Accounting Major (Bachelor of Science)

First Year - Credits: 32-33

• ACC 175 - Financial Accounting (Cr: 3)
• BUS 110 - Business Computers I (Cr: 3)

• or Elective

• BUS 120 - Business Fundamentals I (Cr: 3)
• BUS 121 - Business Fundamentals II (Cr: 3)
• BUS 122 - Business Problem Solving (Cr: 3)

• or Elective

• ECN 201 - Macroeconomics (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies the Global Issues General Education Requirement

• ECN 202 - Microeconomics (Cr: 3)
• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement.

• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies the Writing Designated Core Requirement

• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
• MTH 126 - Applied Statistics (Cr: 3)

• Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement

Sophomore - Credits: 32

• Individual & Society General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)   
• Literacy Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)

• ACC 300 - Accounting Information Systems (Cr: 3)
• ACC 301 - Intermediate Accounting I (Cr: 3)
• ACC 302 - Intermediate Accounting II (Cr: 3)
• ACC 315 - Cost Accounting (Cr: 3)
• BUS 210 - Finance (Cr: 3)
• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)

Junior - Credits: 31

• Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement  (Cr:  3)

• ACC 303 - Intermediate Accounting III (Cr: 3)
• ACC 325 - Tax Accounting (Cr: 3)
• ACC 350 - Auditing (Cr: 3)
• ACC 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
• ACC 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
• ACC 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
• BUS 370 - Business Analysis and Research (Cr: 3)

Senior - Credits: 30

• General Education Electives  (Cr: 6)

• ACC 401 - Advanced Accounting (Cr: 3)
• ACC 425 - Corporate Tax Accounting (Cr: 3)
• ACC 451 - Data Analytics for Accounting and Auditing (Cr: 3)
• ACC 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)

• Or

• ACC 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
• BUS 249 - Introduction to Business Analytics (Cr: 3)
• BUS 302 - Legal Environment for Business Including the UCC (Cr: 3)
• BUS 320 - Organizational Behavior (Cr: 3)
• BUS 425 - Business and Society (Cr: 3)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the accounting program, students will:

• Demonstrate accounting knowledge and skills required to perform successfully on the CPA exam.
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within accounting.
• Communicate effectively in oral and written form within the conventions of the accounting discipline.
• Apply a range of accounting skills in a professional environment.