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Accounting Degree Requirements

Business Foundation Requirements - 6 courses

ECO 231 MicroEconomics

ECO 232 MacroEconomics

POM 212 Statistics

MIS 101 The Business Organization *

MTH 103 Finite Mathematics

ENL 265 Business Writing

Accounting major courses — 6 courses 

ACT 311   Intermediate accounting 1

ACT 312   Intermediate accounting II

ACT 351  Cost accounting

ACT 355  Accounting information systems

ACT 401  Auditing

ACT 411  Taxation

Accounting Option Courses – 2 courses

General Option Courses – choose 2 from the following:

FIN 493, ACT 421, ACT 354, ACT 412, ACT 431, ACT 441

Accounting Information Systems Option:

MIS 322  Sys. Analysus & Desinn

NIS 432 Business Data Systems

Core business requirements—10 courses

 

ACT 211  Financial Accounting

ACT 212  Managerial Accounting

FIN  312  Finance

MKT 311  Marketing

MGT 311  Organizational Behavior

MGT 312  Legal Framework in Business

MIS  315   Management Information Systems

POM 333  Quantitative Business Analysis

POM 345  Operations Analysis

MGT 490  Business Strategy

Business Electives – 1 course

Students select 300 or 400-level business courses that are not required by their major. This course may be taken from any other discipline in the College of Business.  Students can use these electives for a minor if they do not also use them in their major.

Students who entered prior to Fall 2012 will take 3 business electives.  Students who entered  in Fall 2012 or after will take 4 business electives.

Non-business electives — 5 to 7 courses

Students select four courses outside of the College of Business.  All students are strongly advised to investigate minors in other Colleges and make selection that that meet requirements of that minor.  Ask your advisor for help.

University studies courses or GEN ED—6 or 8 courses  

First year students who enter the university in Fall 2012 or later and transfer students who entered  in Fall 2012 or later with more than 25 credit hours will take 6 additional courses from University Studies.

http://www.umassd.edu/generaleducation/universitystudies/universitystudiescurriculum/.

First year students who entered the university prior to Fall 2012 and transfer students who entered prior to Fall 2012 with less than 25 credit hours will take 10 additional general education courses.

http://www.umassd.edu/generaleducation/generalinformation/

* Transfer students with more than 15 credit hours do not take MIS 101.  Substitute a 300 or 400-level business elective.

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