Accounting Curriculum
Accounting Major - Bachelor's Degree
General and Basic Requirements:
Business
BA 100 Introduction to Professional Development
BA 101 Business First-Year Seminar
BA 111 Business Decision-Making
BA 220 Business Professional Development II
BA 320 Civic Engagement
BA 420 Professional Presence (for transfer students who enter with 24 hours or higher)
English
ENGL 160 Academic Writing I: Writing in Academic and Public Contexts
ENGL 161 Academic Writing II: Writing for Inquiry and Research
Mathematics
MATH 160 Finite Mathematics for Business
MATH 165 Calculus for Business
Prerequisite for MATH 160 and MATH 165: Appropriate score on the department placement test; or Grade of C or better in MATH 110, or equivalent
Economics
ECON 120 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 121 Principles of Macroeconomics
Communications
COMM 100 Fundamentals of Human Communication
General Education Requirements:
1 course from each Subject Area:
Analyzing the Natural World
Exploring World Cultures
Understanding the Creative Arts
Understanding the Individual and Society
Understanding the Past
Understanding U.S. Society
The full list of General Education courses can be found here:
https://catalog.uic.edu/ucat/degree-programs/general-education/
MATH 160 and MATH 165 satisfy the Analyzing the Natural World course requirement.
COMM 100 satisfies the Understanding the Individual and Society course requirement.
ECON 120 satisfies the Understanding U.S. Society course requirement.
College of Business Requirements:
Accounting
ACTG 210 Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACTG 211 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Business
BA 200 Business Communication
Finance
FIN 300 Introduction to Finance
Information & Decision Sciences
IDS 200 Intro to Management Information Systems
IDS 270 Business Statistics I
IDS 355 Operations Management
Management
MGMT 340 Introduction to Organizations
MGMT 350 Business and Its External Environment
Marketing
MKTG 360 Introduction to Marketing
Advanced Quantitative Skills
ACTG 392 Data Analytics for Accountants
Global Business Perspective
ACTG 484 International Accounting
Competitive Strategy
ACTG 495 Competitive Strategy
Required Accounting Courses:
ACTG 315 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACTG 316 Intermediate Financial Accounting II
ACTG 326 Cost Accounting
ACTG 435 Auditing
ACTG 445 Federal Income Tax I
ACTG 474 Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Electives (Select 5 courses from the following):
ACTG 355 Business Law I: Commercial Transactions
ACTG 417 Advanced Financial Accounting
ACTG 436 Advanced Audit
ACTG 437 Fraud and Forensic Accounting
ACTG 446 Federal Income Tax II
ACTG 447 Tax Research
ACTG 456 Business Law II: Business Organizations
ACTG 465 Governmental and Non-Profit Accounting
ACTG 470 Ethical Environment of Business
ACTG 475 Database Accounting Systems
ACTG 476 Enterprise Accounting Systems
ACTG 484 International Accounting
ACTG 485 Valuation and Analysis
ACTG 492 Advanced Data Analytics for Accountants
ACTG 493 Accounting Cases, Research and Analysis
ACTG 494 Special Topics in Accounting
ACTG 355, ACTG 417, and ACTG 446 are strongly recommended by the Accounting department for students who intend to sit for the CPA exam
Accounting Major - Master's Degree
Required Courses:
ACTG 516 Financial Statement Analysis
ACTG 525 Management Control and Data-Based Decision Making
ACTG 535 Advanced Auditing
ACTG 545 Advanced Taxation of Business Entities
ACTG 570 The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
ACTG 590 Advanced Topics in Accounting
ACTG 592 Advanced Statistical Analyses for Accountants
ACTG 593 Professional Accounting Research
Accounting Minor
Required Courses:
ACTG 210 Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACTG 211 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACTG 315 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
9 additional semester hours from any of the 300-level and 400-level ACTG courses that fulfill the requirements for the Accounting major
Sample 4-Year Curriculum for First Year Students
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Freshman Year BA 101 BA 100
ECON 120 BA 111
ENGL 160 ENGL 161
COMM 100 ACTG 210
Mathematics course Mathematics course
Sophomore Year MGMT 340 BA 200
ACTG 211 BA 220
FIN 300 IDS 200
IDS 270 Major course (ex. ACTG 315)
MKTG 360 Major course (ex. ACTG 326)
Junior Year BA 320 Major course (ex. ACTG 435)
ECON 121 Major course (ex. ACTG 445)
IDS 355 Major course (ex. ACTG 474)
MGMT 350 Major course
Major course (ex. ACTG 316) General Education course (Exploring World Cultures)
Advanced Quantitive Skills course (ACTG 392)
Senior Year Major course Competitive Strategy course (ACTG 495)
Major course Major course
Major course General Elective course
Global Business Perspective course (ACTG 484) General Education course (Understanding the Past)
General Education course (Understanding the Creative Arts)