Major Requirements
Lower Division
- Acct. 1 Financial Accounting
- Acct. 2 Managerial Accounting
- Econ. 3 Principles of Microeconomics
- Econ. 4 Principles of Macroeconomics
- BusAd 40 or Math 4 Business Statistics or Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Upper Division
- Acct. 160 Intermediate Accounting 1
- Acct. 161 Intermediate Accounting 2
- Acct. 162 Advanced Accounting
- Acct. 164 Auditing
- Acct. 168 Tax Accounting
- Acct. 191 Accounting Information Systems
- Acct. 194 Financial Statement Analysis
- BusAd 120 Law and Business
Electives
Choose 3 from the following:
- Acct. 165 Cost Accounting
- Acct. 167 Govt/Non-Profit Accounting
and International Accounting - Acct. 169 Advanced Tax Accounting
- Acct. 170 Selected Issues in Accounting
- BusAd 121 Advanced Topics in Business Law
- BusAd 181 Ethical, Social, Political Issues in Business (or Bus Ad 182 )
Total 16 courses
- Economics 3 and 4 also fulfill the Area C—Social Sciences requirement (2 courses).
- Math 4 also fulfills the Area B— Mathematics requirement (1 course).
Students should consult faculty advisors for assistance in selecting additional courses to fulfill the 36-course (or the equivalent for transfer students) requirements for graduation, based on their particular career goals and personal interests. Recommended courses for Accounting majors in business/ economics disciplines include: BusAd 123 Financial Management ; BusAd 124 Marketing ; BusAd 131 Organization Theory ; BusAd 132 Operations Management ; Econ 130 Money, Credit, and Banking ; and Econ 136 Investments . Accounting majors are also encouraged to take courses offered by departments in the Schools of Liberal Arts and Science.
Students may not transfer more than 2 upper division courses from another institution for credit in the accounting major (or minor).

