2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Accounting Major

(72 credits)

Accountants are the information specialists in business. Accountants prepare and interpret financial data needed to make business decisions. The field of accounting offers challenging and rewarding opportunities in public accounting, tax accounting, government, industry, and not-for-profit organizations.

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Business Core - All Four Year Majors (50-51 credits):

Business:

BUS 100 - Introduction to Contemporary Business 3 credits
or
MGT 140 - Introduction to Business 2 credits
BUS 180 - Business Information Tools 3 credits
BUS 201 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credits
BUS 202 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credits
BUS 205 - Business Statistics I 3 credits
BUS 221 - Introduction to Management Information Systems 3 credits
BUS 263 - Legal Environment and Business 3 credits
BUS 305 - Business Statistics II 3 credits
BUS 311 - Business Finance 3 credits
BUS 351 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 credits
BUS 361 - Principles of Marketing 3 credits
BUS 371 - Management and Organizational Behavior 3 credits
BUS 401 - Senior Business Experience 3 credits

Economics:

ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credits
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credits

Required Courses that may fulfill Foundational Studies:

BEIT 336 - Business Report Writing 3 credits
MATH 115 - College Algebra 3 credits
or
MATH 129 - Fundamentals and Applications of Calculus 3 credits
or
MATH 131 - Calculus I 4 credits

Required Courses for Accounting Majors (27 credits):

Accounting:

ACCT 301 - Financial Accounting I 3 credits
ACCT 302 - Financial Accounting II 3 credits
ACCT 311 - Cost Accounting 3 credits
ACCT 313 - Accounting Systems 3 credits
ACCT 404 - Introduction to Federal Income Taxation 3 credits
or
ACCT 405 - Advanced Federal Income Taxation 3 credits
ACCT 415 - Auditing Theory and Practice 3 credits

Electives:

Choose 9 hours from the following:

ACCT 350 - Fraud Examination 3 credits
ACCT 404 - Introduction to Federal Income Taxation 3 credits
ACCT 405 - Advanced Federal Income Taxation 3 credits
ACCT 410 - Not-for-Profit Accounting 3 credits
ACCT 411 - Contemporary Issues in Cost and Managerial Accounting 3 credits
ACCT 421 - Financial Accounting IV 3 credits
ACCT 439 - Accounting Internship 3-6 credits
ACCT 450 - Occupational Fraud 3 credits
ACCT 499 - Accounting Research and Analysis 1-3 credits
BLAW 464 - Business Administration and the Law 3 credits
MIS 376 - Business Computer Systems 3 credits