BS in Accounting (70–71 hours*)

This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental acceptance. Please see the information above and/or the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for appliction to this major.

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1. No more than 6 credit hours of transfer credit will be accepted toward the upper-division major requirements. No transfer credit will be accepted for the Junior Core or Integrated Management Core courses.
2. Demonstrate a knowledge of computer skills, including PowerPoint and spreadsheet analysis. Students may demonstrate PowerPoint and spreadsheet skills with either a minimum grade of B in an equivalent transfer course or a P grade in the following:
   I SYS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   I SYS 100 : Computer Spreadsheet Skills. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic computer skills, focusing on spreadsheet and database programs. No technical background necessary.
   NOTE:	Fee.
   
   
   I SYS 101 : Computer Presentation Skills. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   I SYS 101 : Computer Presentation Skills. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic computer skills focusing on developing presentations. No technical background necessary.
   NOTE:	Fee.
   
   
3. Complete the following Pre-Accounting courses:
   ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 200 : Principles of Accounting. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:	Financial and managerial accounting principles. Basic accounting statements, processes, and management applications. Open to all students.
   NOTE:	Independent Study also.
   
   
   ACC 210 : Principles of Accounting 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 210 : Principles of Accounting 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Acc 200.
   DESCRIPTION:	Additional issues in financial and managerial accounting. Review of issues related to balance sheet accounts, performance evaluation and capital budgeting.
   NOTE:	For Marriott School of Management students only.
   
   
   I SYS 201 : Introduction to Management Information Systems. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   I SYS 201 : Introduction to Management Information Systems. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	I Sys 100, 101, and declared business major.
   DESCRIPTION:	Using technology to solve business problems. Hands-on spreadsheet, database, and Internet software in a business context.
   
   
   M COM 320 : Communication in Organizational Settings. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   M COM 320 : Communication in Organizational Settings. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also.
   PREREQUISITE:	GE First-Year Writing requirement. To be taken before senior year. Not for freshmen.
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing written and oral communications for professional organizations, including composing and designing employment communications. Incorporates oral presentations.
   NOTE:	Fulfills GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement.
   
   

   Note: These four courses are used in determining admission to the undergraduate accounting program.

4. Complete the following introductory courses:
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Strengths and weaknesses of markets and governments for solving problems of social organization or conflict, including policy response to inflation, unemployment, pollution, poverty, growth, etc.
   
   
   MATH 119 : Introduction to Calculus. (4:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 119 : Introduction to Calculus. (4:4:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 110 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to plane analytic geometry and calculus.
   NOTE:	For students in the College of Life Sciences and the Marriott School of Management.
   
   
   Or
   MATH 112 : Calculus 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 112 : Calculus 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 110 and 111 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Differential and integral calculus: limits; continuity; the derivative and applications; extrema; the definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus; L'Hopital's rule.
   NOTE:	Honors also.
   
   
   STAT 221 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STAT 221 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 110 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, regression; computer package.
   NOTE:	Honors and Independent Study also.
   
   

   Note: Where possible, it is recommended that these courses be taken before entering the Junior Core.

5. Complete the following Junior Core courses:
   ACC 401 : Business and Accounting Information Systems. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 401 : Business and Accounting Information Systems. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Admission to SOA.
   DESCRIPTION:	Inputs, processing, outputs, and files of several transaction-processing subsystems. Foundation for understanding internal control. Variety of tools used to design, create, or document accounting information systems (AIS) to achieve organizational objectives.
   
   
   ACC 402 : Cost and Managerial Accounting. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 402 : Cost and Managerial Accounting. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Admission to SOA.
   DESCRIPTION:	Cost and managerial accounting topics, including production processes, product costing, cost behavior analysis with regression, differential costing, capital budgeting, throughput accounting, performance measurement, and budgeting.
   
   
   ACC 403 : Intermediate Financial Accounting 1. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 403 : Intermediate Financial Accounting 1. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Admission to SOA.
   DESCRIPTION:	Financial reporting issues for balance sheet, income statement, and cash-flow statement. Revenue recognition, accounting for long-term assets, investment securities, and derivative instruments; consolidation.
   
   
   ACC 404 : Financial Accounting 2. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 404 : Financial Accounting 2. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Admission to SOA.
   DESCRIPTION:	Accounting for receivables and inventory. Major reporting issues associated with liabilities and stockholder's equity. Introduction to computing basic and diluted earnings per share.
   
   
   ACC 405 : Fundamentals of Taxation. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 405 : Fundamentals of Taxation. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Admission to SOA.
   DESCRIPTION:	Tax principles applicable to business entities and individuals; tax compliance issues; tax planning as part of overall strategic planning process for businesses and individuals.
   
   
   ACC 406 : Financial Statement Auditing. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 406 : Financial Statement Auditing. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Admission to SOA.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to framework providing financial statement assurance; integrating accounting and business knowledge with concepts from other disciplines such as statistics and law; framework applied to major business cycles, providing specific knowledge in financial statement auditing.
   
   
6. Complete the following Integrated Management Core courses:
   BUS M 341 : Marketing Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 341 : Marketing Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Premanagement and Management I cores and full acceptance into the Marriott School upper-division major.
   DESCRIPTION:	Market segmentation, product service, promotion, channel, pricing strategies. Marketing principles in consumer and industrial markets, profit and nonprofit organizations, domestic and international companies, and small and large firms.
   
   
   BUS M 361 : Supply Chain, Services, and Operations Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 361 : Supply Chain, Services, and Operations Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Premanagement and Management 1 cores and full acceptance into the Marriott School upper-division major.
   DESCRIPTION:	Control and coordination of materials and services from point of origin to final point of consumption to meet customer needs efficiently.
   
   
   BUS M 390 : Ethics for Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 390 : Ethics for Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Management Core.
   DESCRIPTION:	Analyzing ethical dilemmas and understanding ethical theories as they apply to decision making in management.
   
   
   BUS M 402 : Managerial Finance. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 402 : Managerial Finance. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Accounting junior core; major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Overview of financial management issues including capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure/dividends, and long-term financial planning.
   
   
   ORG B 321 : Organizational Effectiveness. (3:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ORG B 321 : Organizational Effectiveness. (3:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	For Marriott School of Management majors only.
   DESCRIPTION:	Theories and concepts for creating effective organizations, e.g., individual, group, and organizational processes and human resource functions, including selection, compensation, and performance management.
   
   

   Note: If completing the MAcc, these courses will be replaced by the MSM Core.

7. Complete the following after Acc 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406:
   ACC 241 : Business Law in the Environment. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 241 : Business Law in the Environment. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Marriott School of Management major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to legal principles and institutions affecting business.
   
   
   ACC 453 : Money, the Financial System, and the Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ACC 453 : Money, the Financial System, and the Economy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Acc 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406.
   DESCRIPTION:	Applications of industry analysis and microeconomic principles in the macroeconomic environment that influences individuals and financial intermediaries that transact in money and credit markets.
   
   
   Or
   MANEC 453 : Money, Banking, and Business. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MANEC 453 : Money, Banking, and Business. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	BusM 301 or accounting junior core.
   DESCRIPTION:	Economic analysis of effects of money, banking, and financial institutions on business decisions and aggregate economic activity.
   
   
   BUS M 498 : Strategic Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   BUS M 498 : Strategic Management. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Bus M 301; major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Concepts, tools, and approaches to understand competitive forces and to systematically and consistently develop sustainable competitive advantages.
   
   

   Note: If completing the MAcc, Bus M 498 should not be taken.

8. Complete Marriott School exit survey online.

*Hours include courses the may fulfill university core requirements.

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