Accounting Program Requirements for 2023-2024

B.S. in Accounting

All courses designated as accounting courses (ACCT) that may be applied to the major are included in the determination of the grade point average in the major.

Requirements

Business School Core - 27 credits

  • ACCT 101 – Principles of Accounting I (3)
  • ACCT 102 – Principles of Accounting II (3)
  • FINA 315 – Introduction to Corporate Finance (3)
  • MGMT 203 – The Legal Environment of Business (3)
  • MGMT 211 – Managing Team and Organizational Behavior (3)
  • MGMT 357 – Information Technology Management (3)
  • MGMT 409 – Operations Management (3)*
  • MGMT 432 – Strategic Management (3)*
  • MKTG 221 – Marketing Principles (3)

Globalization Course – 3 credits

Choose  ONE course from the following group.

  • ECON 340C – International Economic Policy (3)**
  • FINA 413 – International Banking and Finance (3)
  • MGMT 312 – International Business Management (3)

Accounting Courses – 25 credits

  • ACCT 201 – Intermediate Accounting I (3)
  • ACCT 202 – Intermediate Accounting II (3)*
  • ACCT 301 – Cost Accounting (3)
  • ACCT 304 – Advanced Financial Accounting (3)*
  • ACCT 310 – Career Planning (1)****
  • ACCT 311 – Introduction to Federal Taxation (3)*
  • ACCT 360 – Introduction to Accounting Information Systems (3)
  • ACCT 401 – Auditing (3)*
  • ACCT 415 – Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (3)*

Finance Course – 3 credits

Choose  ONE course from the following:

  • FINA 316 – Intermediate Financial Management I (3)
  • FINA 336 – Investments I (3)

Additional Electives – 3–6 credits

  • One or two** additional accounting (ACCT), finance (FINA), human resources (HRMG), management (MGMT), or marketing (MKTG) elective at the 300 or 400 level, excluding MGMT 491, MKTG 490, MKTG 491, HRMG 491, and FINA 495.

Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses – 60 credits

Some of the following courses may be used to fulfill Fisher Core requirements.

  • ECON 105C – P3 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
  • ECON 106C – P3 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
  • ECON 221 – SQ Statistics I (3)
  • MATH 111C or MATH 112C (3)***
  • Additional liberal arts and sciences courses to total 60 credits

Total: 121 credits

*These courses must be taken at St. John Fisher University.

**If ECON 340C is taken to meet the globalization requirement, then two accounting, finance, human resources, management, or marketing electives must be taken.

***Students may take MATH 119C, 120C or 122C to meet the mathematics requirement.

****FINA 310 may be substituted for dual ACCT/FINA majors.

Note:  Except as noted, a course used to satisfy the requirements under one of the subdivisions above may not also be used to satisfy the requirements under a different subdivision. Since 61 credits of business and 60 credits of liberal arts are required, the minimum number of credits to complete the program is 121; students who begin their studies at St. John Fisher University as freshmen and complete ITDY 101 Freshman Seminar will complete the program with 122 credits.

Notes on the Accounting Requirements

  • At least half of the accounting (ACCT) courses must be taken at the University.
  • Students must pay careful attention to course prerequisites; not doing so could delay progress through the program.
  • Accounting majors may not declare a minor in management.
  • If accounting majors wish to minor in finance, not all of the courses used to meet the minor requirements may be embedded in the major. At least one course taken for the minor must be distinct from any course used to meet a major requirement in accounting.

Minor in Accounting

A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence that may be applied to the minor. The minor requires 18 credits in accounting courses taken at the University or accepted in transfer as Fisher accounting courses.

Requirements

  • ACCT 101 – Principles of Accounting I (3)
  • ACCT 102 – Principles of Accounting II (3)
  • FOUR ACCT electives (200 level or above)

Total: 18 credits

Note: Accounting electives for the minor must be three-credit courses that begin with the prefix ACCT.

Note: The program requirements listed are for the current academic year. Past and future program requirements may differ.