Requirements for the Accounting Major

Thirty-three (60) credits, to include: 12 required prerequisites credits, 30 common core credits, 18 electives

Prerequisites:

  • BLAW 201 – Legal Environment of Business (3)
  • STAT 180 – Introduction to Statistics 1 (3)
  • ECON 201B – Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
  • ECON 202B – Principles of Microeconomics (3)

* 1 can be replaced by either Introductory Econometrics (ECON 361A) or Introductory Statistics for Psychology (PSYCH 261A)

Common Core:

  • ACCT 101 – Principles of Accounting I (3)
  • ACCT 102 – Principles of Accounting II (3)
  • MIST 201 – Management Information Systems and Applications (3)
  • BUAD 350 – Business Communication (3)
  • DSCI 352 – Analytics I: Predictive Models (3)
  • DSCI 353 – Analytics II: Optimization Models (3)
  • FINC 301 – Principles of Finance (3)
  • MGMT 301 – Principles of Management (3)
  • MGMT 490 – Strategic Management (3)
  • MKTG 301 – Principles of Marketing (3)

Electives:

  • ACCT 301 – Intermediate Accounting I (3)
  • ACCT 302 – Intermediate Accounting II (3)
  • ACCT 304 – Cost/Managerial Accounting (3)
  • ACCT 310 – Federal Taxation of Individuals (3)
  • ACCT 460 – Auditing (3)

Select one of the following following

  • ACCT 320 – Federal Taxation of Business (3)
  • ACCT 401 – Accounting Information Systems (3)
  • ACCT 420 – Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting (3)
  • ACCT 430 – Advanced Accounting Problems (3)

Effective as of FALL 2025, please contact your advisor or department chair for more information.