Accountancy
Major
[ Suggested Curriculum (PDF*) ]
Accounting provides financial information for evaluating the present and planned activities of complex organizations. It includes a range of services to individuals, businesses, and government at all levels. Few career fields offer as wide a variety of positions as accounting. Every institution, regardless of its size or structure, has an accounting function and employs the services of certified public accountants, auditors, tax advisors, certified management accountants, financial managers, and consultants.
- The accountancy major provides an excellent undergraduate background for students planning to go to law school or wishing to pursue graduate studies in other business disciplines.
- A fifth-year M.B.A. program is an option for students who wish to qualify to sit for the Ohio uniform CPA exam.
- The Accounting Leadership Program (ALP) emphasizes the development of professional business skills and business-world knowledge in addition to an extensive accounting background. ALP admits 20–25 students every year directly from high school. ALP students receive a minimum scholarship of $1,000 per year while in the program and in good academic standing.
| Bachelor of Science in Business in Accountancy—Suggested Curriculum |
Freshman
English Comp I & II
GE Sciences (3)
History
College Algebra
Non-Western GE Course
Computer Literacy
GE College Component
Calculus for Mgt Life & Social Science
GE Human Behavior
GE Human Expression |
Sophomore
Additional GE Courses (2)
Business Writing
Macroeconomics
Accounting I
Accounting II
Microeconomics
Probability & Statistics
Quantitative Business Modeling
Business Communication
Business Law
Intro to MIS
Principles of Marketing |
Junior
Organizational Behavior
Intermediate Accounting I & II
Global Economy
Intro to Operations Management
Advanced Accounting
Financial Management I
Business Electives
Non-Business Electives
Federal Income Tax I
Management Accounting |
Senior
Systems Design
Auditing
Managerial Accounting Advanced
Federal Income Tax II
Financial Management II
Public Policy
Strategic Management
Business Electives |
Fast Facts:
Average starting salary of professionals with a bachelor’s degree in a business-related field: Accounting $47,413; Business Administration/Management $43,823; Economics $52,926; Finance $48,795; MIS $47,798; Marketing $43,459. (Source: Salary Survey Winter 2008, The National Association of Colleges and Employers)
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the following career fields will have a significant increase in demand from 1998 to 2008: systems analysts, management analysts, financial service agents, and database administrators
Discover what some of WSU's alumni are doing with a degree in:
Accountancy—staff accountant, law school student, accounting/management information system specialist, vice president of finance, state auditor, IRS agent, forensic accountant |
