Accounting (BS)
The bachelor of science (BS) in accounting is designed to provide students with the core knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to successfully enter the profession of accounting. The accounting curriculum will allow students to explore and appreciate the career opportunities in public accounting, corporate accounting, and other related areas. The program is also designed to offer the student a general, diversified business background that is significantly important to the accounting professional in today’s technology driven, global business environment. However, the emphasis of the Webster University accounting program is to prepare students for the Certified Public Accounting examination.
27 general education credit hours
33 core business curriculum credit hours
39 accounting major required credit hours
29 elective credit hours
The degree requires a total of 128 credit hours. Transfer students must take at least 18 credit hours of accounting at Webster University to earn this degree.
- Students can recognize and identify fundamental auditing and attestation procedures.
- Students can recognize and identify advanced financial accounting and reporting concepts and procedures.
- Students can recognize and identify the current legal and regulatory environment of business.
- Students can recognize and identify general business environment concepts.
Business Core Curriculum for Accounting Majors
| ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting | 3 hours |
| ACCT 2025 Managerial Accounting | 3 hours |
| BUSN 2750 Introduction to Statistics | 3 hours |
| BUSN 4110 Operations Management | 3 hours |
| ECON 2030 Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 hours |
| ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics | 3 hours |
| FINC 3210 Principles of Finance | 3 hours |
| MNGT 2100 Theory and Practice | 3 hours |
| MNGT 3450 Organizational Behavior | 3 hours |
| MNGT 3500 Marketing | 3 hours |
| MATH 1430 College Algebra | 3 hours |
Accounting Course Requirements
| ACCT 3025 Advanced Managerial and Cost Accounting | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3030 Intermediate Accounting I | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3040 Intermediate Accounting II | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3045 Intermediate Accounting III | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3075 Federal Tax Accounting: Personal | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3080 Federal Tax Accounting: Corporate | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3200 Business Law for Accounting | 3 hours |
| ACCT 4090 Government and Not for Profit | 3 hours |
| ACCT 3800 Accounting Information Systems | 3 hours |
| ACCT 4100 Advanced Financial Accounting | 3 hours |
| ACCT 4220 Financial Statement Analysis | 3 hours |
| ACCT 4900 Auditing I | 3 hours |
| ACCT 4910 Auditing and Professional Responsibilities | 3 hours |
| ACCT 4990 Accounting Seminar | 3 hours |
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