Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Accountancy

Target Audience

This program is targeted at high school graduates who are contemplating careers in finance and accounting. In addition, the program is open to transfer students from other colleges and universities who would like to pursue the business portion of their academic studies at DePaul University.

Program Design

Liberal Arts Core

All undergraduate degree programs at DePaul have a liberal arts foundation. In the case of business degrees, the liberal arts foundation consists of 50% to 60% of the course work. The DePaul Liberal Arts core for Commerce students includes a substantial sequence of courses focusing on international perspectives.

Business Foundation

All Commerce students at DePaul are required to take a common core of courses that exposes them to the breadth of business subjects.

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Objectives of the Program

The undergraduate accounting program is designed to provide you with:

• the technical accounting knowledge necessary to obtain a relevant entry level accounting position upon graduation;
• the ability to critically analyze information, make decisions, and solve problems;
• business writing and oral communication skills;
• exposure to the technical knowledge required to pass the Certified Management Accountant Examination; and
• the knowledge with appropriate additional courses to complete the 225 quarter-hour education requirement to pass the Certified Public Accountant Examination.

Career Possibilities

Graduates of this program typically pursue financial and accounting oriented careers in industry, public accounting and government.

Major Requirements

Courses taken during Introductory Commerce Coursework

• ACC 101 Introduction to Accounting I
• ACC 102 Introduction to Accounting II

Students who declare the major prior to Autumn Quarter, September 10, 2008: 38 credit hours:

• ACC 202 Quantitative Methods in Accounting
• ACC 303 Cost and Managerial Accounting
• ACC 304 Financial Reporting I
• ACC 305 Financial Reporting II
• ACC 350 Information for Decision Making
• PPlus 5 ACC electives (300, 306, 308, 360, 372, 374, 380, 383, 393, 396, 398)

Students who declare the major beginning Autumn Quarter, September 10, 2008: 42 credit hours:

• ACC 202 Quantitative Methods in Accounting
• ACC 303 Cost and Managerial Accounting
• ACC 304 Financial Reporting I
• ACC 305 Financial Reporting II
• ACC 306 Financial Reporting III
• ACC 308 Advanced Financial Accounting
• ACC 372 Audit and Other Assurance Services I
• ACC 374 Audit and Other Assurance Services II
• ACC 380 Tax Treatment of Individuals and Property Transactions
• ACC 383 Tax Treatment of Corporations and Partnerships
• ACC 350 Information for Decision Making

Click here for the Accountancy Course Prerequisite Flowchart and the Suggested Major Sequence. Please note the sequence is a suggestion only for courses to take within a given year. Students may take courses in any order provided that prerequisites are met.

Minor Requirements

Declaration of the Major

For a student to become a major in accounting the following conditions must be met:/P>

• SStudent must have junior standing: the completion of 88 or more quarter hours and the completion of Phase I with grades of C- or better provided the cumulative GPA in Phase I courses is not less than 2.0.
  
• Transfer students must have completed 28 or more hours of work at DePaul.BR>
• GGrades of C- or better in all major courses completed, provided the major GPA is not less than 2.0.
  
• No Incomplete (IN) or Progress (R) grades in major or Commerce Phase I courses
  
• Completion of ACC 303 & ACC 304 with a C- or better
  
• A combined accountancy and cumulative GPA of 4.75