Accounting Major

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements - 35-46 credits

Multicultural and International Requirement - Total Credits: 0-6

Three credits in each area are required. These courses may overlap with general education and major requirements. For the list of approved multicultural and international courses, go to: http://web.unlv.edu/committees/gec/. (Some business students may satisfiy these requirements with courses required for a business major.)

Multicultural, 3 credits required
International, 3 credits required 

Distribution Requirement: Social Science

Because the courses taught by the Lee Business School are deemed part of the social sciences distribution area, students pursuing a major in the Lee Business School of Business must fulfill the distribution requirement by completing courses in each of two content areas outside the major area of study. Those areas are:

Humanities and Fine Arts; and Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking.

Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9
Humanities, 6 credits required from two different humanities areas.  It is recommended that students take COM 101, Oral Communication, as one of the humanities courses.

Fine Arts, 3 credits required.

Life and Physical Sciences, and Analytical Thinking - Total Credits: 9-10

Life and Physical Sciences, 6-7 credits required
One science course with a lab
One non-lab science course

Analytical Thinking, 3 credits required

Business Administration Core Requirements - Total Credits: 42-45

• ACC 201 - Financial Accounting
• ACC 202 - Managerial Accounting
• ECON 102 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 103 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 261 - Principles of Statistics I

• Microsoft office proficiency

• ACC 473 - Law for Accountants I
• FIN 301 - Principles of Managerial Finance
• IS 378 - Project Management I
• IS 383 - Business Intelligence
• MGT 301 - Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior
• MGT 367 - Human Resource Management
• MKT 301 - Marketing Management
• SCM 352 - Operations Management

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• BUS 496 - Strategy Management and Policy

• or

• BUS 497 - New Venture Creation and Strategy

• or

• BUS 498 - Global Business Strategy

Other Lee Business School Requirements - Total Credits: 9-11

• COM 102 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
• ENG 407A - Fundamentals of Business Writing

• and

• Select one from:

• MATH 127 - Precalculus II
• MATH 128 - Precalculus and Trigonometry
• MATH 132 - Finite Mathematics
• MATH 176 - Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Sciences
• MATH 181 - Calculus I

• or

• MATH 182 - Calculus II

Accounting Major Requirements - Total Credits: 24

• ACC 400 - The Accounting Environment
• ACC 401 - Financial Reporting I
• ACC 402 - Financial Reporting II
• ACC 405 - Cost Management and Control
• ACC 409 - Accounting Information Systems
• ACC 410 - Federal Taxation
• ACC 470 - Auditing and Assurance Services

• one three-credit upper-division (300- or 400-level) accounting elective.

General Electives - Total Credits: 0-10

The number of general electives necessary for each student varies based on how many credits a student uses to satisfy the requirements identified above. The minimum credits required to earn a degree from the Lee Business School is 120

Total Credits: 120

Notes

1. Students planning to take the CPA examination should take additional courses at the graduate level. Consult with the State Board of Accountancy for CPA examination requirements.
2. Students preparing for careers in industry should consider taking ACC 420 as an upper-division accounting elective.
3. Students interested in focusing their elective course work should consult an advisor early in their academic career to allow for proper planning of electives.
4. All courses in the accounting major must be completed with a grade of C or better. To satisfy an accounting prerequisite, a student must earn a C or better in the prerequisite course(s).