Accounting

(Online|Kansas City|Ottawa|Wisconsin)

The Accounting major helps students understand and master the conceptual framework used to measure and report an organization's financial events. In accordance with professional and ethical standards, students analyze and evaluate accounting practices and systems to understand how they should and do function in business entities. They learn fiduciary responsibility and how to communicate with internal and external stakeholders. This major promotes skills in problem solving, decision-making, systems analysis, and planning within financial, economic, managerial, and technological contexts. Accounting is an important foundation for careers in finance, auditing and administration within both the public and private sectors. The accounting major helps students understand and master the conceptual framework used to measure and report an organization's financial events.

Curriculum

Liberal Arts Studies Seminars

  • LAS 12525 First Year Seminar
  • LAS 42515 Group Problem Solving

Plus one course in each of the following Breadth Areas:

  • Creative and Performing Arts
  • Historical and Cultural Perspectives
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Mathematical and Logical Systems
  • Natural Sciences (with lab)
  • Language and Communication
  • Health and Wellness
  • Theological and Philosophical Perspectives

Required Major Courses:

  • ACC 20464 Financing and Investing Activities
  • ACC 33164 Intermediate Accounting I
  • ACC 33264 Intermediate Accounting II
  • ACC 30163 Cost Accounting or ACC 40264 Advanced Cost Accounting
  • ACC 36264 Federal Income Tax
  • ACC 40164 Advanced Accounting I
  • ACC 40165 Advanced Accounting II
  • ACC 44163 Auditing
  • OAD 40063 Financial Administration
  • ACC 49060 Seminar in Applied Accounting (Capstone Course)

Required Supporting Courses

  • ECO  20163   Macroeconomics
  • ECO  20263   Microeconomics
  • HPS  13353   American Government
  • MAT  32044   Statistics
  • OAD  30563   Management
  • OAD  31664   Business Ethics or
  • PHL  33024    Ethics and Society 
  • OAD  31863   Marketing 
  • OAD  40063   Financial Administration 
  • PSY  12053    Principles of Psychology

Liberal Arts Studies Courses

  • LAS 30012 Writing and Critical Thinking in the Liberal Arts OR
    • LAS 20010 College Seminar I and LAS 20020 College Seminar II
  • LAS 45012 Global Issues in the Liberal Arts (capstone)

Plus 6 credit-hours in each of the following Breadth Areas:

  • Art/Expression
  • Social/Civic
  • Science/Description
  • Value/Meaning
Foundation Courses
  • ACC 20364 Accounting for Business Operations (or equivalent) 
  • ECO 30564 Economics for Managers (or Micro and Macro Economics)
  • MAT 20143 Business Math (or equivalent college-level math course) 
  • OAD 30763 Business Statistics (or equivalent statistics course) 
  • OAD 31664 Business Ethics (or equivalent)  

Major Required Courses

  • ACC 20464 Accounting for Financing and Investing Activities
  • ACC 30163 Cost Accounting or ACC 40264 Advanced Cost Accounting
  • ACC 33164 Intermediate Accounting I
  • ACC 33264 Intermediate Accounting II 
  • ACC 36264 Federal Income Tax
  • ACC 40164 Advanced Accounting I
  • ACC 40165 Advanced Accounting II
  • ACC 44163 Auditing
  • OAD 40063 Financial Administration
  • ACC 49060 Seminar in Applied Accounting (Capstone Course)

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