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2024-2025 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:

Required Accounting Courses (33 Hours)

ACCT 205Fundamentals of Accounting

3
ACCT 206Introduction to Financial Accounting

3
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

Additional Required Courses (27 Hours)

ECON 101Survey of Economics

3
FIN 301Business Finance

3
LEAD 305Business Ethics

3
MATH 123Practical Statistics

3
MKTG 201Principles of Marketing

3
MNGT 201Managing Organizations

3
MNGT 315Legal Environment of Business

3
MNGT 415Commercial Law

3
WRIT 305Business Writing

3

Communication

Choose one of the following:
COMM 211Organizational Communication

3
COMM 385Intercultural Communication

3
COMM 420Business Communication Seminar

3

Computer Science (3 Hours)

Choose 1 of the following:
CSCI 110Computing in Business

3
CSCI 210Scientific Computing & Problem Solving

3

Electives (6 Hours)

Choose two of the following:
CSCI 115Computer Programming I

3
CYBR 270Security in Organizations

3
MIS 310Enterprise Information Systems & ERP

3
MKTG 325Principles of Selling

3
MNGT 365Principles of Operations Management

3
ACCT 497Accounting Internship

1-3
ACCT 497 Internship must be taken for three credits to be applied to the electives.

Capstone (3 Hours)

LEAD 305Business Ethics

3
ACCT 460Accounting Research

3

Attendance at 6 Professional Development Events (0 Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 75