Accounting, B.S.

Competency Goal 1: Our learners will have strong analytical skills.

Competency Goal 2: Our learners will have strong quantitative skills.  

Competency Goal 3: Our learners will have effective communications skills.  

Competency Goal 4: Our learners will have a thorough understanding of various functional areas of business.

Competency Goal 5: Our learners will have a multidimensional understanding of social responsibility.

Prerequisite coursework may be required to satisfy certain General Education courses and will count as elective credit.

*Students who have received credit for GEOG 278, MATH 242, MATH 262, PLSC 251, PSYC 250, or SOCL 211 may use this course to fulfill the statistics requirement.

• A minimum of 50% of all required and elective ACCT, ECON, MGMT, MKTG, and FNCE courses must be taken at Geneseo.
• ACCT 301, ACCT 302, and ACCT 320 must be taken at Geneseo.
• Enrollment in 300-level and 400-level School of Business courses is restricted to junior and senior majors and minors in School of Business programs.

For students who matriculated prior to Fall 2022: please select the bulletin year in which you entered the college (matriculated) at the top right of this page.

Curriculum Map  

• First Year 
  • Fall - 16 Credit Hours
    • ECON 110 - Introductory Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
    • MGMT 095 - Excel Tutorial Credit(s): 0
    • MGMT 100 - Introduction to Business and Economics in Society Credit(s): 3
    • WRTG 105 - Writing Seminar: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3
    • Global Society: CAI - Credit(s): 3
    • World Language 101 - Credit(s): 4
  • Spring - 16 Credit Hours
    • ACCT 102 - Introduction to Financial Accounting Credit(s): 3
    • ECON 112 - Introductory Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3 
      • Counts for Global Society: CGC and Social Science
    • DANL 101 - Introduction to Data Analytics Credit(s): 3
    • World Language 102 - Credit(s): 4
    • Global Society: DPP - Credit(s): 3
• Second Year 
  • Fall - 17 Credit Hours
    • ACCT 103 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting Credit(s): 3
    • ECON 205 - Business and Economic Statistics Credit(s): 3
    • MATH 213 - Applied Calculus Credit(s): 4
    • MGMT 263 - Business Law I Credit(s): 3 
    • Natural Science with lab - Credit(s): 4
  • Spring - 16 Credit Hours
    • INTD 205 - Business Communications Credit(s): 3
    • ACCT 270 - Managerial Accounting I Credit(s): 3
    • MGMT 264 - Business Law II Credit(s): 3
    • PHIL 237 - Ethical Issues in Business Credit(s): 3
    • Global Society: WCV - Credit(s): 4
• Third Year 
  • Fall - 15 Credit Hours
    • ACCT 301 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I Credit(s): 3
    • ACCT 310 - Introduction to Federal Income Taxation Credit(s): 3
    • MGMT 305 - Quantitative Methods Credit(s): 3 or
    • ECON 305 - Quantitative Methods Credit(s): 3
    • MGMT 300 - Organizational Behavior Credit(s): 3
    • Global Society: SST - Credit(s): 3
  • Spring - 15 Credit Hours
    • ACCT 302 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II Credit(s): 3
    • FNCE 311 - Managerial Finance Credit(s): 3 
    • MKTG 331 - Marketing Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 6
• Fourth Year 
  • Fall - 13 Credit Hours
    • ACCT 320 - Auditing I Credit(s): 3
    • ACCT 3xx-4xx Elective - Credit(s): 3 
    • Integrative & Applied Learning - Credit(s): 3
    • Elective - Credit(s): 4 
  • Spring - 12 Credit Hours
    • MGMT 390 - Strategic Management Credit(s): 3
    • FNCE 316 - International Finance  Credit(s): 3
    • ACCT 3xx-4xx Elective - Credit(s): 3 
    • Elective - Credit(s): 3 

Major courses taken at the 300 or 400-level should not be taken until the student has been accepted as a full major and has a Junior or Senior class standing.

Note: Variation in the order of courses is possible, depending upon prerequisites. Consult course information in the bulletin or your academic advisor to customize your eight semester plan.  

Attributes:

Sub Areas

Abbreviation	Definition
DPP	Diversity, Pluralism, Power
WCV	World Cultures & Values
CGC	Contemporary Global Challenges
CAI	Creativity & Innovation
SST	Sustainability

Learning Areas

Abbreviation	Definition
ARTS	Arts
HUMA	Humanities
SOSC	Social Science