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2019-2020 Catalog and Student Handbook

Public Accounting, Bachelor of Arts

This 150-hour course of study is available to students who are interested in becoming licensed as Certified Public Accountants. (Most state boards of accountancy now require a 150-hour course of study).

Requirements for a major in Public Accounting:

Department Core Courses (12 Hours)

ACCT 201Introduction to Management Accounting

3
ECON 211Principles of Microeconomics

3
ECON 212Principles of Macroeconomics

3
MNGT 220Management Information Systems

3

Accounting (31 Hours)

ACCT 202Introduction to Financial Accounting

3
ACCT 203General Ledger Software Lab

1
ACCT 301Intermediate Accounting I

3
ACCT 302Intermediate Accounting II

3
ACCT 303Intermediate Accounting III

3
ACCT 311Cost Accounting

3
ACCT 320Accounting Information Systems

3
ACCT 401Advanced Accounting

3
ACCT 410Auditing

3
ACCT 420Federal Income Taxation

3
ACCT 421Advanced Federal Income Taxation

3

Computer Science (3 Hours)

CSCI 110Computing in Business

3
Or
CSCI 210Scientific Computing & Problem Solving

3

Finance (3 Hours)

FIN 301Business Finance

3

Management and Marketing (12 Hours)

MNGT 201Managing Organizations

3
MNGT 315Legal Environment

3
MNGT 415Commercial Law

3
MKTG 201Principles of Marketing

3

Communication and English (6 Hours)

WRIT 305Business Writing

3

1 course from

COMM 211Organizational Communication

3
Or
COMM 385Intercultural Communication

3
Or
COMM 420Business Communication Seminar

3

Statistics (3 Hours)

MATH 123Practical Statistics

3

Leadership (3 Hours)

LEAD 305Business Ethics

3

Electives: (choose 2) (6 Hours)

ACCT 497Accounting Internship

1-3
MIS 340Information Systems Security

3
MNGT 360Production and Operations Management

3

Attendance at 6 Professional Development Events (0 Hours)

Capstone (3 Hours)

ACCT 460Accounting Research

3

Total Credit Hours: 82