities.  Accounting Course Descriptions

A.

General Education (52 sh total)

 

Students must take ECON101 Principles of Economics to meet the general education Political Science/Economics requirement since it is a prerequisite for the Major Core Requirement course ECON310 (or ECON315).  

B.

Core Requirements (42 sh total)

 

 

ACCT110 Financial Accounting

3 sh

 

ACCT115 Management Accounting

3 sh

 

CISC150 Introduction to Computers and Programming

3 sh

 

CISC250 Microcomputer Applications in Business

3 sh

 

ENGL345 Business Writing

3 sh

           May substitute one of the following for ENGL258:  
           ACCT200 Effective Writing for Accounting and Finance  
           ENGL360 Technical Writing  
           SPCH320 Business Communication  

 

ECON310 Intermediate Macroeconomics OR ECON315 Intermediate Microeconomics

3 sh

 

MRKT200 Principles of Marketing

3 sh

 

MATH107 Basic Statistics I OR MATH312 Probability and Statistics

3 sh

 

MATH141 Calculus I OR MATH180 Mathematics for Management

3 sh

 

MANG305 Operations/Productions Management

3 sh

 

MANG315 Management:  Concepts and Strategies

3 sh

 

MANG325 Financial Management

3 sh

 

POLI302 Business Law I

3 sh

 

PHIL425 Ethics in Business and Industry

3 sh

C.

Accounting Requirements (21 sh total)

 

 

ACCT210 Introduction to Federal Income Tax

3 sh

 

ACCT215 Accounting Information Systems

3 sh

 

ACCT300 Cost Accounting

3 sh

 

ACCT335 Intermediate Accounting I

3 sh

 

ACCT340 Intermediate Accounting II

3 sh

 

ACCT420 Auditing

3 sh

 

MANG475 Capstone Seminar in Strategic Management

3 sh

D.

Accounting Major Electives (5 sh total)

 

 

ACCT333 Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities

3 sh

 

ACCT369 Internship in Accounting (maximum of 3 sh in approved internships toward major electives requirements)

2-3 sh

 

ACCT410 Advanced Topics in Financial Accounting

3 sh

 

ACCT430 International Financial Management

3 sh

 

ACCT435 International Accounting

3 sh

 

ACCT450 Advanced Topics in Managerial Accounting

3 sh

 

ACCT460 Advanced Federal Taxation

3 sh

CISC255 Database Design

3 sh

CISC306 Systems Analysis and Design

3 sh

MANG430 International Financial Management

3 sh

 

POLI303 Business Law II

3 sh

 

 

 

Updated 2/05