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.