Accounting
Assessing financial operations and ensuring that organizations function efficiently, accountants and auditors prepare, examine and maintain accurate financial records.
Most employers require a candidate to have a bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field. Certification within a specific field of accounting improves job prospects. Many accountants become Certified Public Accountants (CPAs).
At Cal Lutheran, the curriculum provides a careful balance of accounting practice and theory, and consists of:
- A solid liberal arts core
- A carefully selected set of business-related classes
- Intensive work in all aspects of accounting
- Preparation for graduate studies and the CPA exam
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Major Requirements
Required credits: 76-78 credits minimum; 60 upper division credits. 2.0 minimum GPA.
Required Courses
Business
BUS 251 (4) Principles of Accounting
BUS 252 (4) Managerial Accounting
BUS 352A (4) Intermediate Accounting
BUS 352B (4) Intermediate Accounting
BUS 353 (4) Accounting Information Systems
BUS 367 (4) Behavior in Organizations
BUS 374 (4) Business Law
BUS 391 (4) Principles of Finance
BUS 451 (4) Cost Accounting
BUS 452 (4) Tax I
BUS 453 (4) Auditing
BUS 454 (4) Advanced Accounting
BUS 455 (4) Ethics for the Accounting Professional
BUS 462 (4) Tax II
BUS 484 (4) Senior Seminar in Accounting
ECON 311 (4) Statistical Methods
Economics
One of the following:
ECON 200 (3) Micro-Economics and ECON 201 (3) Macro-Economics
Or
ECON 203 (4) General Economics
Communications
One of the following:
BUS 301 (4) Communication for Managers
Or
COMM 306 (4) Business and Professional Communication
Mathematics
MATH 245 (4) Applied Calculus
Locations
All classes within this program are offered on-campus and in-person.