Program Requirements
All standard majors require a minor in a second discipline or a second major.
A minimum of 42 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 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Major Requirements | ||
| ACC 498 | Accounting Ethics (Capstone) | 3 |
| BUAD 210 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Accounting Information Systems | ||
| Auditing | ||
| Advanced Financial Accounting | ||
| Advanced Income Tax | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |
Capstone Course Requirement
ACC 498 ACCOUNTING ETHICS will fulfill the capstone requirement for the Accounting Major: Standard Program.
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 |
| Gen Ed | Natural Sciences w/lab | 4 |
| HWTR 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| MATH 140 | College Algebra (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| BUAD 220 | Spreadsheets and Analysis | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Natural Sciences w/lab | 4 |
| Elective | Elective course | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| 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 | 6 |
| Gen Ed | Social Sciences | 3 |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| Elective | Minor course | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Arts & Humanities | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Natural Sciences | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Social Sciences | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 301 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 340 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| BUAD 210 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| Elective | Accounting Elective | 3 |
| Elective | Minor course | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 302 | Intermediate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 320 | Advanced Management Accounting | 3 |
| Elective | Accounting Elective | 3 |
| Elective | Minor course | 3 |
| Elective | Minor course | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| Elective | Elective course | 6 |
| Elective | Minor course | 6 |
| Elective | Elective OR Minor course | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 498 | Accounting Ethics | 3 |
| Elective | Elective course | 12 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 123 | |