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Accounting Degree Requirements

General Studies

Upon completion of the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree through Lakeland College, degree-earning students will have:

  • earned at least 120 semester hours of college credit, with a minimum of 30 semester hours having been earned through Lakeland College;
  • satisfied the requirements of at least one academic major;
  • completed the General Studies requirements; and
  • maintained a cumulative 2.0 grade-point-average in both the major and in all coursework taken at Lakeland College.

The Lakeland College liberal arts component enables students to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to:

  • communicate clearly
  • inquire methodically
  • evaluate rationally
  • reason validly

These skills are developed through courses in:

  • Distributional Studies, which develop knowledge in areas outside the major; and
  • Interdisciplinary Studies, which encourage the integration of knowledge and values.

Required Coursework (60 semester hours)

All courses listed are 3 semester hours unless otherwise indicated.

ACC 210 Accounting Principles
ACC 220 Managerial Accounting Principles
ACC 350 Federal Income Tax I
ACC 355K Federal Income Tax II
ACC 395 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 396K Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 420K Cost Accounting
ACC 465 Accounting Information Systems
ACC 471 Advanced Accounting I
ACC 472K Auditing Theory & Practice
ACC 474K Advanced Accounting II
BUS 280 Business Information Processing
BUS 300 Business and Professional Rhetoric (Writing Intensive)
BUS 330 Management Principles
BUS 340 Principles of Business Finance
BUS 350 Marketing Principles
BUS 410 Business Law I
BUS 490 Leadership, Ethics & Decision Making
ECN 220 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECN 230 Principles of Microeconomics
Forensic/Fraud
Emphasis:
ACC 491 Readings and Research in Accounting
CRJ 140 Introduction to Criminal Justice
POL 221 American Government I
CRJS 231 Criminology and Deviance
Taxation Emphasis: ACC 458 Taxation III
  ACC 459 International Taxation
  ACC 491 Readings and Research in Accounting
  BUS 366 Global Financial Markets
Treasury/
Controllership
Emphasis:
ACC 430 Managerial Planning and Control
ACC 491 Readings and Research in Accounting
BUS 412 Business Law II
  ECN 360 Money, Banking and National Income

General Studies (36 semester hours)

Basic Skills   MAT 130 Intermediate Algebra
Rhetorical Development   GEN 110 Expository Writing
    GEN 112 Persuasive Writing
Quantitative Analysis   MAT 220 Probability and Statistics
(Prerequisite: MAT 130)
  or MAT 250 Discrete Math
(Prerequisite: MAT 130)
Scientific Experience   GEN 183 Natural Science
Artistic Experience   ART 263 Art History I
  or ART 264 Art History II
  or MUS 120 Music History & Appreciation
American Studies   CRJ 140 Intro. to Criminal Justice
  or ENG 220 Intro. to American Literature
  or POL 221 American Government I
  or POL 222 American Government II
Cross-Cultural Studies   HIS 102 World History II
Societal Studies This General Studies requirement will have been met once the student has successfully completed ECN 220 Principles of Macroeconomics, a requirement for the Business Management major. Other options include:
  PSY 200 General Psychology
  or SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology
  orPHI232 Ethics
Religious Studies   REL 132 Religion in America
  or REL 232 Eastern Religious Traditions
  or REL 233 Western Religious Traditions
Interdisciplinary Studies   GEN 130 CORE I: Knowing the Self
(freshman level)
    GEN 3XX CORE II: Exploring the Human Condition
(junior level)
    GEN 4XX CORE III: Shaping the Future
(senior level)
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