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This major provides students with basic competency in the functional areas of accounting and financial planning and provides students with the minimum requirements to obtain employment and to sit for professional examinations such as the CPA and CFP exams.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Business (College of Business) department page.

Total Credits Required 152
Liberal Studies
30-40
Health Promotion Requirements 2
Business Core32
ACT 230 Principles of Accounting I 4
ACT 240 Principles of Accounting II 4
FIN 351 Management of Financial Resources 4
MGT 221 Business Law I: Legal Environment of Business 4
MGT 240 Organizational Behavior and Management 4
MGT 325 Operations Management 4
MGT 344 Managerial Communication 4
MKT 230 Introduction to Marketing 4
Accounting/Financial Planning60
Accounting40
ACT 301 Financial Accounting I 4
ACT 302 Financial Accounting II 4
ACT 311 Cost Accounting 4
ACT 321 Federal Income Taxation 4
ACT 403 Accounting III 4
ACT 441 Auditing 4
ACT Electives* (ACT 431 required for CPA exam)12
CIS 112 Microsoft Applications for Business Students 2
CIS 212 Computer Assisted Problem Solving for Business 2
Financial Planning20
FIN 324 Personal Financial Planning and Insurance 4
FIN 450 Estate Planning 4
FIN 460 Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning 4
FIN 462 Investment Analysis 4
FIN 491 Internship in Finance ** (1 - 4 cr.) or other finance elective4
Other Required Courses24
EC 201 Microeconomic Principles 4
EC 202 Macroeconomic Principles 4
MA 103 Finite Mathematics [Div II] or4
     MA 104 College Algebra with Applications in the Sciences and Technologies (4 cr.) [Div II] or
     MA 105 College Algebra for Calculus Preparation (4 cr.) [Div II] or
     MA 115 Precalculus (4 cr.) [Div II] or
     MA 161 Calculus I (5 cr.) [Div II]
MA 171 Introduction to Probability and Statistics [Div V] 4
PY 100G Psychology as a Social Science [Div II] or4
     PY 100H Honors Psychology as a Natural Science (4 cr.) [Div II] or
     PY 100L Psychology as a Natural Science with Laboratory (4 cr.) [Div II] or
     PY 100S Psychology as a Natural Science (4 cr.) [Div II]
SO 101 Introductory Sociology [Div II] or4
     SO 113 Social Problems (4 cr.) [Div II]
General Electives Outside the College of Business10

* Courses must include 400-level ACT courses (ACT 491 limited to 4 credits).

**Course must have adviser approval.

This major does not require a minor.


Bulletin Year: 2009 - 2010 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.