Accounting Major, B.S.

General Studies:

The academic foundation for a successful business career or graduate work is a broad liberal arts education.

Check the Catalog Addendum: General College Requirements for approved courses and the Accounting Department Requirements listed below.

Multicultural Requirement:

The College’s multicultural requirement is satisfied by taking an approved multicultural course listed in the Catalog Addendum: General College Requirements.

Accounting Department Requirements:

In addition to foundation coursework in business theory and practice, all Accounting majors should have learning experiences that develop and support communication abilities, quantitative and analytical skills, an understanding of the domestic and global economic environment, an appreciation of the American political process, and an understanding of a business professional’s ethical as well as legal responsibility in organizations and society. To meet these objectives, the following courses are required for all majors in Accounting.

Business Core:

All Business majors require foundation course work in all significant areas of business theory and practice. The following courses are required for all majors in Accounting. A grade of “C” or better must be earned in each business core course to have that course count toward the Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting.

Accounting Major Requirements:

Accounting majors should have learning experiences that focus on the development, measurement, analysis, validation, and communication of financial and other information. The following courses are required for all majors in Accounting.

Notes:

Students interested in becoming Certified Public Accountants (CPA) should be aware that they must take ACC 4200, Auditing and Attestation, and that the majority of states (Colorado is not included) require 150 semester hours of education to sit for the uniform CPA examination. MSCD offers classes that satisfy both the ISO-hour requirement and Colorado’s “education in lieu of experience” option for certification.

To earn a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, a student must successfully complete 30 or more credit hours of business course work at MSCD, including the last 12 hours applicable to the degree, and completion of at least 40 hours of upper-division courses. This 30-hour residency requirement can be met by completing any business courses with the prefix ACC, CIS, FIN, MGT and MKT and a course number of at least 2000 except  FIN 2250. A student must complete at least 12 upper-division semester hours in Accounting at MSCD.

Students should consult an Accounting faculty advisor to develop an appropriate academic program. A wide variety of internship opportunities are available through the Cooperative Education Office.

International Business Concentration for Business Majors Only

The International Business Concentration provides students majoring in one of the business disciplines with the opportunity to expand their knowledge of the rapidly changing global business, legal and cultural environment.

In addition to the major degree program requirements, the concentration requires 18 to 22 hours in international courses: a 12 hour core and six hours of approved international electives. Some students pursuing an International Business Concentration may need more than 120 semester hours of credit to graduate. Interested students should contact an International Business advisor as early in their degree program as possible.

Coursework used to meet the requirements for the concentration may not be used to meet the requirements for a major. Some courses in the International Business Concentration program have pre-requisites which must be satisfied. These prerequisites do not count towards the concentration.