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A major in Accounting requires the following courses:

Choose one from the Studies of Arts and Sciences above and beyond the general studies requirements set by the University                                       4 sh 

MTH 112 General Statistics 4 sh
MTH
MTH
116
121
Applied Calculus
Calculus and Analytic Geometry I 

4 sh or

 

CIS 211  Management Information Systems  4 sh
ECO 201 Principles of Economics 4 sh
ECO 203 Statistics for Decision Making 4 sh
BUS 221 Legal Environment of Business 2 sh
BUS 202 Business Communications 4 sh
BUS 311 Principles of Marketing  4 sh
BUS 323  Principles of Management 4 sh
FIN  343  Principles of Finance 4 sh
BUS 465 Business Policy  4 sh
ACC  201 Principles of Financial Accounting 4 sh
ACC 212 Principles of Managerial Accounting 4 sh
ACC  331 Intermediate Accounting I  4 sh
ACC  332 Intermediate Accounting II 4 sh
ACC 336 Cost Accounting  4 sh
ACC 341 Fundamentals of Income Taxation 4 sh
ACC  456 Auditing 4 sh

LSB

ACC

381

481

Internship in Business (see Business Administration)
Internship in Accounting
1-4 sh or

TOTAL 75-78 sh

Additional accounting courses that may be taken as electives include:

ACC 365 Computerized Accounting (Winter Term) 4 sh
BUS 418 Commercial Law 4 sh
ACC 442 Advanced Taxation 4 sh
ACC 451 Advanced Financial Accounting 4 sh
ACC 471 Seminar: Special Topics
4 sh
ACC 482 Business Law and Accounting Ethics 2 sh
ACC 491 Independent Study  1-4 sh
ACC 499 Independent Research in Accounting 1-4 sh

A minor in Accounting requires the following courses:

ACC 201
Principles of Financial Accounting
4 sh
ACC  212
Principles of Managerial Accounting
4 sh
ACC
331
Intermediate Accounting I
4 sh
 Select two electives from the following list:                                              8 sh
 
FIN343
Principles of Finance
ACC
332
Intermediate Accounting II
ACC
336
Cost Accounting
ACC
341
Fundamentals of Income Taxation
ACC
365
Computerized Accounting (Winter Term)
ACC
499
Research
Total 20 sh

A Major in Finance requires the following courses:

At least 50% of the business credit hours required for the degree (B.S. in Business Administration) must be earned at Elon University.

MTH
MTH
116
121
Applied Calculus
Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
4 sh or
ECO 201 Principles of Economics 4 sh
ECO 203 Statistics for Decision-Making 4 sh
ECO 301 Business Economics  4 sh
ACC  201 Principles of Financial Accounting 4 sh
ACC 212 Principles of Managerial Accounting 4 sh
CIS 211 Management Information Systems 4 sh
BUS 202 Business Communications 4 sh
BUS 221 Legal Environment of Business 2 sh
BUS 311  Principles of Marketing 4 sh
BUS 323 Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior 4 sh
BUS 326 Operations Management 4 sh
BUS 465 Business Policy 4 sh
FIN 343 Principles of Finance 4 sh
LSB
LSB
BUS
382
381
481
Professional Work Experience
Internship in Business
Internship in Business Administration
0 credit or
1-4 sh or

Sixteen to twenty semester hours of a concentration                         16-20 sh

TOTAL    70 -78 sh

Finance Concentration    16 sh

One course from the following:

One 300/400 level course from the Studies in Arts and Sciences course offerings (Expression, Civilization, Society or Science). The 300/400 level Studies in Arts and Sciences course selected must be taken in addition tothe upper-level GST and Advanced Study courses already required, and it may not also count for any other course in the student?s program of study. Advisors may assist students in selection of an appropriate course which should enhance the subject matter of the student?s concentration.

FIN 413 Advanced Managerial Finance
FIN 421 Investment Principles
FIN
FIN
419
471

Financial Services or
Seminar: Special Topics