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Academics > Majors and Areas of Study > Business Administration and Accounting > Requirements > Accounting


Bachelor of Arts Degree

The objective of the accounting program is to develop a solid foundation for public accounting, governmental accounting, and corporate accounting. Public accounting is a field for independent accountants who review and report on the propriety of management’s measurements and communications of financial information; the industrial accountant accumulates, interprets, and reports to management the financial results of the organization’s activities. With this preparation, one may structure a studies program toward either immediate employment or graduate school.

Accounting Major Requirements
Note: To progress in the accounting course sequence, a student must earn a grade of C minus or better in the prerequisite course.
* - To be completed by end of the sophomore year.

ACCT 113 Principles of Accounting I*
ACCT 123 Principles of Accounting II*
ACCT 213 Intermediate Accounting I*
ACCT 223 Intermediate Accounting II*
ECON 211 Principles of Macroeconomics*
ECON 221 Principles of Microeconomics*
MATH 107 College Algebra or MATH 141 Pre-Calculus* or MATH 181 Calculus I*
MATH 211 Elementary Statistics*
CIS 111 Word Processing Applications*
CIS 112 Spreadsheet Applications*
CIS 113 Data Management Applications*
BADM 355 Business Law I
BADM 356 Business Law II
BADM 374 Principles of Management
ENG 260 Business & Technical Writing or BADM 384 Business Communication
ACCT 313 Cost Accounting
ACCT 423 Auditing
ACCT 333 Taxation - Corporate

Upper Level (4 required):
Group I-at least two required
ACCT 413 Advanced Accounting
ACCT 433 Accounting Theory
ACCT 343 Governmental Accounting
ACCT 493 CPA - Preparing for the Profession

Group II-no more than two can count
ACCT 455 Internship (ACCT 3 CH)
ACCT 253 Payroll Accounting

ACCT 323 Personal Tax

ACCT 453 Forensic Accounting
ACCT 212 Computer-based Accounting

Additional offerings:
ACCT 555
Internship

Forensic Accounting Major Requirements

ACCT 113 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 123 Principles of Accounting II
ACCT 213 Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 223 Intermediate Accounting II

ACCT 313 Cost Accounting
ACCT 323 Taxation - Personal
ACCT 333 Taxation - Corporate

ACCT 413 Advanced Accounting
ACCT 423 Auditing

BADM 374 Principles of Management

BADM 344 Finance

BADM 364 Business Ethics

BADM 355 Business Law I

BADM 356 Business Law II
CIS 111 Word Processing Applications
CIS 112 Spreadsheet Applications
CIS 113 Data Management Applications
CSCI 159 Introduction to Programming

CSCI 169 Data Structures
MATH 211 Elementary Statistics*

ACCT 453 Forensic Accounting

Accounting Minor Requirements
ACCT 113 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 123 Principles of Accounting II

ACCT 213 Intermediate Accounting I

ACCT 223 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 313 Cost Accounting
ACCT 323 Taxation - Personal

ACCT 333 Taxation - Corporate
ACCT 423 Auditing

Transfer students are required to complete at Thiel a minimum of four upper-level courses required for the major.

Associate of Arts Degree in Accounting Requirements
1. A minimum of 64 credit hours with at least a 2.0 cumulative and 2.0 cumulative major GPA is required.
2. Competency in oral and written expression. The requirements are the same for this degree program as for all others.
3. Integrative Requirement is the same as four-year degree program.
4. Courses required for Associate of Arts Degree in accounting:
ACCT 113 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT 123 Principles of Accounting II
ACCT 213 Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 223 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 313 Cost Accounting
ACCT 323 Taxation - Personal

ACCT 333 Taxation - Corporate
ACCT 423 Auditing
BADM 355 Business Law I
CIS 111 Word Processing Applications
CIS 112 Spreadsheet Applications
CIS 113 Data Management Applications


 
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