Accounting

The accounting curriculum prepares students for a range of careers in accounting and serves as an excellent background for graduate studies and law school. Many fine and challenging positions are available in public accounting as well as in private and not-for-profit organizations and with the state or federal government. Students learn to apply theoretical concepts and to use accounting data, along with other analytical measurements, for decision making. The accounting program is registered with the Certified Public Accountancy Board of Examiners of the State of New York. (R) = Course must be taken at Ithaca College

First Year		Credits
888-10000 888-10100 306-12100	First Year Seminar in Business World of Business Principles of Macroeconomics	1 3 3
306-12200	Principles of Microeconomics	3
313-10800 312-11000	Calculus for Decision Making Introduction to Computers and Information Systems	4 3
377-xxxxx	Writing course (377-10600 or above)	3
319-11000	Public Communication or
319-11500	Business and Professional Communication	3
336-10500	Library Resources	1
	Social science elective	3
	Humanities elective	3
	Total	30
Second Year
880-22500	Financial Accounting	3
880-22600	Management Accounting	3
883-20300	Financial Markets and Institutions	3
887-20300	Introduction to Law I	3
313-24400	Statistics with Probability	4
	Natural science elective (biol., chem., or physics)	3
	Natural science elective (any NS designated course)	3
	Social science elective	3
	Humanities elective	3
	Liberal arts elective	3
	Total	31
Third Year
882-36000	Management Information Systems	3
880-34500	Intermediate Financial Accounting and
880-34600	Financial Accounting Theory and Reporting	6
880-31500	Cost Accounting (R)	3
884-31000	Quantitative Methods in Business (R)	3
883-31100	Business Finance (R)	3
884-31200	Principles of Marketing	3
885-30600	Organizational Behavior	3
	Liberal arts electives	6
	Total	30
Fourth Year
880-40200	Advanced Accounting (R)	3
880-40600	Auditing (R)	3
880-49300	Tax Accounting (R)	3
	Accounting internship/practicum	3
886-34500	Operations management	3
882-42100	Strategic Management (R)	3
887-30700	Commercial Law	3
	Liberal Arts electives	9
	Total	30

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