120-Hour Accounting: Industry / Government Program

Virginia Commonwealth University's Accounting Programs are AACSB accredited at the undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. levels.

Accounting is often referred to as "the language of business." It helps the student learn how individuals, businesses, governments, charitable organizations and other groups interact and relate to the problem of the efficient allocation of scarce resources in a free-market economy. Accounting provides a solid foundation for a career in business, irrespective of whether the student desires to enter the public practice of accounting, serve as a financial executive in industry or government, or start and operate a business.

The Department offers:

o a Bachelors degree,
o a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting,
o Master of Tax,
o Master of Accountancy with a Concentration in information systems, finance and auditing, or other selected area of business, and
o an accounting track in the Ph.D. degree program

Each student majoring in accounting is assigned a departmental faculty advisor who assists students individually in planning their programs. The Department, in conjunction with other university offices, assists in career counseling, job placement, and the selection of a graduate program.

Recommended Course Sequence
Freshman Year		Fall	Spring
English: Composition & Rhetoric	ENGL		101
Literature & Language (3 credits):
English, or	ENGL		201
Foreign Language or
Philosophy
Math: Applications & Calculus	MGMT	171	212
Human Behavior (3 credits):
Psychology or	PSYC	101
Sociology or
Anthropology
Institutional Studies (3 credits):
Political Science	POLI	103
Natural Sciences (3 + 1 credits):
Biology with one Lab, or	BIOL	101
Chemistry with one Lab, or
Physics with one Lab
Restricted Elective			3 cr
Non-Business Electives (6 credits)			6 cr
Freshman Total		16cr	15cr

Sophomore Year		Fall	Spring
English: Composition & Rhetoric	ENGL	200
Introduction to Accounting	ACCT	203	204
Principles of Economics	ECON	210	211
Business Information Systems	INFO	360
Business Statistics	MGMT	301
Speech: Effec. Speech (121) or		171	212
Speech for Bus & Professions	SPCH		321
Restricted Elective			3 cr
Non-Business or Business Elective*			3 cr
Visual & Performing Arts Elective			2 cr
Sophomore Total		15cr	17cr

*Upon completion of the foundation program, students are expected to have competency in computer-based word processing and spreadsheet skills. Students without this competency, must complete INFO 160, 161, or 162, or their equivalent.

* If INFO 161 and 162 are taken during the Sophomore year instead of a Non-Business elective, then a Non-Business elective should be substituted for a Business elective during the Junior year.

The Non-School of Business electives may be taken in any field. All business foundation courses (BFO) must be completed before the junior year and your cumulative GPA must be at least 2.25
in order to declare a major.

School of Business Core Requirements (30 credits)

MGMT 301 Business Statistics
MRBL 308 Introduction to Marketing
FIRE 311 Financial Management
MGMT 319 Organizational Behavior
MGMT 320 Production/Operations Management
MRBL 481 Law for Accountants I
MGMT 325 Organizational Communication
INFO 360 Business Information Systems
MGMT 434 Strategic Management
ECON 303 Managerial Economics

Accounting Major Requirements (27 credits)

ACCT 303 Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 304 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 306 Cost Accounting
ACCT 307 Accounting Systems
ACCT 402 Advanced Cost Accounting
ACCT 401 Governmental & Not-For-Profit Acctg.
ACCT 405 Tax Accounting
ACCT 403 Management Control Systems
Required Accounting Elect

Accounting Electives (3 credits)
Select one (1) course from the following three:

ACCT 404 Advanced Accounting
ACCT 406 Auditing
ACCT 410 Advanced Tax Accounting

VCU School of Business is accredited by AACSB International