Public Accountancy - B.S. Degree

School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall

[phone]

Dr. Julie Fitzpatrick, Department Chairperson 

Email: [e-mail]

Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/business-administration

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 120	Survey of Calculus I	3
	and
CSIT 104	Introduction to Microcomputer Software	3
	or
CSIT 151	Introduction to Information Systems	3
	and
CSIT 251	Information Systems Structures	3
	or
BUAD 260	Business Intelligence	3
Total Credit Hours:		9

Lower Level Business Core Courses:

ECON 200	Fundamentals of Statistics for Business Administration and Economics	3
ACCT 201	Principles of Financial Accounting	3
ACCT 202	Principles of Managerial Accounting	3
ECON 205	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 210	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Upper Level Business Core Courses:

BUAD 300	Statistical Analysis	3
ACCT 311	Business Law I	3
BUAD 320	Managerial Finance	3
BUAD 323	Organizational Behavior	3
BUAD 327	Operations Management	3
BUAD 328	Marketing Foundations	3
BUAD 499	Strategic Management	3
Total Credit Hours:		21

Accounting Courses:

ACCT 301	Intermediate Accounting I	3
ACCT 302	Intermediate Accounting II	3
ACCT 303	Cost Management	3
ACCT 304	Taxation I	3
ACCT 305	Taxation II	3
ACCT 307	Accounting Information Systems I	3
ACCT 312	Business Law II	3
ACCT 401	Advanced Accounting	3
ACCT 405	Auditing	3
ACCT 407	Accounting Information Systems II	3
ACCT 440	Accounting Theory & Research	3
ACCT 455	Adv Auditing&Fraud Examination	3
ACCT 480	Internship	1-9
	and
BUAD 378	Business and Ethics	3
	or
PHIL 218	Introduction 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 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