Business Administration: Accounting (B.S.)

The accounting major is designed with three primary objectives in mind: 1) to prepare students who intend to enter the fields of public or private accounting with an adequate background to become effective practitioners, 2) to educate students to become highly qualified professionals in great demand in today’s business world, 3) to help provide students with the necessary skills, abilities, and educational backgrounds to sit for the C.P.A. examinations. Please note that students wishing to become a licensed C.P.A must complete additional college coursework to a total of 150 credit hours in addition to passing the C.P.A. exam and completing one year of work experience.

Requirements

Accounting Requirements

ACC 324	Intermediate Accounting I	3
ACC 325	Intermediate Accounting II	3
ACC 330	Cost Accounting	3
ACC 400	Accounting Information Systems	3
ACC 402	Advanced Accounting	3
ACC 420	External Auditing	3
ACC 425	Federal Taxation of Individual	3
ACC 426	Federal Tax of Business Entities	3
ACC 447	Accounting Ethics	3
	Any 300-400 ACC	3

** Additional Elective Courses or MBA (for students seeking CPA; 150 total hours are required to sit for CPA exam)

Required Courses Business Core

ACC 224	Principles of Financial Accounting	3
ACC 225	Principles of Managerial Accounting	3
CIS 270	Fundamentals of Information Systems	2
CIS 271	Practical Computer Applications	3
ECON 203	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
FIN 300	Principles of Finance	3
GBUS 140	Introduction to Business	3
GBUS 220	Business Communications	3
GBUS 280	Business Statistics	3
GBUS 303	Quantitative Business Analysis	3
GBUS 325	International Business	3
GBUS 344	Legal Environment of Business I	3
GBUS 420	Professional Development Seminar	1
MGT 350	Principles of Management	3
MGT 498	Management Strategy & Policy	3
MKT 331	Principles of Marketing	3