2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook

Public Accounting, Bachelor of Arts

This 150-hour course of study is available to students who are interested in becoming licensed as Certified Public Accountants. (Most state boards of accountancy now require a 150-hour course of study).

Requirements for a major in Public Accounting:

Department Core Courses (12 Hours)

ACCT 201Introduction to Management Accounting

3

ECON 211Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 212Principles of Macroeconomics

3

MNGT 220Management Information Systems

3

Accounting (31 Hours)

ACCT 202Introduction to Financial Accounting

3

ACCT 203General Ledger Software Lab

1

ACCT 301Intermediate Accounting I

3

ACCT 302Intermediate Accounting II

3

ACCT 303Intermediate Accounting III

3

ACCT 311Cost Accounting

3

ACCT 320Accounting Information Systems

3

ACCT 401Advanced Accounting

3

ACCT 410Auditing

3

ACCT 420Federal Income Taxation

3

ACCT 421Advanced Federal Income Taxation

3

Computer Science (3 Hours)

Choose 1 of the following:
CSCI 110Computing in Business

3

CSCI 210Scientific Computing & Problem Solving

3

Finance (3 Hours)

FIN 301Business Finance

3

Management and Marketing (12 Hours)

MNGT 201Managing Organizations

3

MNGT 315Legal Environment of Business

3

MNGT 415Commercial Law

3

MKTG 201Principles of Marketing

3

Communication and English (6 Hours)

WRIT 305Business Writing

3

1 course from

COMM 211Organizational Communication

3

Or

COMM 385Intercultural Communication

3

Or

COMM 420Business Communication Seminar

3

Statistics (3 Hours)

MATH 123Practical Statistics

3

Electives (6 Hours)

Choose 2 of the following:
ACCT 497Accounting Internship

1-3

CSCI 115Computer Programming I

3

CYBR 270Security in Organizations

3

MIS 310Enterprise Information Systems & ERP

3

MKTG 325Principles of Selling

3

MNGT 360Production and Operations Management

3

Junior Core & Capstone (6 Hours)

LEAD 305Business Ethics

3

ACCT 460Accounting Research

3

Attendance at 6 Professional Development Events (0 Hours)

Total Credit Hours: 82