Accounting Comprehensive Major: Financial Analysis Emphasis

Program Requirements

A minimum of 57 credits is required including 18 credits of Tool Courses and the 12-credit Accounting Nucleus:

Tool Courses
ACC 201Introduction to Financial Accounting3
ACC 202Introduction to Managerial Accounting3
ECON 202Microeconomics3
Select one of the following:3-4
College Algebra (GT-MA1)
Precalculus (GT-MA1)
Calculus I (GT-MA1)
One of the following:3
Statistics for Business and Economics
Probability and Statistics (GT-MA1)
One of the following:3
Spreadsheets and Analysis
Professional Computer Skills
Accounting Nucleus
ACC 301Intermediate Financial Accounting I3
ACC 302Intermediate Financial Accounting II3
ACC 320Advanced Management Accounting3
ACC 350Income Tax3
Total Credits30-31
And the following:
Major Requirements
ACC 460Advanced Income Tax3
BUAD 210Legal Environment of Business3
BUAD 311Business Analytics3
BUAD 360Managerial Finance3
BUAD 461Investments3
BUAD 491Strategic Management3
ECON 201Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)3
Select two of the following:6
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Money, Banking, and Financial Markets
Total Credits27

Capstone Course Requirement

BUAD 491 Strategic Management will fulfill the capstone requirement for the Accounting Comprehensive Major: Financial Analysis Emphasis. 

Graduation Requirements

Undergraduate programs require a minimum of 120 semester credits for graduation.  Of those 120 credits, 40 credits must be in upper-division courses (those marked 300 and above).  Fifteen of these 40 upper-division credits must be earned in courses that are part of the standard or comprehensive major program being pursued. 

Students are expected to review all graduation requirements, which can be found in the Western Undergraduate Catalog: Graduation Requirements

Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
BUAD 101 Business of Life 3
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences w/lab 4
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
MATH 140 College Algebra (GT-MA1) 3
 Credits14
Spring
BUAD 220 Spreadsheets and Analysis 3
ECON 202 Microeconomics 3
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
Elective Elective course 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences w/lab 4
 Credits16
Year Two
Fall
ACC 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3
ECON 201 Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) 3
ECON 216 Statistics for Business and Economics 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 6
 Credits15
Spring
ACC 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3
ECON 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3
Elective Elective course 6
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
 Credits15
Year Three
Fall
ACC 301 Intermediate Financial Accounting I 3
ACC 350 Income Tax 3
BUAD 210 Legal Environment of Business 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
Elective Elective course 3
 Credits15
Spring
ACC 302 Intermediate Financial Accounting II 3
ACC 320 Advanced Management Accounting 3
ACC 460 Advanced Income Tax 3
BUAD 311 Business Analytics 3
Elective Elective course 3
 Credits15
Year Four
Fall
BUAD 360 Managerial Finance 3
ECON 361 Money, Banking, and Financial Markets 3
Elective Elective course 9
 Credits15
Spring
BUAD 461 Investments 3
BUAD 491 Strategic Management 3
Elective Elective course 9
 Credits15
 Total Credits120