Accounting, BA
Earn a major or minor in accounting!
Accountants – especially Malone accountants – are in high demand!
Choose from a variety of fields or environments as you prepare for your future by taking courses in accounting, economics, and
business administration. Malone’s emphases on integrity, ethics, and service
add the essential ingredients for which employers are searching. After completing
your degree, you’ll be able to candidate for the CMA and CFM certifications –
as well as earn the chance to pursue CPA certification.
An Accounting minor also is available - see requirements below.
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- Amy (Shell) Cribbs
2000 Alumna
Required courses are:
- ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting I
- ACCT 212 - Principles of Accounting II
- ACCT 311 - Intermediate Accounting I
- ACCT 312 - Intermediate Accounting II
- ACCT 313 - Cost Accounting
- ACCT 371 - Management of Information Systems
- ACCT 411 - Advanced Accounting I
- ACCT 412 - Advanced Accounting II
- ACCT 421 - Tax Accounting I
- ACCT 422 - Tax Accounting II
- ACCT 423 - Auditing Theory
- BUS 240 - Statistics for Business
- BUS 302 - Business Law
- BUS 311 - Marketing
- BUS 330 - Christian Ethics: Implications and Applications in Business
- BUS 332 - Business Finance
- BUS 342 - Management Principles
- BUS 361 - International Business
- BUS 423 - Operations Management
- BUS 453 - Strategic Management
- ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 203 - Principles of Microeconomics
A grade of C or higher is required in both ACCT 211 and ACCT 212 in order to be admitted into the major.
You must have a minimum major GPA of 2.25 to graduate with the accounting major.
- BUS 240 meets the Quantitative Reasoning requirement of the general education program.
- ECON 202 meets the American Cultures and Institutions and the Social Science requirements of the general education program.
The accounting major is a combination of accounting and business administration courses that prepares you 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 you to pursue the CPA certification through further education as a graduate or undergraduate student or through the testing option.
If you want to meet the CPA candidacy requirements through 150 hours of education, you may do so by entering the Malone University 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 University MBA program is possible by meeting the requirements set by the School of Business and Leadership. The accounting major also meets the admissions requirements of many other business and accounting graduate programs.
Accounting Minor
- ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting I
- ACCT 212 - Principles of Accounting II
- ACCT 311 - Intermediate Accounting I
- ACCT 312 - Intermediate Accounting II
Any two of the following six courses:
