Professional Accounting Major, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSB)
The Professional Accounting major is designed to rigorously prepare students for careers in public accounting (CPA) firms, industry, government, and not-for-profit organizations. Several professional certificates are available to professional accounting graduates who pass competitive examinations and meet certain other requirements. For example, the Certified Public Accountant certificate, Certified Management Accountant license, or Certified Internal Auditor certificate provide professional recognition to accountants who successfully complete a comprehensive professional examination and meet an experience requirement.
Requirements to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination vary from state to state. Experience requirements for the license also vary from state to state. Therefore, students must obtain current information from the Board of Accountancy within the state from which they seek licensure.
The undergraduate business policies can be found on the School of Business advising page.
Note:
- Students must declare and complete the minimum BSB Pre-Major requirements or have completed the minimum Pre-Major requirements through transfer work prior to declaring for any BSB major.
- and are considered supporting courses and may be used to fulfill BACRs as well as requirements for the Business Administration degree; however, these courses are not counted twice toward the total of 180 credits for graduation.
Grade Requirements for Graduation: a minimum grade ≥C in each course required for the major and a minimum GPA ≥2.5 for all upper division Business Administration core courses as well as required and elective courses taken to fulfill requirements for the major area.
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| PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | |
| PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING | |
| BUSINESS LAW | |
| BUSINESS STATISTICS 1 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS (satisfies BACR - Social Sciences) | |
| INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS (satisfies BACR - Social Sciences) | |
| COLLEGE COMPOSITION: ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION (satisfies English proficiency) | |
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | |
or | PRECALCULUS MATH II |
or | CALCULUS I |
or | CALCULUS I |
| Total Credits | 37 |
| BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 | 4 |
| FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| ORGANIZATION THEORY AND BEHAVIOR | 4 |
| PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 4 |
| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS | 4 |
| OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I | 4 |
| INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II | 4 |
| INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING III | 4 |
| COST ACCOUNTING | 4 |
| ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 4 |
| AUDITING | 4 |
| FEDERAL INCOME TAX | 4 |
| ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE AND CERTIFICATION | |
| EXPERIENTIAL TAX PREPARATION | |
| ACCOUNTING CAREER PREPARATION | |
| ACCOUNTING FOR NON-PROFIT ENTITIES | |
| DIRECTED STUDY | |
| PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP | |
| SEMINAR | |
| SPREADSHEET MODELING FOR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS | |
| DEPARTMENT SENIOR CAPSTONE | 4 |
| Total Credits | 64 |
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses may be offered in different terms and not all courses are offered every term, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. There may be some courses that have required prerequisites not listed in the plan, review the course descriptions for information. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
| First Year |
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| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
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| 5 | | 5 | (Social Science BACR 1) | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 11 | 5 | | 5 | Natural Science BACR 21 | 5 |
| Natural Science BACR 11 | 5 | Humanities & Arts BACR 21 | 5 | Diversity - graduation requirement 1 | 5 |
| | 15 | | 15 | | 15 |
| Second Year |
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| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
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| 5 | | 4 | | 4 |
| 4 | | 4 | | 4 |
| (Social Science BACR 2) | 5 | | 4 | | 4 |
| | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| | 14 | | 16-17 | | 16-17 |
| Third Year |
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| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
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| 4 | | 4 | | 4 |
| 4 | | 4 | | 4 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Global Studies - graduation requirement1 | 5 | Accounting Elective2 | 4 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective 1 | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| | 16-18 | | 17-18 | | 16-17 |
| Fourth Year |
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| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
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| 4 | | 4 | (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement) | 4 |
| 4 | (Accounting Elective)2 | 4-8 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| Accounting Elective2 | 4 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 |
| Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective | 4-5 | | |
| | 16-17 | | 12-17 | | 12-14 |
| Total Credits 180-194 |
Students who earn a BSB in Professional Accounting from EWU should be able to:
- develop awareness of diverse perspectives and cultures and their impact on the communication of accounting information in the international arena;
- generate, interpret and communicate accounting information for use in decision making;
- identify ethical issues and apply personal values and professional codes of conduct to resolve ethical issues, including social responsibility and environmental reporting issues.
