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Undergraduate Course RequirementsFor Accounting Majors
2008-2009

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Note: The accounting major is a limited access program. To be admitted to the accounting major, a student must meet the admission requirements for limited access programs in business. These requirements are described in a separate handout titled Admission Requirements for College of Business Limited Access Programs.

Lower-level Prerequisites for Accounting Majors: All of these courses must be completed prior to admission to the Accounting major.
Course # Course Title Hrs Course Prerequisites
ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics
3
 None
ECO 2023 Principles of Microeconomics
3
 None
MAC 2233 Calculus for Business and Nonphysical Sciences
3
 MAC 1105
STA 2023 Fundamental Business Statistics
3
 MAC 1105
CGS 2100 Microcomputer Applications for Business
3
 None
ACG 2021 Introduction to Financial Accounting
3
 None
 
General Business Core Requirements for Accounting Majors: Students must earn a "C-" or better in each course.
FIN 3403 Financial Management of the Firm
3
 ECO 2023, ACG 2021
GEB 3213 Business Communications
3
 Admission to the major
MAN 3240 Organizational Behavior
3
 None
MAR 3023 Basic Marketing Concepts
3
 ECO 2023
 
General Business Breadth Requirements for Accounting Majors: Students must earn a "C-" or better in each course.
FIN 3244 Financial Markets, Institutions, and Intl. Finance Systems
3
 ECO 2013, ACG 2021
ISM 3003 Foundations of MIS
3
 CGS 2100
QMB 3200 Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions
3
 CGS 2100, STA 2023
Plus two (2) electives from the following list of courses:
HFT 3240 Managing Service Organizations
3
 None
MAN 3504 Services Operations Management
3
 QMB 3200
MAN 3600 Multinational Business Operations
3
 ECO 2013, ECO 2023
MAN 4720 Strategic Management and Business Policy
3
 FIN 3403, MAN 3240,
MAR 3023
MAR 3700 Professional Selling
3
 MAR 3023
REE 3043 Real Estate
3
 None
RMI 3011 Risk Management and Insurance
3
 STA 2023

Requirements for Accounting Majors
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Accounting Major Area Requirements:

Students must earn a "B" or better in ACG 2021 in order to be eligible to enroll in any upper-level accounting (ACG or TAX) course. Students must earn a "C-" or better in each upper-level accounting course and BUL 3330. Any student receiving two grades below "C-" in the same required upper-level accounting course (prefix ACG or TAX) will not be permitted to enroll in that course again; that is, you may repeat a required upper-level accounting course only once.
Course # Course Title Hrs Course Prerequisites
ACG 3101 Financial Accounting and Reporting I
3
 ACG 2021
ACG 3111 Financial Accounting and Reporting II
3
 ACG 3101
ACG 3341 Cost Accounting I
3
 ACG 2021, MAC 2233,
QMB 3200
ACG 3351 Cost Accounting II
3
 ACG 3341
ACG 4201 Financial Accounting and Reporting III
3
 ACG 3111, CGS 2100
ACG 4401 Accounting Information Systems
3
 ACG 3101, CGS 2100
ACG 4632 Auditing Theory and Application I
3
 ACG 3111, ACG 4401
TAX 4001 Federal Tax Accounting I
3
 ACG 3101
BUL 3330 Law for Accountancy
3
 None
BUL 3350 U.C.C. Business Law Problems
4
 BUL 3330


Additional Information:

1. Accounting majors must complete a total of 90 hours of non-accounting courses. Transfer students may count non-accounting courses completed at previous institutions toward this requirement.

2. Students should plan to take all upper-level accounting courses in residence at FSU.

3.In addition to the requirements outlined above, each student must complete all University-wide requirements for graduation. These requirements include liberal studies requirements, the multicultural requirement, the Gordon Rule writing requirement, the summer school requirement, the FSU residency requirement, and total hours requirements.

4. Students planning to sit for the CPA Examination in Florida must complete a five-year, 150 -hour educational program including at least 36 hours of upper-level accounting courses before applying for the exam. It is recommended that students meet this requirement by completing the Master of Accounting (MACC) program following their undergraduate degree. For students who do not pursue the MACC program, the Department of Accounting offers additional electives at the undergraduate level that can be taken to satisfy the accounting course requirements for the CPA Examination. Each of these courses may not be offered each term. These courses are listed below.

Course # Course Title Hrs Course Prerequisites
ACG 4501 Acctg. for Governmental and Not-for-Profit Entities
3
 ACG 3111
ACG 4642 Auditing Theory and Application II
3
 ACG 4632
ACG 4682 Investigative Accounting
3
 ACG 3101
ACG 4683 Fraud Examination
3
 Pre or co-req ACG 4632
ACG 4930r Special Topics in Accounting
3
 Permission of Instructor
TAX 4011 Federal Income Tax Accounting II
3
 TAX 4001

5. Transfer of upper-level business courses must be from business colleges at other 4-year, accredited institutions. These courses must carry prerequisites similar to those of the courses they are replacing, and they must be approved by the College of Business Undergraduate Programs Office. Once enrolled at FSU, students should not take any course at another institution without first receiving approval from the College of Business Undergraduate Programs Office.

6. For further information regarding the accounting major and scholarships for accounting students, contact the Department of Accounting, RBA 309, 644-2771.