Accounting, BS

This major is administered by the area of Accounting in the School of Business and Economics .

In the accounting major, you complete courses in core accounting content and methodology, as well as courses in business and economics. Upon completing the accounting major, you will be prepared to work professionally in accounting and the business world.

Successfully complete a minimum of 80-83 credits in the categories below.

Foundation, 17-19 credits

Complete BEFORE taking any additional 300-400 level courses, including “core” courses.

ACCT 210 - Introductory Financial Accounting Credits: 3
ACCT 211 - Introductory Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 100 - Introduction to Business Credits: 1
CIS 102 - Practicum in Computing Credits: 1 (Excel)
ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 and
ECON 111 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
or
ECON 200 - Principles of Economics Credits: 3 and
an additional 3 credits in 200-400 level Economics coursework. You may not take ECON 497 or ECON 498 to satisfy this requirement. Classes you take as part of other requirements of the major do not satisfy this requirement.
Take one of:
MATH 109 - Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences Credits: 4
MATH 111 - Applied Calculus Credits: 4
MATH 225 - Calculus I Credits: 5
Note: If you anticipate doing advanced study in a field such as Actuarial Science, you should take MATH 225 .

Accounting Core, 24 credits

ACCT 310 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I Credits: 3
ACCT 311 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II Credits: 3
ACCT 321 - Cost Accounting Credits: 3
ACCT 330 - Federal Individual Income Taxes Credits: 3
ACCT 331 - Federal Business Income Taxes Credits: 3
ACCT 370 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3
ACCT 410 - Advanced Financial Accounting Credits: 3
ACCT 450 - Auditing Credits: 3

Electives, 6 credits

ACCT 390 - Ethics in Accounting and Business Credits: 3
ACCT 411 - Not for Profit Accounting Credits: 3
BUS 341 - Advanced Business Law Credits: 3
BUS 352 - Financial Management Credits: 3
BUS 353 - Investments Credits: 3
BUS 354 - Financial Planning Credits: 3
BUS 355 - Real Estate Investments Credits: 3
BUS 356 - Corporate Risk Management Credits: 3
BUS 455 - Applied Corporate Finance Credits: 3

Business Core, 30-31 credits

BUS 300 - Written Communication for the Business Professional Credits: 3
BUS 301 - Oral Communication for the Business Professional Credits: 3
BUS 325 - Organizational Behavior Credits: 3
BUS 330 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 3
BUS 340 - Business Law and Ethics Credits: 3
BUS 350 - Principles of Finance Credits: 3
BUS 360 - Principles of Production-Operations Management Credits: 3
BUS 380 - Principles of Business Analytics Credits: 3
BUS 480 - Management Capstone Credits: 3
MATH 255 - Elementary Statistical Methods Credits: 4 or
other approved statistics course:
ECON 243 - Economic and Business Statistics Credits: 3
FOR 321 - Natural Resources Data Analysis Credits: 4
HS 301 - Fundamentals of Biostatistics Credits: 3
MATH 354 - Applied Statistics Credits: 4
MATH 357 - Probability and Statistics II Credits: 3
PSYC 300 - Statistics for Psychologists Credits: 4
SOC 351 - Social Statistics Credits: 4

Internship, at least 3 credits

Take one of:

ACCT 497 - Internship in Accounting Credits: 1-15
BUS 497 - Internship in Business Administration Credits: 3-15
ECON 497 - Internship in Economics Credits: 1-15