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 | |
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| ENG 1301 | College Reading & Writing | 3 |
| HIST 1301 | History of the United States through Reconstruction | 3 |
| MATH 1324 | Math for Business Applications I | 3 |
| HUM 2301 | The Human Experience | 3 |
| COB 1301 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 1302 | Written Argument/Research | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | History of the United States Since Reconstruction | 3 |
| MATH 1325 | Mathematics for Business Applications II | 3 |
| COB 1307 | Economics of Personal Finance | 3 |
| BUSA 1305 | Business Computing Systems | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| PSCI 2305 | United States Government and Politics | 3 |
| ACCT 2301 | Principles of Acct I | 3 |
| ECO 2301 | Prin Macro Economics | 3 |
| US Life & Physical Sciences | 3 | |
| US Language, Philosophy, Culture | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| PSCI 2306 | Texas Government and Politics | 3 |
| ACCT 2302 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| ECO 2302 | Principles of Micro Economics | 3 |
| US Life & Physical Sciences | 3 | |
| US Creative Arts Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACCT 311 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| ACCT 321 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| COB 303 | Business Communications | 3 |
| MGT 305 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MKT 306 | Marketing | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACCT 322 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 340 | Income Tax Accounting | 3 |
| FIN 304 | Introduction to Business Finance | 3 |
| COB 302 | Business and Economic Statistics | 3 |
| BLAW 301 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACCT 326 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 350 | Introduction to Accounting Analytics | 3 |
| MGT 307 | Operations Management | 3 |
| BUSA 326 | Data & Information Management | 3 |
| ACCT Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACCT 412 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 427 | Auditing | 3 |
| MGT 439 | Business Strategy | 3 |
| ACCT Elective | 3 | |
| Business Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
