Students planning to pursue licensure as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) are required by Georgia law to complete 150 semester hours. The Accountancy Program Coordinator will assist students in determining how they should acquire the final 30 semester hours needed. Students are eligible to sit for the uniform CPA examination upon graduation with the B.S. in Accountancy degree.

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy must complete 48 semester hours of major coursework above the general education (Ethos) requirement of 41-44 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	41-44 hours
Gateway Courses (pre-major)	9 hours
Common Business Core	24 hours
Accountancy Major Courses	27 hours
General Electives	15-19 hours
Total	120 hours

The required Gateway courses are:

ACCT 2211

ECON 2200

MGMT 2200

 

Recommended Progression

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

 

Courses

ACCT2212 - Principles of Managerial Accounting - 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

MRKT3380 - Principles of Marketing - 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

ACCT4420 - Federal Income Taxation - 3 hours

ACCT4430 - Advanced Accounting - 3 hours

ACCT4440 - Accounting Information Systems - 3 hours

ACCT4450 - Accounting Research and Analysis - 3 hours

Elective Hours -

Total Hours to Complete - 45