Nov 08, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Accounting, B.S.B.

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College Vision Statement

The College of Business will be regarded as developing intelligent, ethical, competent graduates who are uniquely qualified to excel within their chosen profession.

College Mission Statement

The College of Business will develop future Christian business leaders with the virtues of character, servant leadership, and cultural engagement. These leaders will positively impact their business organizations and community at large.

Why Accounting?

The courses you take at AU will qualify you to sit for the Certified Public Accounting exam, equip you for graduate school, and prepare you for jobs in business and accounting. In these courses, you will learn the generally accepted accounting principles that govern accounting. You will also study subjects such as taxation, auditing, accounting information systems, and inventory planning and control.

Curriculum Summary

General Education Core	41 Cr. Hrs.
Common Business Core	40 Cr. Hrs.
Accounting	24 Cr. Hrs.
Cognate Course	3 Cr. Hrs.
General Electives	20 Cr. Hrs.
TOTAL	128 Cr. Hrs.

Exit exam. All business students must take a nationally normed, summative end of program exam that is used for outcomes assessment purposes: Business Assessment Test. This is a comprehensive exam covering all of the major business disciplines and it is a graduation requirement. The exam is taken as part of the Senior Seminar (BUS 490) course.

Specific Grade Requirements: 2.0 Cumulative GPA in Major Requirements (24 Cr. Hrs.)

Degree Requirements (128 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Requirements (41 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Curriculum (Traditional) Specified Course Requirements: Quantitative Literacy: MAT 113 Social Inquiry:PSY 101 or SOC 101

Business Core Requirements (40 Cr. Hrs.)

ACC 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 202 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 230 - Business Statistics 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 295 - Business Development Professional Seminar 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 395 - Post-Internship Experience Seminar 1 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 490 - Senior Seminar in Business 3 Cr. Hrs.
CIS 120 - Introduction to Information Processing Systems 3 Cr. Hrs.
CIS 352 - Management of Information Systems 3 Cr. Hrs.
ECO 211 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Cr. Hrs.
ECO 212 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Cr. Hrs.
FIN 310 - Financial Management 3 Cr. Hrs.
MGT 210 - Principles of Management 3 Cr. Hrs.
MKT 331 - Principles of Marketing 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 251 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Cr. Hrs.
OR
MGT 410 - Employment and Labor Law 3 Cr. Hrs.

Major Requirements (24 Cr. Hrs.)

ACC 305 - Cost Accounting 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 310 - Intermediate Accounting 1 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 311 - Intermediate Accounting 2 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 330 - Introduction to Taxation 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 401 - Auditing 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 410 - Accounting Information Systems 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 435 - Advanced Accounting 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 492 - Accounting Capstone 3 Cr. Hrs.

Cognate Requirements (3 Cr. Hrs.)

MAT 108 - Finite Probability and Statistics 1 3 Cr. Hrs.

General Electives (20 Cr. Hrs.)

Suggested Eight Semester Sequence

First Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

AU 101 - Transitions and Expectations 1 Cr. Hrs.
ENG 101 - Composition and Communication I 3 Cr. Hrs.
CIS 120 - Introduction to Information Processing Systems 3 Cr. Hrs.
Intercultural Inquiry - Core Curriculum (Traditional) 3 Cr. Hrs.
Social Inquiry (Choose One):
PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology 3 Cr. Hrs.
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 Cr. Hrs.
Quantitative Literacy: MAT 113 - Calculus Concepts 1: An Intuitive Approach to Differential Calculus 3 Cr. Hrs.

Second Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

CHR 105 - Introduction to the Bible 3 Cr. Hrs.
ENG 102 - Composition and Communication II 3 Cr. Hrs.
MAT 108 - Finite Probability and Statistics 1 3 Cr. Hrs.
CIS 352 - Management of Information Systems 3 Cr. Hrs.
Scientific Inquiry - Core Curriculum (Traditional) 4 Cr. Hrs.

Third Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

ACC 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 Cr. Hrs.
ECO 211 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Cr. Hrs.
PHI 210 - Philosophical Foundations & Moral Reasoning 3 Cr. Hrs.
MGT 210 - Principles of Management 3 Cr. Hrs.
Historical Inquiry - Core Curriculum (Traditional) 3 Cr. Hrs.
Electives 1 Cr. Hr.

Fourth Semester (15 Cr. Hrs.)

ACC 202 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 230 - Business Statistics 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 295 - Business Development Professional Seminar 3 Cr. Hrs.
ECO 212 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Cr. Hrs.
Creative Inquiry - Core Curriculum (Traditional) 3 Cr. Hrs.

Fifth Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

ACC 305 - Cost Accounting 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 310 - Intermediate Accounting 1 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHR 305 - Christian Worldview and Contemporary Application 3 Cr. Hrs.
FIN 310 - Financial Management 3 Cr. Hrs.
Electives 4 Cr. Hrs.

Sixth Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

ACC 311 - Intermediate Accounting 2 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 330 - Introduction to Taxation 3 Cr. Hrs.
CON 3** - Connections 3 Cr. Hrs.
MKT 331 - Principles of Marketing 3 Cr. Hrs.
Electives 4 Cr. Hrs.

Seventh Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

ACC 410 - Accounting Information Systems 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 435 - Advanced Accounting 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 395 - Post-Internship Experience Seminar 1 Cr. Hrs.
CTI 4** - Contemporary Issues 3 Cr. Hrs.
Electives 7 Cr. Hrs.

Eighth Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

ACC 401 - Auditing 3 Cr. Hrs.
ACC 492 - Accounting Capstone 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 490 - Senior Seminar in Business 3 Cr. Hrs.
BUS 251 - Legal Environment of Business 3 Cr. Hrs.
OR
MGT 410 - Employment and Labor Law 3 Cr. Hrs.
Electives 4 Cr. Hrs.

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