Accounting Courses B.S. in Accounting
The program requires 60 credits in accounting, law, and management and 60 credits in the liberal arts and sciences. It also requires ACCT 310, a non-credit course.
Requirements for the B.S. in Accounting:
- Business School core: (24)
ACCT 101 - Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 102 - Principles of Accounting II
MGMT 203 - The Legal Environment of Business
MGMT 211 - Managing Team & Organizational Behavior
MGMT 221 - Introduction to Marketing
MGMT 315 - Introduction to Corporate Finance
MGMT 357 - Information Technology Management
MGMT 432 - Strategic Management
- One Globalization course chosen from: (3)
MGMT 312 - International Business Management
MGMT 323 - Global Accounting & Financial Management
ECON 340C - International Economic Policy
HIST 222D - History & Culture of Japanese Business
- Accounting core: (18)
ACCT 201 - Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 202 - Intermediate Accounting II*
ACCT 301 - Cost Accounting
ACCT 304 - Advanced Financial Accounting*
ACCT 310 - Career Planning
ACCT 311 - Introduction to Federal Taxation*
ACCT 401 - Auditing*
- Two Accounting Electives* chosen from: (6)
ACCT 402 - Forensic & Contemporary Auditing
ACCT 412 - Advanced Federal Taxation
ACCT 415 - Advanced Topics in Accounting
ACCT 420 - Advanced Cost Accounting
- Accounting Law course:
ALAW 302 - Law for Accountants (3)
- One Finance course chosen from: (3)
MGMT 316 - Intermediate Financial Management I
MGMT 336 - Investments I
- One or two** additional Accounting or Management Electives: (3-6)**
Any ACCT or MGMT course at or beyond the 300 level, excluding MGMT 490
- Liberal Arts and Science (taken to fulfill the college core): (60)
Specific requirements for the Accounting program:
COMM 253 - Business Communication
CSCI 150 - Introduction to High Technology
ECON 105C - Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 106C - Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 221 - Statistics I
MATH 111C*** - Finite Mathematics for Social Sciences
MATH 112C*** - Calculus for Social Science
REST 386D**** - Morality in Business
Additional Liberal Arts and Sciences courses to total 60 credits
* These courses must be taken at St. John Fisher College.
** If ECON 340C or HIST 222D are taken to meet the Globalization requirement in the Business School core, then two Accounting or Management Electives must be taken.
*** The sequences MATH 119C, 120C or 120C, 122C are considered equivalents.
**** PHIL 273C may be substituted for REST 386D.
Notes on the Accounting requirements: Except as noted, a course used to satisfy the requirements under one of the subdivisions above may not also be used to satisfy the requirements under a different subdivision.
The 60 hours of liberal arts may include no more than 9 hours of economics nor 6 hours of statistics.
At least 50% of the accounting, law, and management courses must be taken at the College.
For students majoring in Accounting, only courses designated as accounting courses (ACCT) are included in the determination of grade point average in the major.
Accounting Minor
The minor in Accounting requires 18 credits in Accounting courses taken at the College with the ACCT course designation or accepted in transfer with the Fisher ACCT equivalent.
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