Accounting Major

Starting Fall 2024, students majoring in Accounting (or wishing to declare an Accounting major), must earn a B or better in Intro to Financial Accounting 29:010:203 OR Intro to Managerial Accounting 29:010:204 in order to stay in the Accounting major.  This policy does not apply to accounting majors who completed Intro to Financial Accounting OR Intro to Managerial Accounting prior to Fall 2024.

For majors declared on or after Fall 2022

Required Courses (30 credits)

Course # Title Cr
29:010:485 Accounting Information Systems 3
29:010:423 Advanced Accounting 3
29:010:430 Auditing 3
29:010:319 Business Law I* 3
29:010:304 Cost Accounting 3
29:010:413 Federal Tax I 3
29:010:305 Intermediate Accounting I 3
29:010:306 Intermediate Accounting II 3
29:010:460 Auditing Analytics 3
29:010:414  Fed Tax II 3

For majors declared between Fall 2020 and Summer 2022

Required Courses (27 credits)

Course # Title Cr
29:010:485 Accounting Information Systems 3
29:010:423 Advanced Accounting 3
29:010:430 Auditing 3
29:010:319 Business Law I* 3
29:010:304 Cost Accounting 3
29:010:413 Federal Tax I 3
29:010:305 Intermediate Accounting I 3
29:010:306 Intermediate Accounting II 3
29:010:460 Auditing Analytics 3

*This course is taken instead of Ethics in Business (29:522:334) as part of the Business Core Requirements

For majors declared prior to Fall 2020

Required Courses (24 credits)

Course # Title Cr
29:010:485 Accounting Information Systems 3
29:010:423 Advanced Accounting 3
29:010:430 Auditing 3
29:010:319 Business Law I* 3
29:010:304 Cost Accounting 3
29:010:413 Federal Tax I 3
29:010:305 Intermediate Accounting I 3
29:010:306 Intermediate Accounting II 3

*This course is taken instead of Ethics in Business (29:522:334) as part of the Business Core Requirements

Electives (3 credits)

Students must take one, three-credit elective. Elective options are:

Course # Title Cr
29:010:320 Business Law II 3
29:390:330 Corporate Finance 3
29:010:414 Federal Tax II 3
29:010:426 Advanced Accounting II 3
29:010:496 Accounting Internship/Cooperative** AR
29:010:498 Independent Study in Accounting* AR

** Must have prior approval by RBS Office of Career Management to register

*Must have prior approval by RBS Undergraduate Programs Office to register

AR = Credits by arrangement