Program Requirements
B.S. in Accounting
The program requires 60 credits in Accounting, Finance, and Management and 60 credits in the liberal arts and sciences.
| Business School core | (27) | |
| ACCT 101 | Principles of Accounting I | |
| ACCT 102 | Principles of Accounting II | |
| MGMT 203 | The Legal Environment of Business | |
| MGMT 211 | Managing Team and Organizational Behavior | |
| MKTG 221 | Marketing Principles | |
| FINA 315 | Introduction to Corporate Finance | |
| MGMT 357 | Information Technology Management | |
| MGMT 409 | Operations Management | |
| MGMT 432 | Strategic Management | |
| Globalization course | (3) | |
| Choose one: | ECON 340C International Economic Policy** | |
| FINA 413 International Banking and Finance | ||
| MGMT 312 International Business Management | ||
| Accounting major requirements | (21) | |
| ACCT 201 | Intermediate Accounting I | |
| ACCT 202 | Intermediate Accounting II* | |
| ACCT 301 | Cost Accounting | |
| ACCT 304 | Advanced Financial Accounting* | |
| ACCT 310 | Career Planning (0) | |
| ACCT 311 | Introduction to Federal Taxation* | |
| ACCT 401 | Auditing* | |
| ACCT 415 | Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting* | |
| Finance course | (3) | |
| Choose one: | FINA 316 Intermediate Financial Management I | |
| FINA 336 Investments I | ||
| Additional electives | (6–9) | |
| Two or three** additional Accounting (ACCT), Finance (FINA), Human Resources (HRMG), Management (MGMT), or Marketing (MKTG) electives at the 300 or 400 level, excluding MGMT 491, MKTG 491 and HRMG 491. | ||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences (some of which may fulfill the College Core) |
(60) | |
| COMM 253 | Business Communication | |
| CSCI 150 | P4 Introduction to High Technology | |
| ECON 105C | P3 Principles of Microeconomics | |
| ECON 106C | P3 Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| ECON 221 | SQ Statistics I | |
| MATH 111C*** | SQ Finite Mathematics for Social Sciences | |
| MATH 112C*** | P4 Calculus for Social Sciences | |
| REST 386D**** | Morality in Business | |
| Additional Liberal Arts and Sciences courses to total 60 credits | ||
| Total | (120–123) | |
*These courses must be taken at St. John Fisher College.
**If ECON 340C is taken to meet the Globalization requirement, then three Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Management, or Marketing electives must be taken.
***The sequences MATH 119C/120C or 120C/122C are considered equivalents.
****PHIL 273C may be substituted for REST 386D.
Note: Except as noted, a course used to satisfy the requirements under one of the subdivisions above may not also be used to satisfy the requirements under a different subdivision.
Notes on the Accounting requirements:
- At least half of the accounting (ACCT) courses must be taken at the College.
- Students must pay careful attention to course prerequisites; not doing so could delay progress through the program.
For students majoring in Accounting, all courses designated as Accounting courses (ACCT) that may be applied to the major are included in the determination of the grade point average in the major.