The accounting curriculum prepares students for a range of careers in accounting and serves as an excellent background for graduate studies and law school. Students develop strong communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving capabilities while learning to apply theoretical concepts and to use accounting data, along with other analytical measurements, for decision making. Many challenging positions are available for students with accounting backgrounds.
For students interested in pursuing careers as certified public accountants, the accounting department offers a five-year, dual-degree program in accounting that is registered with the New York State Education Department. Students may receive a B.S. degree in accounting after four years of study and an M.B.A in professional accountancy after their fifth year of study. Admission to the M.B.A in professional accountancy is separate from admission to the B.S. in accounting (see below).
Note: Sitting for the CPA examination in New York State requires 150 hours of study. The School of Business has designed a five-year, dual-degree program, the B.S. in accounting/M.B.A. in professional accountancy, to fulfill the requisite coursework. Students who opt to complete just the B.S. in accounting degree will not qualify to sit for the New York CPA examination.
| BINT-10100 | World of Business | 3 |
| ECON-12100 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON-12200 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
Select one
| MATH-10700 | Fundamentals of Applied Calculus (Groups 2 and 3) or | |
| MATH-10800 | Calculus for Decision Making (Groups 1 and 2) or | |
| MATH-11100 | Calculus I (Group 1) | 4 |
Select one
| COMP-11000 | Computers and Information Technologies or | |
| COMP-17100 | Principles of Computing Science I | 3-4 |
Select one
| MATH-14400 | Business Statistics | |
| MATH-24300 | Statistics | |
| MATH-24400 | Statistics with Probability | |
| PSYC-20700 | Statistics in Psychology | 3-4 |
| Select one | ||
| WRTG-16300 | Writing Seminar - Business or | |
| WRTG-11000 | Academic Writing II | 3-4 |
| Select one | ||
| SPCM-11000 | Public Communication or | |
| SPCM-11500 | Business and Professional Communication | 3 |
| Humanities elective | 3 | |
| Total | 28-31 |
| ACCT-22500 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT-22600 | Management Accounting | 3 |
| GBUS-20300 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MGMT-20600 | Organizational Behavior and Management | 3 |
| MGMT-26000 | Business Systems and Technology | 3 |
| Natural science elective (choose from biology, | ||
| chemistry, or physics) | 3 | |
| Social science elective | 3 | |
| Humanities elective | 3 | |
| Cultural diversity elective | 3 | |
| International dimensions elective (international business liberal arts elective; approved list available in dean's office) | 3 | |
| Liberal arts elective | 3 | |
| Total | 33 |
| ACCT-34500 | Intermediate Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT-34600 | Financial Accounting Theory and Reporting | 3 |
| FINA-31100 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MKTG-31200 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| HRM-30200 | Applied Ethical Issues in Management (LA) | 3 |
| PROD-34500 | Operations Management | 3 |
| ECON-22000 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| Social science elective | 3 | |
| Liberal arts elective | 6 | |
| Total | 30 |
| ACCT-40600 | Auditing | 3 |
| ACCT-49300 | Tax Accounting | 3 |
| MGMT-42100 | Strategic Management * | 3 |
| MGMT-31000 | Leadership in Organizations | 3 |
| ACCT-49800 | Accounting: Internship (Block 1) + | 3 |
| ACCT-31500 | Cost Analysis and Decision Making (Block 2) | 3 |
| MKTG-31000 | Quantitative Methods in Business (Block 2) | 3 |
| GBUS-30700 | Commercial Law (Block 2) | 3 |
| Liberal arts electives | 4 | |
| Total | 28 |
* Note: All level-4 business courses must be taken at Ithaca College.
+ May substitute ACCT-49600 Practicum in Tax Accounting for students not continuing into the Ithaca College M.B.A. in professional accountancy program.
To be eligible for admission into the M.B.A. in professional accountancy program (the fifth year), students must (1) have completed the B.S. in accounting program, (2) have achieved at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA, and (3) have met the minimum GMAT score expectations for the M.B.A. in professional accountancy program (at least 500).
| BGRD-60300 | Taxation for Managers | 3 |
| BGRD-63200 | Corporate Financial Management | 3 |
| BGRD-64000 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| BGRD-66000 | Operations Management and Advanced Technologies | 3 |
| BGRD-60200 | Advanced Auditing and Research | 3 |
| BGRD-62000 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| BGRD-65000 | Organization and Management | 3 |
| BGRD-61000 | Managing in a Global Economy | 3 |
| BGRD-60500 | Accounting Practicum | 3 |
| BGRD-63000 | Industry Analysis I | 2 |
| BGRD-63100 | Industry Analysis II | 3 |
| BGRD-60400 | Advanced Financial Reporting | 3 |
| Total | 35 |
