Accounting (B.A.)

Required Courses

The School of Graduate, Professional and Extended Studies offers three distinct majors in Economics and Business: accounting, business administration and finance. Students majoring in business administration may also elect to complete a concentration in management or marketing. Students may choose only one concentration. Double majors must completely satisfy the separate requirements for each major. Triple majors in the department are not permitted.

Students must continuously maintain a 2.0 GPA within the major. All students majoring in accounting, business administration, or finance are required to take the following courses:

• ECB 101 - Principles of Microeconomics 4 credits
• ECB 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics 4 credits
• ECB 117 - Principles of Accounting I 4 credits
• ECB 118 - Principles of Accounting II 4 credits
• ECB 211 - Statistics in Business and Economics 4 credits
• ECB 247 - Financial Management 4 credits
• ECB 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics 4 credits
• ECB 492 - Senior Seminar: Management, Strategy and Ethics 4 credits
• MAT 134 - Survey of Calculus 4 credits

Major Requirements

• Accounting majors will complete one of ECB 245 - Principles of Management  or ECB 277 - Principles of Marketing  (4 credits) plus each of the courses listed below:

   

• ECB 320 - Business Law 4 credits
• ECB 352 - Intermediate Accounting I 4 credits
• ECB 353 - Intermediate Accounting II 4 credits
• ECB 362 - Cost Accounting 4 credits
• ECB 364 - Federal Income Taxation 4 credits
• ECB 443 - Auditing 4 credits

Note

Double majors in accounting and business administration will not be allowed to use the following accounting courses as electives for their business administration major: ECB 352 , ECB 353 , ECB 362 , ECB 364 , ECB 443 .