The BS in accounting prepares you for a career in the areas of financial and managerial accounting, internal and external auditing, consulting and taxation. It satisfies the education requirements for the CPA and CMA examinations. Beyond technical accounting skills, you will graduate with a sound foundation in economics, law, finance, management, information systems, quantitative methods and communications.
Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Accounting
To receive the bachelor of science in accounting a student must complete 123 units and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 (C) or higher in all courses taken at Golden Gate University, as well as in the courses designated as “Required for the Major.”
All degree-seeking undergraduate students must complete their English, mathematics and critical thinking basic proficiency requirements within their first 27 units at Golden Gate University.
Lower-Division Requirements — 30 units Basic Proficiencies — 21 units CRTH 10 Critical Thinking ENGL 1A Expository Writing ENGL 1B Research Writing UGP 100 Gateway to Success MATH 30 College Algebra MATH 40 Statistics
Philosophy
PHIL 125 Ethics in Personal and Professional Life or any other PHIL course offered
Science
SCI 125 Science, Technology and Social Change or any other SCI course offered
Social Sciences
SOSC 88 Leadership and New Social Demands or any other SOSC course offered
Required for the Major — 33 units
ACCTG 100A Intermediate Accounting I
ACCTG 100B Intermediate Accounting II
ACCTG 100C Intermediate Accounting III
ACCTG 105 Cost Management
ACCTG 108A* Federal Income Tax I
ACCTG 111 Auditing
ACCTG 146 Business Law
ACCTG 159 Accounting Research and Communication (to
be taken as part of the final 12 units of the
degree program)
Three upper-division courses ( 9 units) with the ACCTG prefix.
*Students who have passed the Enrolled Agents Exam do not have to take ACCTG 108A. Another upper-division accounting course must be substituted for ACCTG 108A.
One of the following:
COMM 35 Speech Communication COMM 40 Understanding Communication
Major Foundation — 9 units
ACCTG 1A Introductory Financial Accounting ECON 1 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 2 Principles of Macroeconomics
Liberal Studies Core — 21 units
Arts
ARTS 105 Contemporary Arts and Culture or any other ARTS course offered
History
HIST 88 Business in World History or any other HIST course offered
Humanities
HUM 156 Business and Civilization or any other HUM course offered
Literature
LIT 150 Business in Literature or LIT 160 Business in Movies or any other LIT course offered
Additional Requirements — 18 units
FI 100 Financial Management
ITM 113 Database Management Systems
MATH 104 Applied Regression Analysis
MGT 140 Management Principles
OP 100 Principles of Operations Management
One of the following:
ECON 103 Money and Banking FI 101 Strategic Decisions in Financing and Investing FI 106 International Corporate Finance FI 120 Investments
General Electives — 21 units
Seven additional lower- or upper-division courses must be taken as electives. Students may take three units of ACCTG 198 Internship: Accounting as an elective.
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