Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy must complete 48 semester hours of major coursework above the general education (Ethos) requirement of 40 hours and the Gateway pre-major requirement of 9 hours. Please note that an accounting internship, which counts as a major course, is not required, but is highly recommended. Students will complete the total required 120 hours as follows:
Ethos Requirements |
40 hours |
Gateway Courses (pre-major) |
9 hours |
Common Business Core |
24 hours |
Accountancy Major Courses |
27 hours |
General Electives |
20 hours |
Total |
120 hours |
The required Gateway courses are:
The Accountancy Major courses include:
ACCT3301 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACCT3302 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II
ACCT3420 - Advanced Federal Income Taxation
ACCT4401 - Auditing and Accounting Ethics and Liability
ACCT4410 - Federal Income Taxation
ACCT4430 - Advanced Accounting
ACCT4440 - Accounting Information Systems
ACCT4450 - Internship in Accounting
One upper-level accounting elective which could be an internship.
Students who are interested in the B.S. in Accountancy can review a four-year course plan.
ACCT2212 - Principles of Managerial Accounting - 3 hours
ACCT3301 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I - 3 hours
ACCT3302 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II - 3 hours
ACCT4401 - Auditing and Accounting Ethics and Liability - 3 hours
ACCT4410 - Federal Income Taxation - 3 hours
ACCT3420 - Advanced Federal Income Taxation - 3 hours
ACCT4430 - Advanced Accounting - 3 hours
ACCT4440 - Accounting Information Systems - 3 hours
ACCT4450 - Accounting Research and Analysis - 3 hours
FNCE3353 - Corporate Finance - 3 hours
MATH1114 - Introduction to Statistics - 3 hours
MGMT3312 - Business Communication - 3 hours
MGMT3370 - Management and Organizational Behavior - 3 hours
MGMT3393 - Cultural Aspects of International Business - 3 hours
MRKT 3380 - Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
Elective Hours -
Total Hours to Complete - 45