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:  

Gateway Courses:

The required Gateway courses are: 

• ACCT 2211 Principles of Financial Accounting
• ECON 2200 Principles of Economics
• MGMT 2200 Foundations in Business

Common Business Core Courses:

• ACCT 2212 Principles of Managerial Accounting
• FNCE 3353 Corporate Finance
• MGMT 3312 Business Communication
• MGMT 3370 Management and Organizational Behavior
• MGMT 3392 International Business or MGMT 3393 Cultural Aspects of International Business
• MGMT 4451 Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
• MRKT 3380 Principles of Marketing
• MATH 1114 Introduction to Statistics 

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. 

Recommended Progression

Students who are interested in the B.S. in Accountancy can review a four-year course plan.