Accounting Concentration
The accounting concentration is designed to prepare students in the main areas of accounting, including financial and managerial accounting, cost accounting, auditing, accounting information systems, and federal taxation. This concentration should be of particular interest to those business students who would like to become Certified Public Accountants (CPA).
Requirements
The requirements for a concentration in the Bachelor of Science with Business Administration major are as follows:
- Common professional component: Business Administration major coursework [42 credits]
- Cognate courses [3-6 credits]
- Concentration courses [24 credits]
Required Courses
| ACC 300 | COST ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL | 3 |
| ACC 310 | INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I | 3 |
| ACC 320 | INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II | 3 |
| ACC 330 | ACC 330 FEDERAL TAXATION I | 3 |
| ACC 350 | 350 ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 3 |
| FIN 360 | ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT | 3 |
Plus, two of the following:
Suggested Program Plan
First year, Fall semester
| CORE 100 | NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SEMINAR | 1 |
| CORE 150 | COMPOSITION I | 3 |
| MATH 101 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA | 3 |
| BAD 110 | BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 3 |
| | FOREIGN LANGUAGE 101 - FRENCH OR SPANISH | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
First year, Spring semester
| CORE 120 | CRITICAL THINKING | 2 |
| CORE 160 | COMPOSITION II | 3 |
| CORE 220 | THE CREATIVE ARTS | 3 |
| CSCI 100 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING | 3 |
| MGT 280 | MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE | 3 |
| | FOREIGN LANGUAGE 102 - FRENCH OR SPANISH | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Second year, Fall semester
| CORE 201 | INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 |
| CORE 240 | NATURAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| CORE 260 | HUMANITIES: THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE | 3 |
| ACC 230 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I | 3 |
| ECON 230 | PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Second year, Spring semester
| ACC 240 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II | 3 |
| ECON 240 | PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | 3 |
| BAD 250 | BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS | 3 |
| BAD 260 | APPLIED STATISTICS | 3 |
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| PSY 180 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| | Or | |
| SOC 100 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Third year, Fall semester
Third year, Spring semester
| ACC 320 | INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II | 3 |
| BAD 230 | BUSINESS ETHICS | 3 |
| BAD 399 | INTERNSHIP SEMINAR | 3 |
| MGT 330 | PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MUS 200 | WORLD MUSIC | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Fourth year, Fall semester
| CORE 360 | THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLES | 3 |
| ACC 300 | COST ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL | 3 |
| ACC 330 | ACC 330 FEDERAL TAXATION I | 3 |
| FIN 360 | ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Fourth year, Spring semester
| BAD 490 | BUSINESS POLICY | 3 |
| ACC 430 | FEDERAL TAXATION II | 3 |
| ACC 440 | AUDITING | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Total Credit Hours: 120