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Accounting Major
Course Requirements
The Department of Accounting prepares students for entry into the accounting profession. Twenty five hours of courses will be taken for an undergraduate degree in addition to the six hours of Principles of Accounting (ATG 157 and ATG 158) included in the Foster College of Business Administration's requirements. The following courses are required:
ATG 201 Accounting Principles-Accounting Techniques
ATG 204 Cost Accounting
ATG 301 Intermediate Accounting I
ATG 302 Intermediate Accounting II
ATG 383 Accounting Systems and Control
ATG 401 Advanced Accounting I
ATG 457 Auditing
ATG 477 Federal Taxes I
An Accounting Elective must also be chosen from one of the following courses:
ATG 485 Special Topics in Accounting
ATG 501 Advanced Accounting II
ATG 514 Advanced Managerial Accounting
ATG 526 Fraud Examination
ATG 547 Internal Auditing
ATG 561 International Accounting Issues
ATG 583 Accounting Information Systems
ATG 585 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
ATG 590 Professional Accounting Problems
BMA 345 Law of Business
Generally, the 200 level courses are taken by sophomores, the 300 level courses by juniors, and the 400 level courses by seniors. The accounting elective is taken during the second half of the junior year or during the senior year.
Accounting majors must also satisfy the following requirements:
- A 2.0 GPA in all accounting courses beyond ATG 157, 158, and 201.
- A minimum of 9 semester hours of upper-level accounting course work in residence.
All students in the Foster College of Business Administration must satisfy the University's general education requirements and the Foster College's core business requirements.
*Specific requirements for the Accounting Major can be obtained in the Undergraduate Catalog.
