Program Requirements
A minimum of 57 credits is required including 18 credits of Tool Courses, the 12-credit Accounting Nucleus:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Tool Courses | ||
| ACC 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| 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 301 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 302 | Intermediate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 320 | Advanced Management Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 350 | Income Tax | 3 |
| Total Credits | 30-31 | |
And the following:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Major Requirements | ||
| ACC 340 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACC 410 | Auditing | 3 |
| ACC 450 | Advanced Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 498 | Accounting Ethics | 3 |
| BUAD 210 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUAD 270 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUAD 315 | Business Law | 3 |
| BUAD 360 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| One of the following: | 3 | |
| Organizational Behavior | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
Capstone Course Requirement
ACC 498 Accounting Ethics will fulfill the capstone requirement for the Accounting Comprehensive Major: Professional 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.
| Year One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| BUAD 101 | Business of Life | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| HWTR 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| MATH 140 | College Algebra (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| Natural Science GE | 3 | |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| BUAD 220 | Spreadsheets and Analysis | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| Natural Science GE | 3 | |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| ECON 216 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Arts & Humanities | 3 |
| Social Science GE | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| Arts & Humanities GE | 3 | |
| Natural Science GE | 3 | |
| Social Science GE | 3 | |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 301 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 340 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| Arts & Humanities GE | 3 | |
| BUAD 210 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUAD 360 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 302 | Intermediate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 320 | Advanced Management Accounting | 3 |
| BUAD 270 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUAD 315 | Business Law | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 350 | Income Tax | 3 |
| ACC 410 | Auditing | 3 |
| ACC 450 | Advanced Financial Accounting | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 6 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 415 | Information Technology Auditing | 3 |
| ACC 498 | Accounting Ethics | 3 |
| BUAD 333 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 6 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 121 | |