Accounting Comprehensive Major: B.S.—No Minor Required

CIP: 520301

Students choosing a comprehensive major in Accounting must take the Common Professional Component courses plus receive a minimum grade of “C” in each of the major courses listed below for the public accounting track or private industry track.

The public accounting track is designed to prepare students for careers in public accounting and/or for taking the examination to become a Certified Public Accountant. Students wishing to take the CPA examination in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas must have 150 credit hours. The student should complete the public accounting track and continue with an additional 26 hours of coursework to be eligible to sit for the CPA examination. Most students will choose to earn an MBA. (See Northwest Missouri State University Graduate Catalog and your advisor.)

The private industry track is designed to prepare students for careers in management accounting. With the addition of the course MGMT 54-316 Organizational Behavior and Theory, the private industry track is designed to prepare students for taking the examination to become a Certified Management Accountant.

Requirements

Public Accounting Track

ACCT 51301	Cost Accounting	3
ACCT 51303	Tax Accounting I	3
ACCT 51304	Tax Accounting II	3
ACCT 51306	Intermediate Accounting I	3
ACCT 51307	Intermediate Accounting II	3
ACCT 51308	Accounting Information Systems	3
ACCT 51401	Intermediate Accounting III	3
ACCT 51403	Advanced Accounting	3
ACCT 51404	Auditing	3
FIN 53312	Business Law II	3
Total Credit Hours:		30

Private Industry Track

ACCT 51301	Cost Accounting	3
ACCT 51303	Tax Accounting I	3
ACCT 51304	Tax Accounting II	3
ACCT 51306	Intermediate Accounting I	3
ACCT 51307	Intermediate Accounting II	3
ACCT 51308	Accounting Information Systems	3
ACCT 51402	Advanced Cost Accounting	3
ACCT 51403	Advanced Accounting	3
ACCT 51404	Auditing	3
MGMT 54316	Organizational Behavior & Theory	3
Total Credit Hours:		30

This is an ACBSP accredited program.