2003-05 Catalog
Accounting Requirements

The Accounting sequence, 32 full courses (128 semester credits), results in a four year B.B.A. degree which prepares students to work in organizations such as service, banking, and manufacturing.

In order to take the CPA exam and work as a Certified Public Accountant, students need 5.5 additional courses (22 semester credits). The Accounting sequence is structured so that students can complete the additional requirements by taking summer courses, one or two additional semesters, overload semesters (over four full courses), or some combination.

Accounting Sequence - 128 semester credit program (32 Full Courses)
A. Basic
FRESHMAN YEAR
BUAD 105 Financial Accounting
BUAD 142 Computer Applications in Business
MATH 124 Survey of Calculus or MATH 131 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I

B. Core
SOPHOMORE YEAR
BUAD 225 Intermediate Accounting I
BUAD 226 Intermediate Accounting II
BUAD 230 Foundations of Management
BUAD 270 Marketing Concepts and Issues
BUAD 284 Statistics for Business and Economics or MATH 321 Probability and Statistics
ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics

JUNIOR YEAR
BUAD 350 Corporate Finance
BUAD 315 Managerial Cost Accounting
BUAD 320 Accounting for Government and Not-For-Profit
BUAD 316 Advanced Managerial Accounting
BUAD 318 Auditing

C. Advanced
SENIOR YEAR
BUAD 390 Business Law
BUAD 419 Federal Income Tax
BUAD 420 Accounting Business Combinations
BUAD 421 Advanced Tax
BUAD 485 Seminar in Strategic Management

Students desiring to become Certified Public Accountants need 5.5 additional courses with additional Business courses taken at the 200 or above level.

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