Public Accountancy - B.S. Degree
School of Business
Office: E336 Thompson Hall
(716) 673-3402
Tai Yi, Chairperson (interim)
Email: business.administration@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-business/business/business-administration
**This program is no longer accepting applications as of 5/30/26**
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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:
| BUAD 101 | Understanding Business | 3 |
| ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 200 | Fundamentals of Statistics for Business Administration and Economics | 3 |
| ECON 205 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 210 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Upper Level Business Core Courses:
Accounting Courses:
| ACCT 301 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 302 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 303 | Intermediate Managerial Accounting & Analytics | 3 |
| ACCT 304 | Taxation I | 3 |
| ACCT 305 | Taxation II | 3 |
| ACCT 307 | Data Analytics In Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 312 | Business Law II | 3 |
| ACCT 401 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 405 | Auditing | 3 |
| ACCT 407 | Accounting Cycles & Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 440 | Accounting Theory & Research | 3 |
| ACCT 455 | Adv Auditing & Fraud Examination | 3 |
| ACCT 380 | 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 380 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