Accounting (ACCT)
Department of Business Administration
College of Business and Economics

124 South Hall
(715) 425-3335

Reza Rahgozar-Chair, Charles Corcoran, Brian Huffman, Dawn Hukai, Claire Kilian, Ozcan Kilic, Darryl Miller, Carl Popelka, Jude Rathburn, Reza Rohgozar, Megan Sun, Mary Tichich, Ricardo Villarreal de Silva, Ellen Schultz-Academic Adviser.

Accounting involves measuring business activities and communicating this information to investors, creditors, and other decision makers who will use it to make sound, informed, financial decisions. This practice serves to encourage investment activity, which in turn creates jobs and helps the economy to grow.

The program of study is based on a solid foundation in the liberal arts to provide the student with thinking, communication, writing, and human and value judgment skills. The tool courses (lower division requirements) develop the student’s critical analytical, problem solving, and quantitative decision-making capabilities through a solid grounding in modern business and economic theory. It is the intention of the department to expose the student to the leading edge of theory while emphasizing the importance of human relationships and the ability to form sound ethical and moral decisions. In short, the program intends to equip the student for lifelong learning.

Students are required to have a minimum of 150 semester credit hours in order to sit for the CPA exam in Wisconsin. As of 2003, forty-eight states and jurisdictions have legislated the 150 credit hour requirement. The 150 semester hours may be completed at the undergraduate or the graduate level. Students should consult their adviser for the best course of study.

Students should plan to take MATH 146 (if necessary) before taking MATH 156 or ECON 205 as required in General Education. The lower division requirements must be completed before the student begins the upper division requirements and the required accounting courses. A 2.5 grade point average must be maintained in the required accounting and business law courses to graduate with a major in accounting.

This program is accredited by the Wisconsin State Board of Accountancy.

Overall, one-half of the credits required for graduation must be taken outside of the College of Business and Economics. At least 50 percent of the business credits required must be taken in the UW-RF College of Business and Economics.

General Education Requirements

As listed on pages pages 29-30 of the printed catalog with the following exceptions:

Mathematics: 3 cr. hrs.
MATH 156 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences
or ECON 205 Quantitative Analysis
or MATH 166 Calculus I (4 cr.)

Admission Requirements

For all majors in the College of Business and Economics:
Completion of at least 32 required general education credits with a minimum GPA of 2.25.

Additionally, the following must be completed, or in progress for completion, during the semester preceding admission. Students may register prior to acceptance, but acceptance is required for attendance in CBE upper-level courses. Students with GPAs between 2.0 and 2.25 may petition to the respective department chair for consideration on a case-by-case basis.

For admission to Accounting and Business Administration majors:
GPA of 2.25 in ACCT 231, 232; ECON 201, 202; CSIS 215; ECON 205 or MATH 156 or MATH 166; ECON or MATH 226; SCTA 116 or ENGL 266.

*These requirements apply to students entering UW-River Falls Fall Semester 2003 or later.

Accounting—Broad Area Major

Major Requirements - 69 Total Credits

Lower Division Requirements (Tool Courses): 24 cr. hrs.
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics 3 cr.
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 cr.
ACCT 231 Principles of Accounting I 3 cr.
ACCT 232 Principles of Accounting II 3 cr.
CSIS 215 Information Systems for Business Management 3 cr.
ECON 226 Introduction to Statistics 3 cr.
or MATH 226 Introduction to Statistics
BLAW 265 Business Law I 3 cr.
Choose one 3-credit course from:
SCTA 116 Business and Professional Communication
ENGL 251 Advanced Composition
ENGL 266 Business Writing
ENGL 367 Technical Writing

Required Courses: 39 cr. hrs.
BLAW 266 Business Law II 3cr.
MNGT 300 Management and Organizational Behavior 3 cr.
MKTG 310 Principles of Marketing 3 cr.
FINC 345 Managerial Finance 3 cr.
ACCT 321 Intermediate Accounting I 3 cr.
ACCT 322 Intermediate Accounting II 3 cr.
ACCT 356 Managerial Cost Accounting 3 cr.
ACCT 357 Advanced Managerial Cost Accounting 3 cr.
ACCT 360 Federal Income Tax I 3 cr.
ACCT 361 Federal Income Tax II 3 cr.
ACCT 366 Accounting Systems 3 cr.
ACCT 430 Advanced Accounting 3 cr.
ACCT 461 Auditing 3 cr.

Required Suporting Courses
A. CBE 100 Orientation to CBE 1cr.
CBE 200 Professonal Development I 1 cr.
CBE 300 Professonal Development II 1 cr.

B. Econ 205 Quantitive Analysis 3 cr.
or Math 156 Calculus for Business and Social Science 3 cr.
or Math 166 Calculus I 4 cr.

Directed Electives: 6 cr. hrs.
Select from Accounting (not ACCT 201),
Management (not MNGT 100, 150, or 205),
Finance (not FINC 210),
Marketing (not MKTG 311),
Economics (not ECON 100 or 205),
Computer Science (not CSIS 105 or 151),
ENGL 251 or ENGL 367.

No 9000 level courses (transfer courses with no UW-RF equivalent) will apply as directed electives.

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