UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Majors & Minors

Accounting Academic Plan

Bachelor of Science Degree-Accounting Academic Advising Plan.

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Printable Four Year Plan

  Fall Spring
Freshman Year

SBE 100 First Year Seminar - 2
General Education CW (ENGL 100) - 3
General Education M (MATH 146) - 3
MNGT 105 BizTechU - 3
Choose: GEN ED - 3
GEN ED: PE 108 Health and Fitness for Life - 1 
Total semester credits - 15

ECON 201  Microeconomics - 3
ACCT 231 Principles of Accounting I - 3
General Education CS (COMS 101) - 3
General Education SI - 3
General Education SB - 3
Total semester credits - 15

Sophomore Year

ACCT 232 Principles of Accounting II - 3
ECON 202  Macroeconomics - 3
Choose GEN ED - 3
General Education CA (ENGL 200) - 3
General Education HF - 3
Total semester credits - 15

SBE 300 Professional Development - 1
MNGT 300 Management and Organizational Behavior - 3
ECON 226 Introduction to Statistics
or MATH 226 Fundamentals of Statistics - 3
BLAW 265 Business Law I - 3
General Education EC - 3
General Elective - 3
Total semester credits - 16

Junior
Year

ACCT 321 Intermediate Accounting I - 3
ACCT 356 Cost Accounting - 3
BLAW 266 Business Law II - 3
FINC 345 Managerial Finance - 3
Choose: GEN ED - 3
Total semester credits - 15

ACCT 322 Intermediate Accounting II - 3
ACCT 366 Accounting Systems - 3
MKTG 310 Principles of Marketing - 3
American Cultural Diversity (D) - 3
Choose: General Elective - 3
Total semester credits - 15

Senior
Year

ACCT 360 Federal Income Tax I - 3
ACCT 430 Advanced Accounting - 3
ACCT 461 Auditing - 3
Accounting Elective - 3
Global Perspectives G - 3
Total semester credits - 15

ACCT 361 Federal Income Tax II - 3
Accounting Elective - 3
General Elective - 9
Total semester credits - 15

Summary of Degree Requirements

General Education - 34 cr.
American Cultural Diversity and Global Perspectives - 6 cr.
Accounting Major - 66 cr.
General Electives - 14 cr.
Credits to Degree - 120 cr.

 

Accounting students may choose to fulfill the 150 credit hour requirement for Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensure by completing a double major, a minor, or a graduate degree. The 150 credit hour rule is not a graduation requirement.

This academic plan is an example of how students might choose to fulfill program requirements within a period of four years. After consulting with their advisers students may make other course choices which would meet the program requirements and be more suitable for them.