A student majoring in accounting must complete a total of 55 credit hours. The student is first required to complete a common core of business courses in addition to the general college requirements. This core consists of the following courses totaling 34 semester hours:

Sophomore Year:

ACC 209 Principles of Accounting I
ACC 210 Principles of Accounting II
ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 203 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 206 Business and Economics Statistics
MTH 213 Differential Calculus

Junior Year:

BUS 315 Principles of Marketing
BUS 320 Quantitative Analysis
BUS 330 Financial Management
BUS 400 Management Theory and Practice
LAW 320 Business Law I

In addition to this business core, the accounting major must take 21 advanced hours in accounting from:

ACC 311 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 312 Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 316 Federal Income Tax I
ACC 401 Accounting Information Systems
ACC 405 Principles of Auditing
ACC 411 Advanced Accounting/Fund Accounting
ACC 431 Managerial and Cost Accounting

(Intermediate Accounting I and II are to be taken in the junior year.)

Accounting students are encouraged to take additional mathematics and computer science courses. Also, it is recommended that they learn a second language. The following courses are recommended as electives:

Speech 356 Organizational Communication
Philosophy 107 Introduction to Logic
Business 302 Business Writing