1997-1998 Academic Catalog

Administration Accounting The accounting major prepares students for careers in private, public, and corporate accounting as well as other business-related areas. The program satisfies the require– ments of public accounting firms and prepares students to take the Certified Public Accounting Examination. Course requirements involve 80 quarter hours including: Business administration core requirements ................. 54 ACCT-211,212 Principles of Accounting ..................... 10 BUS-100 Business Prologue ........................................... 1 BUS-211,212 Statistics ................................................... 6 BUS-218 Business Law I ................................................ 4 BUS-311 Decision Analysis ........................................... 3 BUS-399 Professional Development (3 quarters) ........... 0 BUS-442 Business Seminar ............................................ 3 BUS-499 Executive Development (3 quarters) ............... 0 CIS-220 Computer Information Systems ........................ 3 ECON-233Microeconomics ........................................... 4 ECON-234Macroeconomics .......................................... 4 FIN-371 Financial Management of the Firm .................. 4 MGMT-350 Prin. of Organization and Management ..... 4 MGMT-451 Administrative Policy and Strategy ............ 4 MRKT-360 Principles of Marketing ............................... 4 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 mathematics General Education Requirement AccountingMajor CurriculumSummary Proficiency requirements ............................................. 0-8 Other General Education Requirements .................. 75-95 Accounting & business administration requirements .... 80 Required cognates ........................................................... 5 Electives .................................................................. 12-32 Total (minimum, not including proficiency) ............ 192 "Big Six" acco1111tingfir111s recruit and employ Ceda111il/e graduates. 1997 grads Cliff Scott, Chris Rudolph, Jeff' Davis, and Brad Nelson received offers from such firms as Arthur Andersen, Em st & Young LLP, and KPMG Peat Manvick.