| Suggested 4 Year Plan for SBU Accounting Majors with | * | Special Notes-- | ||||||||||||||||||
| an Additional Concentration in Economics/Finance | wclark@sbuniv.edu | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| to Graduate with 150 Hours and Qualify for CPA Exam | 1. If you bring in "dual enrollment" hours | |||||||||||||||||||
| *extra classes in italics | (the last digit of a class # equals the hours earned) | from high school, the Jan-term classes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freshman Year | 36 hrs | * | can probably be moved into regular | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan-term | * | semesters. Some gen ed classes are | ||||||||||||||||||
| ENG 1113-English Comp I | BIO 1004-Biology | ENG 2213-English Comp II | * | available in summer or by correspondence. | ||||||||||||||||
| BIB 1013-Old Testament History | 4 | BUS 1193-Business Calculus | * | |||||||||||||||||
| FAR xxxx-Intro to Fine Arts | CIS 1103-Intro to Computing | * | 2. If you would rather add a concentration | |||||||||||||||||
| MAT 1143-College Algebra | BIB 1023-New Testament History | * | in Management or Marketing (as opposed | |||||||||||||||||
| PSY 1013-Psychology | POL 1113-American Gov't | * | to Econ/Finance), there are 6-7 additional | |||||||||||||||||
| UNI 1111-First Year Seminar I | UNI 1121-Critical Thinking | * | classes as well--- they will all work--PLUS, | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 Hrs | 16 hrs | * | these additional concentrations broaden | |||||||||||||||||
| * | understanding of business even more, | |||||||||||||||||||
| * | something very important for a CPA who | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sophomore Year | 38 hrs | * | is likely to be advising businesses large | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan-term | * | and small about business strategies. | ||||||||||||||||||
| HIS 22x3-US History I or II | Phy Science | 4 | ACC 2043-Prin of Managerial Acc | * | ||||||||||||||||
| ACC 2013-Prin of Financial Acc | ECO 2033-Prin of Macroeconomics | * | 4. Currently under Missouri law, you can | |||||||||||||||||
| ECO 2023-Prin of Microeconomics | MKT 3023-Prin of Marketing | * | begin taking the CPA exam late in your | |||||||||||||||||
| BUS 2013-Business Communications | FIN 3003-Personal Fin. Planning | * | last semester as long as you will meet the | |||||||||||||||||
| BUS 2023-Business Statistics | SPF 2012-Spiritual Formation | * | 150 hour requirement within 60 days of | |||||||||||||||||
| HPE 1162-Fund. Of Physical Fitness | MGT 3033-Operations Mgt | * | taking the exam. For example, you could | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 hrs | 17 hrs | * | take two parts of the exam before you | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan-term | * | graduate in May-- take one in late April | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junior Year | 38 hrs | COM 1103-Speech | * | and one in late May. Then you could take | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | * | the other 2 parts in July and August. The | ||||||||||||||||||
| ACC 3024-Inter Accounting I | Note-all the above | ACC 3034-Inter Accounting II | * | exam is a "major comprehensive review" | ||||||||||||||||
| ACC 3023-Managerial Cost Acc | Jan-term classes | ACC 3033-Acc Info Systems | * | of your college accounting and business | ||||||||||||||||
| MGT 3013-Prin of Management | are available in | ACC 4053-Government & NFP Acc | * | courses. You should consider taking it | ||||||||||||||||
| ECO 3053-Int'l Economics | summer also. | FIN 4053-Investments | * | as soon as possible after school while you | ||||||||||||||||
| FIN 3053-Business Finance | LDR 4043-Ethics & Prof. Devel. | * | are in a "study" mode and the information | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 hrs | Summer | 3 | 16 hrs | * | is more familiar. | |||||||||||||||
| Internship | * | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Year | 38 hrs | (optional) | * | 5. CPA firms are interested in you being | ||||||||||||||||
| * | ready for the exam-- they do not demand | |||||||||||||||||||
| ACC 3063-Tax Accounting I | Jan-term | CPA Review (2 hrs) | * | or necessarily even desire a Master's | ||||||||||||||||
| BUS 3073-Legal Envir (Law 1) | ECO 4023-Seminar | BUS 3083- (Bus Law II) | * | degree. They want quality students who | ||||||||||||||||
| FIN 4073-Insurance & Risk Mgt | ACC 3073-Tax II | ACC 4044-Auditing | * | are ready for the exam. | ||||||||||||||||
| ACC 4013-Advanced Accounting | 6 | MGT 4083-Mgt Strategy & Policy | * | |||||||||||||||||
| ECO 3023-Money & Banking | ECO 3043-Mgr Economics | * | 6. If you are an athlete or music performer, | |||||||||||||||||
| SOC 2012-Human Diversity | 15 hrs | * | you can also get credit hours for your | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 hrs | TOTAL HOURS = | 150 | * | participation in representing SBU. | ||||||||||||||||
| B. Wayne Clark, CPA, Accounting Department Chair, 417-328-1951, wclark@sbuniv.edu, www.sbuniv.edu/academics/accounting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SBU is a Christ-centered, caring academic community preparing students to be servant leaders in a global society. | ||||||||||||||||||||