Bachelors of Science in Accounting

The B. S. in Accounting requires 120 hours of college coursework, 30 hours are in the accounting curriculum, including study in written and oral communications, computer science, humanities and science, global diversity, and mathematics and quantitative reasoning. Coursework in the College of Business includes study in Finance, Economics, Management, Marketing, Business Law, and Decision Science. This curriculum provides students exposure to the global, political, social, legal, ethical, regulatory, environmental, and technological issues in business. Each accounting course in the B.S. program has been designed to provide specific content coverage as well as professional skills. Students completing the undergraduate accounting degree are ready to apply to many certifications such as the Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), or Certified Financial Manager (CFM).

Core classes required for Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree: 

• ACCT 1010 [2010] - Principles of Accounting I
• ACCT 1020 [2020] - Principles of Accounting II
• ACCT 2230 - Intermediate Accounting I
• ACCT 2240 - Cost Accounting I
• ACCT 3070 - Tax I
• ACCT 3430 - Intermediate Accounting II
• ACCT 3610 [2040, 3010] - Accounting Information Systems I
• ACCT 3830 - Intermediate Accounting III
• ACCT 4050 - Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
• ACCT 4060 - Auditing I
• ACCT 4600 - Professionalism & Ethics

Elective Accounting Courses (choose one)

• ACCT 4010 - Accounting Information Systems II
• ACCT 4540 - Cost Accounting II 
• ACCT 4830 - Survey of International Accounting

The Academic Advising Office has the complete undergraduate Accounting degree course curriculum, and the University Catalog contains the course descriptions.

Non-accounting elective courses available to accounting students: 

Your elective courses, chosen from both the College of Business and other parts of the University, will help you focus on your areas of interest. We want you to build special depth in an area outside the college that compliments your accounting interest, and we'll help you select that area.

We've developed a list of departments whose offerings naturally compliment accounting. Among these departments are: Communications, Computer Science, Foreign Languages, Ag Business, and so on. If you have an area of interest we haven't considered, we'll be happy to chat with you about it and help you design a program that is unique to you. Our intention with this complimentary area is to enable you to develop a secondary area of expertise that enables you to distinguish yourself when it's time for you to graduate and enter the workforce.

For more information, please email the accounting department at acctdept@uwyo.edu.