Accounting Major: Sample 4-Year Plan

The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.

Sample Four Year Plan: Accounting (BS)

Semester 1

- TRU 120: First-Year Seminar (3 cr)
- BSAD 153: Introduction to Business Data Analytics (*) (1 cr)
- COMM 170: Public Speaking (3 cr)
- Math Course (as placed) (3-5 cr)
- Foreign Language (as placed) (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)

(*) = Can take in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.

Semester 2

- BSAD 153: Introduction to Business Data Analytics (*) (1 cr)
- ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking (3 cr)
- Math Course (as placed), OR STAT 190: Basic Statistics (3-5 cr)
- Foreign Language (as placed) (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)

(*) = Can take in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.

Semester 3

- Math Course (as placed), OR STAT 190: Basic Statistics (3-5 cr)
- ACCT 220: Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr)
- BSAD 234: Legal Environment of Business (*) (3 cr)
- DATA 222: Data Science (*) (3 cr)
- ECON 200: Principles of Macroeconomics, OR ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics (**) (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)

(*) = Can take in either Semester 3 or Semester 4.
(**) = Both ECON 200 & 201 are required. ECON 205: Principles of Economics covers both courses (5 cr).

Semester 4

- Math Course (as placed) (3-5 cr)
- ACCT 221: Introduction to Management Accounting (3 cr)
- BSAD 234: Legal Environment of Business (*) (3 cr)
- DATA 222: Data Science (*) (3 cr)
- ECON 200: Principles of Macroeconomics, OR ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics (**) (3 cr)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (3 cr)

(*) = Can take in either Semester 3 or Semester 4.
(**) = Both ECON 200 & 201 are required. ECON 205: Principles of Economics covers both courses (5 cr).

Semester 5

- ACCT 302: Intermediate Financial Accounting I (3 cr)
- ACCT 367 Accounting Information Systems (3 cr)
- BSAD 349: Organizational Behavior (3 cr)
- ACCT 319: Cost/Management Accounting (*) (3 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/____________ (*) (3cr)
- BSAD 353: Information Management and Data Analytics (*) (3 cr)
Choose 1-2 of the following:
- BSAD 325: Principles of Marketing (3 cr)
- BSAD 329: Principles of Finance (3 cr)
- ACCT 407: Federal Taxation (3 cr)

(*) = Can take in either Semester 5 or Semester 6.

Semester 6

- ACCT 303: Intermediate Financial Accounting II (3 cr)
- BSAD 352: Operations Management (3 cr)
- ACCT 319: Cost/Management Accounting (*) (3 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/____________ (*) (3cr)
- BSAD 353: Information Management and Data Analytics (*) (3 cr)
- B.S. Required Support course
Choose 1-2 of the following:
- BSAD 329: Principles of Finance (3 cr)
- BSAD 325: Principles of Marketing (3 cr)
- ACCT 407: Federal Taxation (3 cr)

(*) = Can take in either Semester 5 or Semester 6.

Semester 7

- ACCT 417: Auditing (3 cr)
- BSAD 460: WE/Strategic Management: Capstone (3 cr)
- B.S. Required Support course (as needed)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (as needed)
- Elective courses (as needed)

Semester 8

- ACCT 498: WE/Accounting Capstone (3 cr)
- B.S. Required Support course (as needed)
- Dialogues Curriculum course (as needed)
- Elective courses (as needed)

NOTES:

• WE = Writing Enhanced course
• If you have not completed the Civics Exam, we recommend doing so in your first year.
• Truman students are required to complete a Portfolio to graduate. We recommend starting to compile your work for the Portfolio sooner than later.
• Students must complete their Application to Graduate the semester prior to graduating. Apply to graduate through TruView.
• Graduating seniors need to complete their seniors test and questionnaire. We recommend reviewing the Assessment & Testing page to plan accordingly.
• The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.

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