Accounting Concentration
Business Administration Accounting Concentration Course Descriptions
Accounting is the means by which businesses report to their stakeholders the results of their operations, comprehensive income, financial position and changes in cash and owner's equities by analyzing, recording, presenting and interpreting the results of transactions and events. Intended to develop the decision making and accounting skills needed to enter the profession and become accountants in public practice, industry, non-profit organizations or government, the curriculum is based on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' core competencies.
As qualifications to sit for the CPA exam, the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA) requires 30 semester hours of approved upper division accounting courses, 24 hours of approved upper division business courses, and an approved three hour course in ethics, included within a total of 150 semester hours with a degree. At least 15 of these hours must result from physical attendance at classes meeting regularly on the campus of the transcript-issuing institution.
Requirements
18 semester hours of required accounting courses:
6 semester hours of upper division accounting electives selected from: