
Department of Accounting
Accounting Major
Degree Requirements
The requirements for the major in Accounting include 27 units of lower-level courses, 9 units of required courses, 24 units of upper-level business required courses,
and 27 units of upper-level accounting courses. The specific requirements for the Accounting major are as follows:
Note: These requirements are for the latest catalog year of AY 2011-2012. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to understand their requirements. You may also refer to the correct advising form for your catalog year available at All Advising Forms.
Lower-Level Required Courses (27 units)
ACCT 201 Accounting Principles I (or ACCT 211) (3)
ACCT 202 Accounting Principles II (or ACCT 212) (3)
COMM 131 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3)
COSC 111 Information and Technology for Business (or COSC 112) (3)
ECON 201 Microeconomics Principles (or ECON 203) (3)
ECON 202 Macroeconomics Principles (or ECON 204) (3)
ECON 205 Statistics for Business and Economics I or MATH 231 Basic Statistics (or MATH 233) (3)
LEGL 225 Legal Environment of Business (30
LEGL 226 Business Law (3)
Other Required Courses (9 units)
One ANTH or PSYC or SOCI course (3)
PHIL 371 Business Ethics (3) or MNGT 482 Business Ethics and Society (3)
Computer
Proficiency Exam- passed with at least a 70%.
Upper-Level Business Required Courses (24 units)
BUSX 301 Business Cornerstone (3)
ECON 306 Statistics for Business and Economics (3)
FIN 331 Principles of Financial Management (3)
FPLN 341 Fundamentals of Financial Planning (3)
MKTG 341 Principles of Marketing (or MKTG 342) (3)
MNGT 361 Principles of Management (3)
MNGT 481 Business Strategy and Policy (3)
BUSX 460
Professional Experience (3)
NOTE: All Accounting, Business Administration, and e-Business majors are required to take the
Comprehensive Test of Core Business Knowledge in the capstone course, MNGT 481
Business Strategy.
One of the following international courses:
ECON 305 Survey of International Economics (3)
FIN 435 International Finance (3)
MKTG 445 International Marketing (3)
MNGT 375 International Business: Theory and Practice (3)
Upper-Level Accounting Courses (27 units)
ACCT 300 Accounting Information Systems (3)
ACCT 301 Intermediate Accounting I (3)
ACCT 302 Intermediate Accounting II (3)
ACCT 303 Intermediate Accounting III (3)
ACCT 321 Advanced Accounting I (3)
ACCT 341 Cost Accounting I (3)
ACCT 361 Tax Accounting I (3)
ACCT 401 Auditing I (3)
One accounting elective selected from:
ACCT 342 Cost Accounting II (3)
ACCT 362 Tax Accounting II (3)
ACCT 402 Auditing II (3)
Accounting Electives
ACCT 410 Government and Not For Profit Accounting
ACCT 412
International Accounting
Suggested but not required: If you do not have accounting or business experience, consider adding ACCT 497 Accounting Internship. ACCT 497 may not be taken during the same semester as BUSX 460 and the internships may not be the same. These units may be counted toward the 150-unit CPA requirement. For more information on how to obtain the 150-unit CPA requirements, please visit the M.S. in Accounting and Business Advisory Services program website.
Department of Accounting
Stephens Hall, Room 102
Phone: 410-704-2227
Fax: 410-704-3641
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