2007-08 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 C.P.A. 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
ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102 Principles of Microeconomics
BUAD 142 Computer Applications in Business
MATH 124 Survey of Calculus or MATH 131 Calculus and Analytical Geometry 1

B. Core
SOPHOMORE YEAR
BUAD 205 Financial Accounting
BUAD 230 Foundations of Management
BUAD 270 Marketing Concepts and Issues
BUAD 284 Statistics for Business and Economics or MATH 321 Probability and Statistics

JUNIOR YEAR
BUAD 315 Managerial Cost Accounting
BUAD 316 Advanced Managerial Accounting (2 semester credits)
BUAD 318 Auditing
BUAD 320 Accounting for Government and Not-For-Profit (2 semester credits)
BUAD 325 Intermediate Accounting 1
BUAD 326 Intermediate Accounting 2
BUAD 390 Business Law

C. Advanced
SENIOR YEAR
BUAD 350 Corporate Finance
BUAD 419 Federal Income Tax
BUAD 422 Accounting Business Combinations (2 semester credits)
BUAD 421 Advanced Tax (2 semester credits)
BUAD 485 Strategic Management Seminar

Students desiring to become Certified Public Accountants need 5.5 additional courses (22 semester credits) with additional Business courses taken at the 200 or above level.

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