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Major

A major consists of 66 hours of accounting, economics, and business administration courses. Required courses are ECON 202, 203; ACCT 211, 212, 311, 312, 313, 371, 411, 412, 421, 422, 423; BUS 240, 302, 311, 330, 332, 342, 361, 423, 453. A grade of C or higher is required in both ACCT 211 and ACCT 212 in order to be admitted into the major. BUS 361 and ECON 202 or 203 replace SOSC 210 and SOSC 215 respectively in the General Education Program. BUS 240 meets the Data Analysis requirement of the General Education Program. A student who is not familiar with the use of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, should take BUS 112: Fundamentals of Computer Applications.

The accounting major is a combination of accounting and business administration courses that prepare the student to immediately enter the accounting profession and to seek professional certification. The major meets all educational requirements to become a candidate for the CMA and CFM certifications. The major contains the courses required by Ohio law to allow the student to pursue the CPA certification through further education as a graduate or undergraduate student or through the testing option. If a student wishes to meet the CPA candidacy requirements through 150 hours of education, he/she may do so by entering the Malone College MBA program or by following a program of undergraduate courses designed to meet the needs of the particular student. Admission as an undergraduate senior into the Malone College MBA program is possible by meeting the requirements set by the Graduate School of Malone College. The accounting major also meets the admissions requirements of many other business and accounting graduate programs.

A minor in accounting will be awarded to students who complete the following eighteen hours of courses and meet the College required minimum cgpa of 2.25 in those courses. All candidates for the minor must take ACCT 211, 212, 311, 312 and a minimum of two courses from among the following: ACCT 313, 411, 412, 421, 422, 423. (In addition, please see the general guidelines for minors found in this catalog.)