+ Accounting

The accounting major prepares students for paraprofessional positions in industrial, public or governmental accounting. It is designed to provide the graduate with the theoretical and practical accounting knowledge and skills required of business personnel in today's economy. Many of the courses in the two-year accounting degree program are applicable to the four-year bachelor's degree in business.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates with this major will possess the following knowledge and skills:

• A detailed understanding of financial, managerial, cost and tax accounting as well as electronic bookkeeping;
• The ability to put into practice the theory learned in the accounting classes.

Requirements for the major

• BG Perspective courses
  • ENG 110, 111 and/or 112 (3-6)
  • ECON 202 or 203 (3)
  • Electives (6)
• Basic courses
  • MIS 200 (3)
  • IPC 102 (3)
  • BA 203 (3)
  • MATH 120 or 122, and BUSE 101 and STAT 200 (9-11) OR MATH 126, and STAT 211 and 212 (11)
• Core courses
  • ACCT 221 and 222 (6)
  • ACT 225*, 231*, 241*, and 251* (12)
  • BAT 102 or BA 102 (3)
  • BAT 201 and 205 (6)
  • BAT 207 or FIN 200 or 300 (3)

*Designed only for the associate degree in accounting.