In addition to those in the common body of knowledge of business, students majoring in accounting will achieve competency in internal control systems, managerial accounting, income tax accounting, financial accounting, and not-for-profit accounting.
| Core Curriculum Courses | ||
| See the Core Curriculum Requirements | 42 | |
| Business Core | ||
| See the Business Core Requirements | 42 | |
| Required courses in the major | ||
| ACCT 321 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 322 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| Accounting Concentrations (12 or more hours with at least one concentration required for all accounting majors) | 12 | |
| Corporate Accounting Concentration: | 12 | |
| Accounting Information Systems | ||
| Income Tax Accounting | ||
or ACCT 311 | Financial Statement Analysis | |
| Cost Accounting | ||
| Auditing | ||
| Public Accounting or CPA Concentration: | 12-24 | |
| Accounting Information Systems | ||
or ACCT 350 | Introduction to Accounting Analytics | |
| Income Tax Accounting | ||
| Advanced Accounting | ||
or ACCT 437 | Government & Non-Profit Accounting | |
| Auditing | ||
| Accounting students seeking to sit for the CPA exam are encouraged to use free elective credits to take ACCT 430 and at least 6 additional credit hours from this list as accounting free electives: | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis | ||
| Accounting Information Systems | ||
or ACCT 350 | Introduction to Accounting Analytics | |
| Cost Accounting | ||
| Advanced Accounting | ||
| Business Ethics for Accountants | ||
| Internal Control Systems | ||
| Government & Non-Profit Accounting | ||
| Advanced Income Tax Accounting | ||
| Fraud Examination | ||
| Management Accounting or CMA Concentration: | 12 | |
| Financial Statement Analysis | ||
| Accounting Information Systems | ||
or ACCT 350 | Introduction to Accounting Analytics | |
| Cost Accounting | ||
| Auditing | ||
| Auditing or CIA Concentration | 12 | |
| Introduction to Accounting Analytics | ||
or ACCT 311 | Financial Statement Analysis | |
| Auditing | ||
| Internal Control Systems | ||
| Fraud Examination | ||
| Forensic Accounting or CFE Concentration | 12 | |
| Auditing | ||
| Business Ethics for Accountants | ||
| Internal Control Systems | ||
| Fraud Examination | ||
| Taxation or EA Concentration | 12 | |
| Income Tax Accounting | ||
| Government & Non-Profit Accounting | ||
| Advanced Income Tax Accounting | ||
| Corporate Taxation | ||
| Free elective hours to total a minimum of 120 hours. If a student has 12 hours of free electives, they are encouraged to take an additional business area concentration. | 6-18 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
