Accounting, Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
The 120-hour undergraduate accounting program is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions in careers related to governmental and industry/manufacturing accounting. This program will not qualify graduates to sit for the CPA examination in Virginia. The focus of the undergraduate program is of high quality and professional education at the foundation level with strong emphasis on management control systems, cost analysis and governmental/not-for-profit (nonprofit) accounting.
The major requirements of the program are outlined below. For details on the entire program, see the General requirements for business degrees section of this bulletin.
| Major requirements | Credits |
| ACCT 303 Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 304 Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 306 Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 307 Accounting Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 401 Governmental and Not-for-profit Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 405 Tax Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 410 Advanced Tax Accounting | 3 |
| Required accounting electives (from list below) | 6 |
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| Accounting electives (select two courses from the following) |
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| ACCT 402 Advanced Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 403 Management Control Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 506 Auditing | 3 |