B.B.A./Accounting (ACCT)

Accounting is the means by which business transactions and events are analyzed, recorded, presented, and interpreted for various interested parties. The curriculum is designed to develop administrative decision-making skills and to prepare students for careers in accounting with public accounting firms, business firms, governmental units, and other nonprofit organizations.

Program Coordinator:

Mr. Henry Elrod
elrod@uiwtx.edu
(210) 805-3564

To fulfill the requirements for award of the accounting concentration, the student must complete:

A. 18 semester hours of required accounting courses:

ACCT 3311 Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 3312 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 3313 Cost Accounting
ACCT 3315 Federal Income Tax I
ACCT 4311 Advanced Accounting
ACCT 4314 Auditing

B. 3 semester hours selected from:

ACCT 3316 Federal Income Tax II
ACCT 3317 Accounting Systems
ACCT 3318 Fraud Examination
ACCT 3345 International Accounting
ACCT 4313 Accounting for Non-Profit and Government Entities

C. 3 additional semester hours in upper division (3000/4000) accounting courses.

Note: A total of 150 semester hours including 30 hours in accounting beyond ACCT 2311 and ACCT 2312, plus an additional 3 semester hours in an approved course in ethics for eligibility after July 1, 2005, are required to sit for the CPA Examination in Texas.