Accounting Major, CPA Track, B.A. or B.S.

The Puri School of Business Accounting major combines up-to-date knowledge in accounting, taxation, and data analytics with professional competencies in critical thinking, communication, leadership, and strategic decision-making. Accounting majors will study the principles, concepts, and methods used to record and report the transactions and activities of an organization, as well as the tools and processes to audit and analyze accounting information. Career opportunities for accounting majors include positions in auditing firms, corporate accounting, taxation, consulting and advisory services, and in governmental and not-for-profit entities.

In addition to the accounting major requirements, students in this major must meet the University General Education requirements and the Required Business Core course requirements.

Note: For a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree with a major in accounting, students must take at least five accounting courses (20 hours), at Rockford University. Students who pursue double majors in Puri School of Business-offered fields may not present a 300- or 400-level course in these fields for credit toward more than one of the majors. Students may not major in multiple Puri School of Business-offered fields.

Required Accounting Major Courses (27 credits)

ACCT 230Principles of Acct II for Majors and Minors

3

ACCT 340Intermediate Accounting Theory I

3

ACCT 341Intermediate Accounting Theory II

3

ACCT 342Intermediate Accounting Theory III

3

ACCT 343Cost Accounting Lab

1

ACCT 344Cost Accounting

3

ACCT 345Federal Taxes

3

ACCT 346Federal Taxes Lab

1

ACCT 365Governmental and Non-Profit Accounting

3

ACCT 448Auditing Theory and Practice Lab

1

ACCT 447Auditing Theory and Practice

3

Required Business Core Courses (37 credits)

BSAD 150Fundamentals of Business for all Majors

3

MATH 223Beginning Statistics

3

OR

MATH 224Elements of Statistics

4

ECON 101Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 102Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ACCT 223Principles of Accounting I

3

BSAD 210Internship Prep

1

BSAD 308Ethics, Law & Business

3

BSAD 316Principles of Marketing

3

BSAD 318Finance

3

BSAD 334Principles of Management

3

BSAD 330Data Analytics

3

ACCT 398Accounting Internship

0