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Here are just a few reasons to major in Accounting:
- A bachelor’s degree in Accounting gives you a background you can take with you into any type of business — or you can start one of your own.
- You can translate your Accounting degree into all kinds of roles in a company or organization.
- Accounting professionals are always in demand.
Business Core Courses - 36 Credits
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021; and Completion of General Studies Quantitative Literacy Requirement
Description: This course introduces students to the role of accounting in society. The course focuses on financial accounting and reporting as tools to aid external decision making, financial analysis, and interpretation.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2012
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 2010 with a grade of “C-” or better; ENG 1020; Completion of General Studies requirements in Oral Communication and Quantitative Literacy
Description: This course introduces students to the role of managerial accounting information in business. The course focuses on cost controls, budgeting and preparing relevant financial information for decision making.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2021
Credits: 3
Description: This course presents an introduction to business concepts that are further developed in the business core and in other courses pursued by business and economics majors. Also discussed are contemporary issues facing business. This course allows business students to develop a context for their studies and gives non-business students insights into the world of business.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMM 1010 or COMM 1100
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021
Description: This marketing course explores multiple forms of communication within a business environment. Emphasis is placed on writing, listening, speaking, nonverbal and interpersonal communication with internal and external business audiences. Students apply the principles learned to written exercises and oral presentations.
BUS 3040 – Global Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (CSR):
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): At least 60 semester hours earned
Description: This course offers a global perspective of responsibility for conducting sustainable business. The over-arching theme is the integration of planet, people, and profits. Values and cultural differences among corporate entities, countries, and societies are explored within the context of stakeholder analyses. Leadership characteristics within successful companies are examined. Examples and case analyses provide means to explore social, cultural, and human aspects of doing business worldwide.
ACC 4440 – Accounting Ethics and Professionalism:
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 and ACC 3090 with grades of “C” or better
Description: This course examines professional ethics for accountants from both a philosophical and business perspective. Moral development, ethical reasoning, and ethical decision-making provide a framework for examining the importance of ethics in the accounting profession. Professional guidance on ethics in accounting will also be examined, including the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, the Colorado Board of Accountancy Statutes, Rules, and Regulations, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the codes of conduct for other professional accounting organizations.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies in Oral Communication; ENG 1020 or ENG 1021; and CIS/CSS 1010 with a grade of “C-” or better, or appropriate score on the Computer Information Systems computer literacy screening test.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Completion of or enrollment in a course that meets the Quantitative Literacy requirement.
Description: This course is an introduction to information systems from a business perspective. It introduces students to computer hardware and software, use of productivity tools and the Internet to solve business problems, and an introduction to fundamental and functional business information systems.
Note: This course is primarily intended for students with majors in the College of Business. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CIS or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2011
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021; completion of General Studies requirements in Oral Communication; C- or better in MTH 1320 or MTH 1410; CIS 2010 or CIS 2300; and at least junior standing.
Description: This business analytics course introduces the student to descriptive analytics and predictive analytics. Techniques include the applications of statistical inference and the translation of quantitative data into information that can be used in business decision making. This course covers the topics of frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, probability distributions, sampling distributions, point estimation, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, chi-square analysis, regression analysis, model building, and data mining. A specific statistical package is required.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021; completion of General Studies requirements in Oral Communication; “C-” or better in MTH 1320 or MTH 1410; CIS 3300; and at least junior standing.
Description: This business analytics course introduces the student to prescriptive analytics that can be used in the business decision-making environment. The management science techniques presented and studied include linear programming, project scheduling, inventory models, decision analysis, queuing theory, simulation, and forecasting in the context of managerial decision-making skills. Emphasis is placed on the use of software to solve real-world problems.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021; and completion of General Studies requirements in Oral Communication.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Completion of Quantitative Literacy requirement or enrollment in a course that satisfies the Quantitative Literacy requirement.
Description: This course is designed to present the legal system as it applies to business. The course includes a discussion of fundamental concepts related to the nature and sources of law and to the resolution of disputes. The course requires analysis of statutes, cases, and regulations of related governmental agencies that address employment, securities, trade and workplace decisions. The law of agency, contracts, organizations and torts is analyzed. Ethical and international aspects of law are treated where appropriate.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or MGT.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2210
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies Oral Communication requirements; ACC 2010; MTH 1320 or MTH 1410 with a grade of “C-” or better; ECO 2010; ECO 2020; and at least junior standing.
Description: This is a study of the dynamic environment of financial management, exposing students to various finance topics such as financial analysis and forecasting, time value money, security valuation, capital budgeting, risk and return, cost of capital, working capital management and international finance.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: FIN or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3302
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021; Satisfaction of General Studies Requirements in Oral Communication and Quantitative Literacy, and Junior standing
Description: This course examines, analyzes, and assesses managerial functions and processes as related to business and other organizations. It is designed to prepare students to meet the challenges of a highly dynamic and ever-changing business environment by formulating individual competencies and skills, translating theory into practice, creating critical thinkers, and reflecting on the integration of new concepts and environmental changes into managerial practices.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021, completion of General Studies requirements in Oral Communication and Quantitative Literacy, and at least junior standing.
Description: This course helps students understand marketing, the process through which organizations analyze, plan, implement, and control programs to develop and maintain beneficial exchanges with target buyers. Effective marketing is critical for the long-term success of any business organization because this function ensures that the firm attracts, retains, and grows customers by creating, delivering, and communicating superior customer value.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON or MKT.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3003
Additional CBUS Requirements
Accounting Major Course Requirements - 18 Credits
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1110 or 1310 or 1400; ACC 2010 and PSC 1010 with a grade of C or better; and junior standing or higher
Description: This course is a study of federal income tax laws with an emphasis on personal income taxation, including such topics as gross income, gains and losses and deductions.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 2010 and CIS 2010 with grades of C or better; at least junior standing
Description: This course is a study of principles and current issues relating to the design, implementation, control and regulation of accounting information systems. Tools and technologies related to accounting systems and the place of accounting systems within the modern enterprise provide a focus for the course, which includes an introduction to accounting-related information technology (IT) audit issues.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3305
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1110 or MTH 1310 or MTH 1400; ACC 2020 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course includes coverage of cost behavior relationships, job order and process costing systems, overhead allocation methods, budgeting and budget variance analysis, cost-volume profit relationships, and cost prediction for supporting management decision-making in service, sales, and manufacturing organizations. Computer applications are an integral part of this course.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3401
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1110 or MTH 1310 or MTH 1400; ACC 2010 with a grade of C or better; and junior standing
Description: This is the first course in Intermediate Accounting. The Intermediate Accounting courses are designed to teach the concepts and procedures underlying the measurement and reporting of financial information.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3511
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): A grade of “C” or better in ACC 3510
Description: This course is a continuation of ACC 3510 and covers an in-depth study of basic accounting principles with an emphasis on stockholders’ equity and special problems.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3520
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ACC 3520
Description: This course is an introduction to contemporary theory and practice of auditing and attestation. The course will acquaint the students with Generally Accepted Auditing and Attestation Standards (GAAS), professional ethics, internal control, objectives and procedures for audits and attestation, risk assessment, audit and attestation reports, legal liability, research methodology, and corporate governance. Concepts included are professionalism, independence, evidence, risk, control, and enhancement of reliability and relevance properties of attester’s services.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 4200
Accounting Electives - Select 6 Credit Hours from the Following ACC Electives
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 2020 and ACC 3090 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a continuation of ACC 3090 with a comparative focus on the taxation of organizational tax entities, including partnerships, corporations and S-corporations.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3102
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3090 with a C or better
Description: Students will have primary responsibility for operating a VITA site as a tax service. Students will prepare both federal and State of Colorado income tax returns. The focus will be on preparing returns for the elderly, disabled, foreign students and low income individuals. This course contains a service learning component.
Note: Some sections of this course may be taught as Service Learning.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 or FIN 3100 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of the impact on financial reporting and managerial decision-making due to the similarities and differences in accounting standards throughout the world. This course examines the history and development of accounting standards and reviews current topics which affect the comparison of global financial reporting.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3750
Credits: 1-15
Prerequisite(s): Major in accounting; junior or senior status; permission of instructor
Description: Supervised by a faculty member within the major department, internships provide practical, hands-on experience in a professional field related to the major. Internship placements must be established prior to enrollment in this course in consultation with the Classroom to Career (C2) Hub.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Classroom to Career (C2) Hub at [email protected].
Note: Variable Credit
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 and ACC 3090 with grades of “C” or better
Description: This course examines professional ethics for accountants from both a philosophical and business perspective. Moral development, ethical reasoning, and ethical decision-making provide a framework for examining the importance of ethics in the accounting profession. Professional guidance on ethics in accounting will also be examined, including the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, the Colorado Board of Accountancy Statutes, Rules, and Regulations, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the codes of conduct for other professional accounting organizations.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3520 with a C or better
Description: This course includes coverage of reporting requirements for partnerships, SEC-regulated companies, not-for-profit organizations, and financially distressed entities, as well as information disclosure requirements for state and local governments, international harmonization of accounting standards, and the possible conversion to International Accounting Standards in the U.S.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 4510
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 1010 or ACC 2020 with a grade of “C” or better
Description: Risk assurance and advisory professionals serve as internal consultants to organizations and their governing bodies by performing assurance and advisory engagements across all business processes and functions. This course introduces students to the risk assurance and advisory profession and the internal audit process. Topics include the corporate governance, risk management, internal control, the Institute of Internal Auditor’s International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF), risk management, risk assurance tools and techniques, and conducting risk assurance and advisory engagements.