1993-1994 Academic Catalog

The accounting major prepares students for careers in private, public, and corporate accounting as well as other business-related areas. The program satisfies the requirements of public accounting firms and prepares students to take the Certified Public Accounting examination. Course requirements involve eighty quarter hours including: Business administration core requirements ............ 54 BUS-100 Business Briefs . ... ..... .. .. ... .. .. .. ... ... .. .... 1 ACCT-211,212 Principles of Accounting .............. 10 BUS-211,212 Statistics ..................................... 6 BUS-218 Business Law I.. ................................. 4 CIS-220 Computer Information Systems .... .. ... .... ... 3 ECON-233 Microeconomics ............................... 4 ECON-234 Macroeconomics .............................. 4 BUS-311 Decision Analysis ............................... 3 MGMT-350 Prin. of Organization & Management. ... 4 MRKT-360 Principles of Marketing .. .... ... .. ... .. ... .. 4 FIN-371 Financial Management of the Firm ........... 4 BUS-442 Business Seminar .... . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... . .. .. . ... . 3 MGMT-451 Administrative Policy and Strategy ....... 4 BUS-499 Executive Development . .... ... .. .. . .. .. ... .. .. 0 Accounting requirements .................................. 26 ACCT-311,312,313 Intermediate Accounting .......... 9 ACCT-317 Cost Accounting .............................. 5 ACCT-411 Federal Income Taxes ........................ 4 ACCT-412 Auditing ........................................ 4 ACCT-413 Advanced Accounting ........................ 4 Additional required cognate: *GSCI-190 Calculus for Business ........................ 5 *satisfies the General Education requirement in mathematics Ac1cmmtitn2 Major Proficiency requirements ................................. 0-8 Other General Education requirements ............. 75-95 Accounting & business administration requirements . 80 Required cognates ..... .......... ..... ... .... ... .... ... .. ... . 5 Electives ................................................. 12-32 Total not mcmam2 orc•ficienlCV) Humanities Science elective Social science elective Electives The business major prepares students for careers in the business services sector of the economy. Two concentrations, organiza– tional communication and professional writing, are available to provide concentrated training in skills vital in the administrative support field. Course requirements involve a minimun ninety-seven to ninety-nine quarter hours including seventy-four hours in business and office technology requirements and twenty-three to thirty hours in a concentration area.