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Public Accountancy - B.S. Degree

School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall

(716) 673-3505

Dr. Julie Fitzpatrick, Program Coordinator (Fall 2019)
Dr. Taihyeup Yi, Program Coordinator (Spring 2020)

Email: business.administration@fredonia.edu

Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/businessadministration

Major Requirements

In order to qualify for Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensure in New York State, students must complete 150 credit hours including the following courses

Supporting Courses:

MATH 120Survey of Calculus I

3
and
CSIT 104Introduction to Microcomputer Software

3
or
CSIT 151Introduction to Information Systems

3
and
CSIT 251Information Systems Structures

3
Total Credit Hours:9

Lower Level Business Core Courses:

ECON 200Fundamentals of Statistics for Business Administration and Economics

3
ACCT 201Principles of Financial Accounting

3
ACCT 202Principles of Managerial Accounting

3
ECON 205Principles of Microeconomics

3
ECON 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3
Total Credit Hours:15

Upper Level Business Core Courses:

BUAD 300Statistical Analysis

3
ACCT 311Business Law I

3
BUAD 320Managerial Finance

3
BUAD 323Organizational Behavior

3
BUAD 327Operations Management

3
BUAD 328Marketing Foundations

3
BUAD 499Strategic Management

3
Total Credit Hours:21

Accounting Courses:

ACCT 301Intermediate Accounting I

3
ACCT 302Intermediate Accounting II

3
ACCT 303Cost Management

3
ACCT 304Taxation I

3
ACCT 305Taxation II

3
ACCT 307Accounting Information Systems I

3
ACCT 312Business Law II

3
ACCT 401Advanced Accounting

3
ACCT 405Auditing

3
ACCT 407Accounting Information Systems II

3
ACCT 440Accounting Theory & Research

3
ACCT 455Adv Auditing&Fraud Examination

3
ACCT 480Internship

1-9
and
BUAD 378Business and Ethics

3
or
PHIL 218Introduction to Ethics

3
Plus 15 credit hours of 200/300/400-level ACCT/BUAD/ECON-prefixed courses and/or 300/400-level non-ACCT/BUAD/ECON-prefixed courses, by advisement

15
Total Credit Hours:55

NOTE:

ACCT 480 is a variable 1-9 credit hour course. Students need to complete the course for at least one credit to satisfy the degree requirements.

  • Public Accountancy majors must complete at least 66 credit hours of non-ACCT/BUAD prefixed courses.
  • Public Accountancy majors are allowed to repeat a failed major course no more than two times.
  • All Public Accountancy majors must complete every one of the Supporting Courses, Lower Level Business Core Courses, Upper Level Business Core Courses, and Major Specific Courses with a minimum grade of C-.

Total Credit Hours: 100