Accounting Major

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The practice of accounting is of growing importance in the creation and use of information for planning, controlling, and evaluating the activities of all businesses and organizations. ISU’s Accounting Program offers students preparation for these growing careers through a foundation of study in general knowledge, business, and accounting principles.

(71 credits)

Required Courses on all Four-Year Professional Programs (45 credits):

Business:

BUS 100 - Introduction to Contemporary Business 3 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 263 - Legal Environment and Business 3 credits
BUS 305 - Business Statistics II 3 credits
BUS 311 - Business Finance 3 credits
BUS 321 - Introduction to Management Information Systems 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 for Accounting Majors (27 hours):

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
ACCT 415 - Auditing Theory and Practice 3 credits

Electives:

Choose 9 hours from the following:

ACCT 350 - Fraud Examination I 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 credits
ACCT 499 - Special Topics in Accounting 1-3 credits
BLAW 464 - Business Administration and the Law 3 credits
MIS 376 - Business Computer Systems 3 credits

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