Accounting Major Four-Year Plan

First Year
FALL TERM
Course # Course Name Credits
ACC 210Accounting Principles3
ECN 220Macroeconomics3
GEN 110Expository Writing3
GEN 130Core I3
General Studies Distributional Req.3
Total Credits this Term15
SPRING TERM
Course # Course Name Credits
ACC 220 Managerial Accounting 3
BUS 280 Business Info Processing 3
ECN 230 Microeconomics 3
BUS 200 Business & Professional Protocol 2
GEN 112 Persuasive Writing 3
GEN 131 Core I B 2
Total Credits this Term16
Second Year
FALL TERM
Course # Course Name Credits
ACC 350 Federal Income Tax I 3
ACC 395 Intermediate Accounting I 3
GEN 3XX Core II 3
General Studies Science Requirement 4
General Studies Distributional Req. 3
Total Credits this Term 16
SPRING TERM
Course # Course Name Credits
ACC 355 Federal Income Tax II 4
ACC 396 Intermediate Accounting II 3
BUS 330 Management Principles 3
General Studies Distributional Req. 3
General Studies Distributional Req. 3
Total Credits this Term 16
Third Year
FALL TERM
Course # Course Name Credits
ACC 420 Cost Accounting 3
BUS 340 Business Finance 3
BUS 350 Marketing Principles 3
GEN 4XX Core III (writing intensive) 3
General Studies Distributional Req. 3
Total Credits this Term 15
SPRING TERM
Course # Course Name Credits
ACC 472 Auditing Theory & Practice 3
ACC 401 Internship in Accounting 3
BUS 300 Business & Professional Rhetoric (writing intensive) 3
Elective 3
Elective 3
Total Credits this Term 15
Fourth Year
FALL TERM
Course # Course Name Credits
ACC 465 Accounting Info Systems 3
ACC 471 Advanced Accounting I 3
BUS 410 Business Law I 3
Elective 3
Elective 3
Total Credits this Term 15
SPRING TERM
Course # Course Name Credits
ACC 474 Advanced Accounting II 3
BUS 490 Leadership, Ethics and Decision Making 3
Elective 3
Elective 3
Total Credits this Term 12

May/Summer Term Courses are also available.

**Note 1: This basic 4-year plan does not include an emphasis track or CMA preparation studies. With special planning, however, an emphasis track or CMA preparation studies can be included in a 4-year program.

**Note 2: 150 credits are needed for students to be eligible to take the CPA Exam. An additional 30 credits, not included in this plan, are needed to achieve 150 total credits.

 

Program Highlights

  • Forensic/Fraud Emphasis Track

  • Taxation Emphasis Track

  • One of the largest college-affiliated VITA programsin Wisconsin

  • Required internship experience as part of the major

  • Small class sizes

  • No teaching assistants — Professors teach all classes

  • CPA & CMA review courses for graduate credit


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