Accounting Major

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The Accounting major prepares students to embark immediately upon careers as public, industrial or governmental accountants and provides a foundation in accounting and business administration that will enable them to pursue graduate study. Graduates can expect to work in such areas as management advisory services, income tax, auditing, budgeting, cost accounting, and general accounting.

Program Requirements

A student studying Accounting must complete the following requirements:

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core .

Major Requirements:

Common SOBA Requirements:

ACC 225 - Intro to Financial Accounting Credits: 4
ACC 226 - Intro to Managerial Accounting Credits: 4
BA 253 - Business Statistics Credits: 4
BA 260 - Legal Environment of Business Credits: 3
BA 301 - Management & Organizational Behavior Credits: 4
BA 353 - Operations Management Credits: 4
BA 380 - Financial Management Credits: 4
BA 496 - Senior Seminar in Strategic Management Credits: 4
ECON 262 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 272 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
MK 350 - Marketing Credits: 4

Subtotal Common SOBA Requirements - Total Credits: 41

Quantitative Reasoning Requirement:

Complete one of the following:

BA 485 - Investments & Portfolio Management Credits: 4
CSIS 350 - Database Management Systems Credits: 4
ECON 361 - Managerial Economics Credits: 4
MATH 210 - Survey of Calculus Credits: 4
MATH 221 - Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 222 - Calculus II Credits: 4
MK 376 - Managing Customer Value Credits: 3
MK 486 - Marketing Research Credits: 4

Subtotal Quantitative Reasoning Requirement - Total Credits: 3-4

Auxiliary Requirement:

BA 222 - Management Information Systems Credits: 4

Accounting Major Requirements:

ACC 323 - Intermediate Accounting I Credits: 4
ACC 324 - Intermediate Accounting II Credits: 4
ACC 335 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 4

Plus a minimum of 12 credits of upper division accounting courses selected from the following:

ACC 370 - Topics in Accounting Credits: 1-6
ACC 426 - Advanced Accounting Credits: 4
ACC 430 - Individual Taxation Credits: 4
ACC 431 - Business Entity Taxation Credits: 4
ACC 436 - Auditing-Theory and Practice Credits: 4

Subtotal Accounting Major Requirements - Total Credits: 24¹

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 72-73

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120*

* Among the minimum 120 credits required for the degree, 45 credits must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses.

¹ The 24 credits used to satisfy the accounting major may not be used to satisfy any other major, option, or minor within the School of Business Administration.

Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements.

For information regarding CMA, CPA, and other professional certifications and requirements in Colorado and other states, please see an accounting professor.

Accounting Major Suggested Course Sequence¹


Freshman Fall Semester		Freshman Winter Semester³
COMP 125 or COMP 150 LIBERAL ARTS CORE (SC1) LIBERAL ARTS CORE (HI)² LIBERAL ARTS CORE (AH)²	3-4 4 3-4 3-4	COMP 126 or COMP 150 LIBERAL ARTS CORE (SC2) LIBERAL ARTS CORE (AH)² MATH 110 ES 100 /PE	3-4 3-4 3-4 4 1
Total Credits	13-16	Total Credits	14-17

Sophomore Fall Semester		Sophomore Winter Semester
COMP 252 ACC 225 ECON 262 (SS)² BA 253 (MA)	4 4 3 4	ACC 226 ECON 272 (SS)²BA 260 BA 222 Free Elective	4 3 3 4 3
Total Credits	15	Total Credits	17

Junior Fall Semester		Junior Winter Semester
BA 301 MK 350 ACC 323 ACC 335	4 4 4 3	ACC 324 BA 353 BA 380 Free Elective	4 4 4 3
Total Credits	15	Total Credits	15

Senior Fall Semester		Senior Winter Semester
ACC 426 ACC 430 EGC SOBA QR requirement	4 3 3-4 3-4	BA 496 ACC 436 ACC Elective EGC	4 4 2-4 3-4
Total Credits	13-15	Total Credits	13-16

¹ In order to graduate in four years, the recommended number of credits per semester is 15 credits (8 semesters X 15 credits = 120 credits for graduation).

² There is a specific group of lower level Liberal Arts Core courses. The group contains AH, HI, and SS courses. Students must complete a total of 15 credits in that group with at least 1 course from HI, 2 courses from AH, and 1 from SS (both Econ 262 and 272 will satisfy this SS requirement).

³ By the end of the Freshman year, a student should have completed COMP 150 (or equivalent) and 30 credits.