Accounting Minor

Coordinator:
Raymond E. Johnson

Department of Accounting

The accounting minor provides non-accounting majors with basic accounting concepts and tools that can be applied to enhance the application and marketability of their liberal arts education. It also prepares them to understand and participate more effectively in the world of work and provides grounding in practical applications that will serve them well throughout their lives.

The minor in accounting is not available to accounting and forensic accounting majors unless the student has completed a double major or another minor.

Minor Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses).

1. Acct 201 Introduction to Accounting	4 credits
2. Acct 301 Intermediate Accounting I	4 credits
3. Acct 311 Cost Accounting	4 credits
4. Acct 321 Individual Taxation	4 credits

Total credit hours required for accounting minor	16 credits

A student may petition to substitute an approved independent study relating to applicable work experience for either Acct 321 or Acct 311. Alternatively, a student may also petition to substitute IDS 401: Business Ethics, or another approved IDS 400 course for either Acct 321 or Acct 311. The coordinator of the accounting minor must approve the substitution.