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The Craig School of Business is proud to be recognized as one of the best business schools in the state. The school provides active, engaged learning experiences to empower future business leaders. State of the art computer labs are open day and night, with staff available to answer technical questions, and all student areas within the Peters Business Building have wireless Internet access.

Undergraduates with a Bachelor of Science Degree/Accounting Option are trained to pursue numerous career opportunities in Public Accounting (CPA Firms), Private Industry (accounting, audit, or analyst work for Agriculture, Retail, Manufacturing, and Service companies), and Governmental/ Regulatory/ Not for Profit entities (accounting or audit work for federal or state agencies, and charitable organizations).

Accountancy option students often pursue professional certifications/licenses including the CPA state license (state license as a Certified Public Accountant), the CMA (industry designation for management accounting) and the CIA (industry designation for internal auditing).

Interesting Classes You Might Take

• Financial Accounting Principles and Systems
• Managerial Accounting Principles and Systems
• Federal Income Taxation of Entities
  and the Federal Uniform Estate and Gift Tax
• Auditing
• International Accounting

What You Can Learn

• The theory and practice of flowcharting
• How to evaluate internal accounting controls in computer systems environments
• Learn about the interrelationships of people, procedures, and equipment
• Financial accounting for corporate entities

All students in the Craig School of Business who are working toward the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must satisfy (a) the university's General Education requirements; (b) pre-business requirements, which include demonstration of computer competency, a seven-course group of pre-business courses, and both a cumulative and campus GPA of at least 2.25 to declare an option; (c) upper-division core requirements of six upper-division courses, (d) option requirements of 24 units in an area of specialization; (e) the upper-division writing skills requirement; (f) an integrative course requirement; and (g) complete at least 50 percent of the required business units in the Craig School of Business.

Computer literacy and computer software competency are considered essential to success in the program, which is heavily oriented in the use of technology. The pre-business courses include material considered essential for further study in business. The upper-division core courses provide a broad background and a breadth of knowledge and understanding. The option courses enable the student to specialize in a specific area of business and to prepare for effective performance in future employment.