Accounting
Accounting Degree and Entrance Requirements
Global Awareness and Understanding (GAU) Course List
Department of Accounting
Accounting Degree Requirements for 2007 and 2009
CPA Exam Information
Recommended ACCTG Academic Plan
Program Years 2007 through 2009
| 1st Semester | Credits |
| PSU 006 First Year Seminar | 1 |
| § ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS) Composition | 3 |
| § MATH 110 or 140 (GQ) Calculus | 4 |
| § ECON 002 Microeconomics | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 4 |
| 2nd Semester | Credits |
| § ECON 004 Macroeconomics | 3 |
| § B A 241 Bus Law or B A 242 Bus Ethics | 2 |
| § MIS 204 Business Information Systems | 3 |
| Foreign Language or Electives | 4-3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| 3rd Semester | Credits |
| § ACCTG 211 Financial/Managerial Acctg | 4 |
| § B A 242 Bus Ethics or B A 241 Bus Law | 2 |
| Foreign Language or Electives | 4-3 |
| General Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| Global Awareness (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 4th Semester | Credits |
| § SCM 200 or STAT 200 (GQ) Statistics | 4 |
| ENGL 202D (GWS) Business Writing | 3 |
| CAS 100 (GWS) Speech | 3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| General Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 5th Semester | Credits |
| B A 301 Finance | 2 |
| B A 304 Management and Organization | 2 |
| ACCTG 471 Intermediate Fin Accounting I | 3 |
| Two-Piece Sequence | 3 |
| Global Awareness (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| Health Science/KINES (GHA) | 3 |
| 6th Semester | Credits |
| B A 302 Supply Chains | 2 |
| B A 303 Marketing | 2 |
| ACCTG 472 Intermediate Fin Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCTG 404 or ACCTG 405 | 3 |
| General Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| General Education (GA/GH/GS) | 3 |
| 7th Semester | Credits |
| ACCTG 405 or ACCTG 404 | 3 |
| ACCTG 400 Level | 3 |
| B A 411 Analyzing Business and Industry | 3 |
| Natural Science (GN) | 3 |
| Electives | 2-4 |
| 8th Semester | Credits |
| ACCTG 403W Auditing | 3 |
| ACCTG 400 Level | 3 |
| Two-Piece Sequence | 3 |
| Electives | 3 |
Bold type requires grade of C or better.
Italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
GWS, GQ, GA, GH, GS, and GHA indicate General Education requirements.
US, IL, and US;IL indicate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements.
"W" suffix indicates the course satisfies the University Writing Across the Curriculum requirement.
§ Entrance to Major requirement.
Accounting Degree Requirements
Program Years 2007 through 2009
- Take all of the following Accounting courses (15 credits) - A grade of "C" or higher is required in ACCTG 211, ACCTG 405, ACCTG 471, ACCTG 472 and ENGL 202D.
- ACCTG 471 (3) Intermediate Financial Accounting I [Prerequisite: ACCTG 211]
- ACCTG 404 (3) Managerial Accounting: Economic Perspective [Prerequisite: ACCTG 211, SCM 200 or STAT 200, ECON 002]
- ACCTG 405 (3) Principles of Taxation [Prerequisites: ACCTG 211, B A 301]
- ACCTG 403W (3) Auditing [Prerequisite: ACCTG 471]
- ACCTG 472 (3) Intermediate Financial Accounting II [Prerequisite: ACCTG 471]
- Select two additional Accounting courses
- ACCTG 406 (3) Principles of Taxation II [Prerequisite: ACCTG 405]
- ACCTG 432 (3) Accounting Information Systems [Prerequisites: ACCTG 471, MIS 204]
- ACCTG 473 (3) Advanced Financial Accounting [Prerequisite or Concurrent: ACCTG 472]
- ACCTG 481 (3) Financial Statement Analysis: Accounting Based Evaluation and Decision Making [Prerequisite: ACCTG 472]
- Select one Two-Piece Sequence (6 credits) from the following list
- Economics - Select two courses from the following
- Entrepreneurship- Take the following two courses
- MGMT 425 (497G) (3) New Venture Creation
- MGMT 426 (497E) (3) Invention Commercialization
- Finance- Take the following two courses
- FIN 305 (3) Financial Management of the Business Enterprise
- FIN 408 (3) Financial Markets and Institutions
- Information Systems Management- Take the following two courses
- MIS 390 (3) Information Systems Management and Applications
- MIS 446 (3) Information Technology and Business Strategy
- Insurance - Take the following two courses
- International Business- Select two courses from the following
- I B 303 (3) International Business Operations
- I B 403 (3) International Business and National Policies
- I B 404 (3) Contemporary Issues in International Business
- I B 440 (3) Globalization and Its Implications
- I B 450 (3) Business Environment of Europe
- Management- Take the following two courses
- Marketing- Take the following two courses
- Real Estate- Select two courses from the following
- Risk Analysis - Select two courses from the following
- B A 427 (3) Risk and Decisions (Fall Semester only)
- INS 405 (3) Corporate Risk Management
- SCM 456 (3) Supply Chain Risk Analysis (Closed)
- Supply Chain and Information Systems- Take the following two courses
In lieu of a sequence, an approved University minor may be used if sufficient credits are available.
