Major in Accounting

Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Science
Accounting is one of the most active of professions. The demand for accountants has been increasing for a number of years and is expected to continue to rise. One of the characteristics of today's economy is the growing complexity of organizations. As the enterprise becomes larger and its operations more complex, accounting records, analyses, and reports become more critical to the guidance and control of the organization.

The accountant's activities address two major concerns in the organization. First, the accountant reports at regular intervals on the progress and financial situation of the organization. Such reports and financial statements are vital to management, creditors, investors, government agencies, and employees. Second, the accountant supplies detailed analyses and studies of costs and revenues by which management makes decisions for the future.

The Aurora University accounting program is designed to prepare students for careers in profit and non-profit organizations, and in government service. Students have the opportunity to select courses emphasizing managerial or public accounting and, if interested, prepare for the Certified Management Accounting (CMA) or Certified Public Accounting (CPA) professional examinations.*

Required Business Core Courses for the BA: 36 semester hours
ACC201 Financial Accounting
ACC202 Management Accounting
BUS201 Business Law I
BUS220 Professional Communication
ECN201 Principles of Microeconomics
ECN202 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECN232 General Statistics
BUS320 Principles of Management
BUS330 Principles of Marketing
BUS340 Principles of Finance
BUS322 Management Information Systems
BUS499 Senior Seminar in Business Policy and Strategy
* NOTE: Consult the Aurora University Graduate Business catalog/handbook for additional courses and programs (MBA with a specialization in accounting) to satisfy the new 150-hour requirement to take the CPA examination in Illinois. This requirement is effective Jan. 1, 2001.

Required Accounting Courses: 21 semester hours
ACC221 Cost Accounting
ACC311 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC312 Intermediate Accounting II
ACC313 Intermediate Accounting III
ACC331 Federal Taxation of Individuals
ACC414 Advanced Accounting
ACC441 Auditing

Selected Courses: 6 semester hours
BUS501 Advanced Business Law
ACC515 Contemporary Accounting Issues
ACC532 Federal Taxation of Business Entities
ACC542 Advanced Auditing
ACC551 Accounting Information Systems
ACC552 Governmental and Non Profit Accounting
ACC181, 281, 381, 481 Selected Topic:

Students planning to attend graduate school should consider a BS. For the BS, the following 3 courses are required in addition to the requirements for the BA in Accounting.
BUS351 Operation Research
ECN330 Business Statistics and Forecasting
MTH212 Calculus for Decision Making
or
MTH221 Calculus I