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Choice of Three Different Concentrations
The course path for an accounting degree starts with a strong foundational set of courses. Later in your education, when you've selected a concentration that feels right to you, the courses follow slightly different paths.
By Departmental policy, we do not allow students to obtain a degree with multiple concentrations. However, students are free to take Departmental courses outside their chosen concentration.
The file attachment below is a useful, side-by-side comparison of the three major concentrations available in the Accounting and Finance Department. Contact any of the Department faculty members for advice and counsel.
Major Concentration Alternatives
Courses required for all three accounting major concentrations:
- ACFN 113 Financial - 4 credits
- ACFN 114 Managerial - 4 credits
- ACFN 210 Business Writing & Communication - 2 credits
- ACFN 325 Intermediate I - 4 credits
- ACFN 326 Intermediate II - 4 credits
- ACFN 335 Business Law - 2 credits
- MATH 124 Prob & Stats - 4 credits
- MATH 118, 119, or 122 - 4 credits
- ECON 111 Intro - 4 credits
Accounting major with traditional concentration
Accounting major with finance concentration
Accounting major with public accounting concentration
Accounting major with traditional concentration
- Two of the following (8 credits): ACFN 310 Corporate Finance, MGMT 201 Intro to Mgmt or ECON 300 level elective
- ACFN 331 Cost - 4 credits
- ACFN 332 Income Tax - 4 credits
- ACFN 338 Advanced - 4 credits
- ACFN 340 Information Systems - 4 credits
- ACFN 350 Operational Auditing - 2 credits
Total in major: 58
Accounting major with finance concentration
- One of the following (4 credits): ACFN 340 Information Systems, MGMT 201 Intro to Mgmt, ECON 320 Market Structure or ECON 332 Microeconomics
- ACFN 310 Corporate Finance - 4 credits
- ACFN 315 Investments - 4 credits
- ACFN 320 International Finance - 4 credits
- ACFN 333 Corporate Financial Analysis - 4 credits
- ECON 314 Financial Institutions - 4 credits
Total in major: 56
Accounting major with public accounting concentration
- MGMT 201 Intro to Mgmt - 4 credits
- ACFN 330 Governmental/NFP - 2 credits
- ACFN 331 Cost - 4 credits
- ACFN 332 Income Tax - 4 credits
- ACFN 338 Advanced - 4 credits
- ACFN 340 Information Systems - 4 credits
- ACFN 355 Auditing - 4 credits
- ACFN 353 Forensic Accounting - 2 credits
- ACFN 310 Corporate Finance - 4 credits
- ACFN 333 Corporate Financial Analysis - 4 credits
- ECON 300 level elective - 4 credits
- MGMT 321 Marketing - 4 credits
Total in major: 76
Note: All Accounting and Finance students are required to pass a computer literacy test.
Courses required for a minor in accounting:
- ACFN 113 Financial - 4 credits
- ACFN 114 Managerial - 4 credits
- ACFN 325 Intermediate I - 4 credits
And two courses from the following list of four:
- ACFN 326 Intermediate II - 4 credits
- ACFN 331 Cost - 4 credits
- ACFN 332 Income Tax - 4 credits
- ACFN 340 Information Systems - 4 credits