Accounting
Faculty Spotlight
During the past decade the integrity and values of accountants, boards of directors and financial executives have been closely scrutinized by the media and investment community. Professor Don Giacomino Has examined these issues for several years.
Accounting Major Course Requirements
To complete the requirements for a major in Accounting, students need to complete coursework as specified below:
Specific Accounting Requirements
33 Credits
- ACCO 4000 (Accounting Communication) 3 credits
- ACCO 3001 (Intermediate Accounting) 3 credits
- ACCO 4020 (Advanced Accounting) 3 credits
- BULA 4001 (Business Law) 3 credits
- ACCO 4030 (Cost Accounting) 3 credits
- ACCO 4010 (Individual Income Tax) 3 credits
- Three electives from the following:
- ACCO 4986 (Internship in Accounting) 3 credits
- ACCO 4170 (Auditing) 3 credits
- ACCO 4080 (Analysis of Financial Statements) 3 credits
- ACCO 4040 (International Accounting) 3 credits
- ACCO 4119 (Tax Research Seminar) 3 credits
- ACCO 4045 (International Taxation) 3 credits
- Two Business Electives (6 credits)
NOTE: One International Business Course is required (within or outside your major).
In addition to the requirements for the major, all students in the College of Business Administration complete courses that comprise a university core of common studies, non-business electives in addition to 45 hours of core business courses.
Business Core Requirements
45 Credits
- LEAD 1000 (Foundations for Business Leadership) 1 credit NOTE: Students transferring into the college with Jr. standing or higher are required to complete BUAD 1002 (Computer Literacy in Business) instead of LEAD 1000.
- LEAD 2000 (Applying Business Leadership Skills) 1 credit
- LEAD 3000 (Strategies for Entering the Business World) 1 credit
- ACCO 2030 (Financial Accounting) 3 credits
- ACCO 2031 (Managerial Accounting) 3 credits
- MANA 2028 (Business Statistics) 3 credits
- ECON 2003 (Principles of Microeconomics) 3 credits
- ECON 2004 (Principles of Macroeconomics) 3 credits
- ECON 3001 (Applied Business Economics) 3 credits
- FINA 3001 (Introduction to Financial Management) 3 credits
- MANA 3001 (Behavior and Organization) 3 credits
- OSCM 3001 (Operations and Supply Chain Management) 3 credits
- MARK 3001 (Introduction to Marketing) 3 credits
- ACCO 4050 (Accounting Information Systems) 3 credits
- Legal and Regulatory Elective 3 credits
Must select: BULA 3001 (Legal Environment of Business) - MANA 3002 (Business and Its Environment) or PHIL 4330 (Business Ethics) 3 credits
- MANA 4101 (Strategic Management) 3 credits
Non-Business Required Courses
50 Credits
- ENGL 1001 (Rhetoric & Composition 1) 3 credits
- ENGL 1002 (Rhetoric & Composition 2) 3 credits
- Literature Elective 3 credits
[For course selection, refer to http://www.marquette.edu/core; be sure to select literature course.] - Diverse Culture Elective 3 credits
[For course selection, refer to http://www.marquette.edu/core.] - Histories of Cultures and Societies Elective 3 credits
[For course selection, refer to http://www.marquette.edu/core.] - Science and Nature Elective 3 credits
[For course selection, refer to http://www.marquette.edu/core.] - MATH 1390 (Finite Mathematics) 3 credits
- MATH 1400 (Elements of Calculus) 3 credits
- PHIL 1001 (Philosophy of Human Nature) 3 credits
- PHIL 2310 (Theory of Ethics) 3 credits
- CMST 2300 (Public Speaking for business) 2 credits
- THEO 1001 (Introduction to Theology) 3 credits
- Theology Elective 3 credits
[For course selection, refer to http://www.marquette.edu/core.] - Non-Business Electives 12 credits