ACCOUNTING, B.S.

I. Core Requirements (45 Credits)

• ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
• ACCT 212 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
• BDA 304 - Introduction to Business Analytics Credits: 3
• BUAD 315 - Quantitative Methods Credits: 3
• BUAD 360 - Ethics and Professionalism in Business Credits: 3
• BUAD 375 - Business Law I Credits: 3
• BUAD 415 - International Business Environment Credits: 3
• ECON 265 - Principles of Economics I – Macro Credits: 3
• ECON 266 - Principles of Economics II – Micro Credits: 3
• COMM 315 - Small Group Communication Credits: 3
• FNCE 290 - Business Finance Credits: 3
• MGMT 201 - Introduction to Management I Credits: 3
• MGMT 338 - Advanced Human Resources I Credits: 3
• MGMT 485 - Business Strategy and Policy Credits: 3
• MKTG 310 - Principles of Marketing Credits: 3

II. Additional Required Accounting Courses (27 Credits)

• ACCT 301 - Intermediate Accounting I Credits: 3
• ACCT 302 - Intermediate Accounting II Credits: 3
• ACCT 314 - Cost and Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
• ACCT 321 - Income Tax I Credits: 3
• ACCT 322 - Income Tax II Credits: 3
• ACCT 325 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3
• ACCT 327 - Government and Fund Accounting Credits: 3
• ACCT 405 - Auditing Credits: 3
• ACCT 421 - Advanced Accounting Credits: 3

III. Required Cognates (8 Credits)

• COOP 351 - Parallel Work Experience/Half Block Credits: 0

• - and/or -

• COOP 360 - Alternating Work Experience/Full Block Credits: 0

• Note: See details of the EXPERIENCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM   

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• INTD 100 - Community Service Credits: 0
• MATH 110 - Probability and Statistics Credits: 4
• MATH 120 - College Algebra and Trigonometry Credits: 4

• Note: MATH 126 Precalculus  or MATH 151 Contemporary Calculus I  may substitute for MATH 120 .

Recommended Cognates (7 Credits)

• CPTR 105 - Introduction to Computers Credits: 3
• MATH 151 - Contemporary Calculus I Credits: 4

IV. General Education Courses (43-46 Credits)

See details of GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS   

• INTD 105 - First-Year Experience Credits: 1
• ENGL 101 - Composition Credits: 3
• ENGL 102 - Research and Literature Credits: 3
• COMM 105 - Introduction to Human Communication Credits: 3
• CPTR 105 - Introduction to Computers Credits: 3

• Note: (Can be fulfilled by computer proficiency.)

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• LEAD 105 - Leader Education and Development Credits: 0.5

• Note: (Take four times - 4 semesters)

• PSYC 105 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3

• - or -

• SOCI 105 - General Sociology Credits: 3

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• Religion required courses Credits: 6

• Note: (Must choose from RELB, RELP 220 , RELT 190 , RELT 250 , RELT 270 )

• RELB/RELT - Religion electives Credits: 6
• HIST - History elective Credits: 3
• BIOL/CHEM/PHYS - Science elective Credits: 4
• LITR - Literature elective Credits: 3
• Humanities elective Credits: 3
• PEAC - Physical Education Activity elective Credits: 1
• HLSC/NUTR - Health Science or Nutrition elective Credits: 2

Total: 123-126 Credits

CPA EXAM REQUIREMENT

For accounting majors who wish to sit for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination in Maryland or any other state that requires 150 semester hours to sit for the examination, the following courses are recommended in addition to the 121 hours for the Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree. (Choose 22 hours that are not included in the 121 hours above):