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Business Administration and Economics
Accounting Major
The Undergraduate Accounting Program at The College at Brockport leads to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting. This degree is accredited and registered with the New York State Board of Education. Graduates from this program are eligible to sit for the Uniform CPA examination in New York if they have completed the degree and are registered to sit for the exam before August 1, 2009. After July 31, 2008, students who wish to sit for the CPA examination in New York must complete a total of 150 hours. The 150-hour requirement can be met at The College at Brockport by completing the B.S. in Accounting shown below and one of our Master of Science (M.S.) degree programs in Accounting which can be found by clicking on “Master in Accounting” to your left.
Students should note that the Department does not offer an evening program in accounting at the undergraduate level, however, evening courses for the Masters degrees in accounting will be offered in the evening and late afternoon.
Students enrolled in the B.S. in Accounting degree shown below must complete all College general education requirements plus four groups of business- and accounting-related courses as follows: (1) entrance requirements for the major, (2) corequisite courses, (3) business core courses, (4) upper-level accounting courses. Students without significant work experience are strongly encouraged to complete an internship experience.
B.S. in Accounting
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
| ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR (21 credits) | ||
| CIS 106 | End User Computing | 3 |
| ECN 201 | Principles of Economics (Micro) | 3 |
| ECN 202 | Principles of Economics (Macro) | 3 |
| ECN 204 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| ACC 281 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 282 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| MTH 201 or 221 | Calculus or Business Calculus | 3 |
| COREQUISITE COURSES (12 credits) | ||
| ACC 283 | Introduction to Accounting Systems and Software | 3 |
| ENL 308 | Business Writing | 3 |
| ECN 304 | Intermediate Statistics | 3 |
| One analytical skills course: ECN 301, 302, 305, or BUS 461 | 3 | |
| BUSINESS CORE COURSES (24 credits) | ||
| BUS 325 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| BUS 335 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 345 | International Business Environment | 3 |
| BUS 366 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BUS 375 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BUS 376 | Business Law II | 3 |
| BUS 475 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| One upper-level finance course: BUS 420, 421, 422, or ECN 321 | 3 | |
| UPPER-LEVEL ACCOUNTING COURSES (21 credits) | ||
| ACC 385 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 386 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 388 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 485 | Federal Income Tax I | 3 |
| ACC 486 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 487 | Auditing | 3 |
| ACC 488 | Federal Income Tax II | 3 |
| Total Number of Credit Hours Remaining credit hours for the degree are determined by working with an academic advisor from the Department of Business Administration and Economics. |
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Note: To satisfy degree requirements for the B.S. in Accounting, students must: (1) earn a grade of at least C in all required ACC courses, (2) earn a grade of at least C- in all other entrance requirements for the major, corequisite and core courses, (3) earn an overall GPA of 2.5 in prerequisite courses. For complete details, please see the College Catalog.
Please direct comments to the Business Department's Web Master: buswm@brockport.edu.
Page updated 7/10/2008.
