A minimum of 57 credits is required including 18 credits of Tool Courses and 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 Major Requirements:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 205 | Introduction to Sustainability Reporting and Standards | 3 |
| ACC 305 | Environmental and Sustainability Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 340 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACC 405 | Ethics in Sustainability Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 410 | Auditing | 3 |
| BUAD 210 | Foundations of Business Law | 3 |
| BUAD 311 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| BUAD 360 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Business and the Environment | ||
| Intermediate Macroeconomics | ||
| Econometrics | ||
| Money, Banking, and Financial Markets | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
Capstone Course Requirement
BUAD 491 Strategic Management will fulfill the capstone requirement for the Accounting Comprehensive Major: Sustainability Accounting 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 |
| ECON 201 | Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| HWTR 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| MATH 140 | College Algebra (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Arts and Humanities | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Arts and Humanities | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Natural Sciences w/lab | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUAD 220 | Spreadsheets and Analysis | 3 |
| ECON 216 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Natural Sciences w/lab | 4 |
| Gen Ed | Social Sciences | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 205 | Introduction to Sustainability Reporting and Standards | 3 |
| BUAD 210 | Foundations of Business Law | 3 |
| BUAD 220 | Spreadsheets and Analysis | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Arts and Humanities | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 301 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 350 | Income Tax | 3 |
| BUAD 311 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| BUAD 363 | Business and the Environment | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Social Sciences | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 302 | Intermediate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 340 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| BUAD 360 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Social Sciences | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 305 | Environmental and Sustainability Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 320 | Advanced Management Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 410 | Auditing | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 6 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 405 | Ethics in Sustainability Accounting | 3 |
| BUAD 491 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| Elective | Upper Division Electives | 6 |
| Credits | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |