Accounting, B.S.

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 66+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the degree requirements specified in the Academic Regulations  section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements  for more information.

Required Courses

• ACCT 203 Financial Accounting (3)
• ACCT 204 Managerial Accounting (3)
• ACCT 307 Accounting Information Systems (3)
• ACCT 308 Cost Accounting (3)
• ACCT 316 Intermediate Accounting I (3)
• ACCT 317 Intermediate Accounting II (3)
• ACCT 341 Federal Taxation (3)
• ACCT 409 Auditing Theory (3)
• ACCT 418 Intermediate Accounting III (3)
• BLAW 205 Legal Environment of Business (3)
• DSCI 232 Business Statistics (3)
• DSCI 304 Production and Operations Management (3)
• FINC 303 Business Finance (3)
• MGMT 301 Management & Organizational Behavior (3)
• MGMT 408 Business Policy (3)
• MKTG 302 Marketing Concepts (3)

Complete three credit hours from:

ACCT 444  or upper level (300-400 level) School of Business course not required for the major

• ACCT 444 Accounting Internship (1-3)

• OR

• ACCT 360 Special Topics in Accounting (1-3)
• ACCT 420 Independent Study (1-3)
• ACCT 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• ACCT 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• ARTM 362 Events Management (3)
• BLAW 306 Law for Business Managers (3)
• BLAW 309 Legal Environment of International Business (3)
• BLAW 360 Special Topics in Business Law (1-3)
• BLAW 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• BLAW 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• DSCI 306 Introduction to Electronic Commerce (3)
• DSCI 323 Computer-Based Decision Modeling (3)
• DSCI 360 Special Topics in Decision Science (1-3)
• DSCI 399 Tutorial (3)
• DSCI 406 Quantitative Methods and Decision Making (3)
• DSCI 420 Independent Study (1-3)
• DSCI 444 Decision Sciences Internship (3)
• DSCI 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• DSCI 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• ECON 303 Economics of Transportation and Geography (3)
• ECON 304 Labor Economics (3)
• ECON 305 Money & Financial Institutions (3)
• ECON 306 Monetary Theory and Policy (3)
• ECON 307 Urban Economics (3)
• ECON 308 Evolution of Economic Doctrines (3)
• ECON 310 International Economics (3)
• ECON 311 Environmental Economics (3)
• ECON 316 Evolution of the U. S. Economy (3)
• ECON 317 Microeconomic Analysis (3)
• ECON 318 Macroeconomic Analysis (3)
• ECON 320 Managerial Economics (3)
• ECON 324 Game Theory (3)
• ECON 325 Economics for Development (3)
• ECON 330 Comparative Economic Systems (3)
• ECON 340 Public Finance (3)
• ECON 350 Financial Markets in US Economy (3)
• ECON 360 Special Topics in Economics (3)
• ECON 399 Tutorial (3)
• ECON 400 Senior Seminar in Economics (3)
• ECON 419 Introduction to Econometrics (3)
• ECON 420 Independent Study (1-3)
• ECON 444 Economics Internship (3)
• ECON 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• ECON 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• ENTR 320 New Venture Modeling (3)
• ENTR 321 New Venture Planning (3)
• ENTR 335 Financing New Ventures (3)
• ENTR 344 Entrepreneurship Internship (3)
• ENTR 360 Special Topics in Entrepreneurship (1-3)
• ENTR 375 Research in Entrepreneurship (3)
• ENTR 406 Social Entrepreneurship (3)
• ENTR 407 Ecopreneurship (3)
• ENTR 420 Independent Study in Entrepreneurship (1-3)
• ENTR 445 Seminar in Entrepreneurship (1)
• ENTR 451 Health Sciences Entrepreneurship (3)
• ENTR 499A Bachelor’s Essay in Entrepreneurship (3)
• ENTR 499B Bachelor’s Essay in Entrepreneurship (3)
• FINC 313 Management of Financial Institutions (3)
• FINC 315 Intermediate Business Finance (3)
• FINC 316 Advanced Financial Statement Analysis (3)
• FINC 344 Finance Internship (3)
• FINC 360 Special Topics in Finance (1-3)
• FINC 362 Global Investment Industry (3)
• FINC 380 Real Estate Investment Analysis (3)
• FINC 382 International Financial Management (3)
• FINC 385 Individual Risk Management and Insurance (3)
• FINC 386 Corporate Risk Management and Insurance (3)
• FINC 389 Financial Management Information Systems (3)
• FINC 399 Tutorial (3)
• FINC 400 Investment Analysis (3)
• FINC 401 Fixed Income Investment Analysis (3)
• FINC 402 Derivatives Securities (3)
• FINC 403 Real Estate Finance (3)
• FINC 410 Seminar in Finance (3)
• FINC 415 Advanced Business Finance (3)
• FINC 418 Advanced Valuation and Corporate Financial Analysis (3)
• FINC 420 Independent Study (1-3)
• FINC 450 Applied Portfolio Management I (3)
• FINC 451 Applied Portfolio Management II (3)
• FINC 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• FINC 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• HTMT 310 Current Topics in Hospitality and Tourism Management (1-3)
• HTMT 350 Hospitality & Tourism Marketing (3)
• HTMT 351 Hotel Management (3)
• HTMT 352 Service Operations Management (3)
• HTMT 353 Hospitality Sales & Negotiations (3)
• HTMT 354 Hospitality and Tourism Technology (3)
• HTMT 355 Negotiations: Principles and Practices (3)
• HTMT 360 Special Topics in Hospitality & Tourism (1-3)
• HTMT 361 Meetings and Convention Management (3)
• HTMT 362 Events Management (3)
• HTMT 370 Foodservice Enterprise: Design & Development (3)
• HTMT 372 Foodservice Operations Analysis (3)
• HTMT 380 Managing Global Tourism (3)
• HTMT 399 Tutorial (3)
• HTMT 420 Independent Study (3)
• HTMT 444 Hospitality Management Internship (3)
• HTMT 488 Strategic Hospitality and Tourism Management (3)
• HTMT 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• HTMT 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• INFM 330 Enterprise Data Management (3)
• INFM 340 Innovation Technology (3)
• INFM 350 Business Analytics (3)
• INFM 360 Special Topics in Information Management (3)
• INFM 390 Enterprise Resource Planning (3)
• INTB 309 International Business Study Abroad (3)
• INTB 313 Global Commerce and Enterprise (3)
• INTB 314 Global Operations & Technology Management (3)
• INTB 322 International Business (3)
• INTB 360 Special Topics in International Business (1-3)
• INTB 409 Global Strategic Management (3)
• INTB 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• INTB 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• MGMT 307 Human Resource Management (3)
• MGMT 308 Managing Diversity (3)
• MGMT 310 International Human Resources (3)
• MGMT 325 International Management (3)
• MGMT 332 Business Communications (3)
• MGMT 340 Total Quality Management (3)
• MGMT 342 Project Management (3)
• MGMT 344 Management Internship (3)
• MGMT 345 Leadership and Management Development (3)
• MGMT 350 Business, Leadership, & Society (3)
• MGMT 351 Minority Entrepreneurship (3)
• MGMT 360 Special Topics in Management (3)
• MGMT 377 Psychology of Entrepreneurship (3)
• MGMT 390 The New South Carolina: Foreign & Domestic Industrial Development (3)
• MGMT 391 The International Corporation: A Comparative Approach (3)
• MGMT 399 Tutorial (3)
• MGMT 401 Organizational Behavior & Change (3)
• MGMT 402 Leading Organizational Change (3)
• MGMT 403 Entrepreneurial Leadership (3)
• MGMT 405 Small Business Management (3)
• MGMT 420 Independent Study (1-3)
• MGMT 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• MGMT 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• MKTG 309 Marketing Study Abroad (3)
• MKTG 315 Managerial Marketing (3)
• MKTG 320 Marketing Research (3)
• MKTG 326 International Marketing (3)
• MKTG 328 Retailing Management (3)
• MKTG 329 Consumer Behavior (3)
• MKTG 330 Advertising (3)
• MKTG 331 Public Relations (3)
• MKTG 334 Integrated Marketing Communications (3)
• MKTG 337 Sports Marketing (3)
• MKTG 345 Digital and Social Media Marketing (3)
• MKTG 348 Brand Management (3)
• MKTG 355 Marketing and Society (3)
• MKTG 360 Special Topics in Marketing (1-3)
• MKTG 399 Tutorial (3)
• MKTG 420 Independent Study (1-3)
• MKTG 425 Strategic Marketing (3)
• MKTG 344 Marketing Internship (3)
• MKTG 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• MKTG 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• PSYC 349 Psychology of Entrepreneurship (3)
• REAL 310 Principles of Real Estate (3)
• REAL 344 Real Estate Internship (3)
• REAL 360 Special Topics in Real Estate (1-3)
• REAL 376 Real Estate Market Analysis (3)
• REAL 420 Real Estate Independent Study (1-3)
• REAL 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• REAL 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• SCIM 360 Special Topics in Supply Chain Management (3)
• SCIM 366 Lean and Six Sigma (3)
• SCIM 371 Green Supply Chain Management (3)
• SCIM 373 Supply Chain Planning and Analysis (3)
• SCIM 420 Independent Study in Supply Chain Management (1-3)
• SCIM 424 Supply Chain and Operations Strategy (3)
• SCIM 444 Internship in Supply Chain Management (1-3)
• SCIM 499A Bachelor’s Essay in Supply Chain Management (3)
• SCIM 499B Bachelor’s Essay in Supply Chain Management (3)
• TRAN 311 Intermodal Transportation (3)
• TRAN 312 Global Logistics (3)
• TRAN 360 Special Topics in Intermodal Transportation (1-3)
• TRAN 399 Tutorial (3)
• TRAN 420 Independent Study (1-3)
• TRAN 431 Issues in Global Logistics (3)
• TRAN 432 Global Logistics Systems Management (3)
• TRAN 444 Transportation Internship (3)
• TRAN 499A Bachelor’s Essay (3)
• TRAN 499B Bachelor’s Essay (3)

Additional Requirements:

• COMM 104 Public Speaking (3)
• ECON 200 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)

•  

• MATH 104 Elementary Statistics (3)

• OR

• MATH 250 Statistical Methods I (3)

•  

• MATH 116 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences (3)

• OR

• MATH 120 Introductory Calculus (4)

Notes:

• The School of Business strongly encourages students to complete the following courses by the end of their sophomore year: ACCT 203 , ACCT 204 ; DSCI 232 ; ECON 200 , ECON 201 ; MATH 104  or MATH 250  and MATH 116  or MATH 120 . These courses are pre-requisites for many upper level junior and senior business and economics courses.
• The business and accounting programs offered by the School of Business are accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
• Students are not permitted to double major in Accounting and Business Administration.

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation

The following courses are excluded: BLAW 205 , BLAW 300:499, COMM 104 , DSCI 232 , DSCI 300:499, ECON 200:499, ENTR 300:499, FINC 300:499, HTMT 300:499, INFM 300:499, INTB 300:499, MGMT 300:499, MKTG 300:499, REAL 300:499, SCIM 300:499, TRAN 300:499, MATH 104 , MATH 116 , MATH 120 , MATH 250