Accounting, BS
Program Description
The top priority of the Utah Tech Accounting Department is to facilitate the development of value-added accounting graduates; graduates who, immediately upon employment, excel at all of the following:
- generating bank reconciliations
- creating and analyzing financial statements
- producing individual and entity tax returns and professional quality tax research memos
- completing staff-level audit tasks
- interacting comfortably with practitioners and clients
Our accounting graduates acquire value-added skills and applicable knowledge in highly interactive, student-oriented learning environments. Accomplished faculty teach accounting concepts in the context of their application, transcending Utah Tech’s accounting education from merely theoretical to an applied, heuristic learning experience. If you would like to distinguish yourself from the crowd of traditionally textbook trained accounting graduates, come to Utah Tech University where you can get the best “can do” accounting education under the sun.
Program Curriculum
120 credits
Utah Tech General Education Requirements
All Utah Tech General Education requirements must be fulfilled. A previously earned degree may fulfill those requirements, but courses must be equivalent to Utah Tech's minimum General Education standards in American Institutions, English, and Mathematics.
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
General Education Core Requirements | ||
English | 3-7 | |
Mathematics | 3-5 | |
American Institutions | 3-6 | |
Life Sciences | 3-10 | |
Physical Sciences | 3-5 | |
Fine Arts | 3 | |
Literature/Humanities | 3 | |
Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 | |
Exploration | 3-5 |
Business Core Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
ACCT 2010 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 2020 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
ECON 2010 | Micro Economics (SS, GC) | 3 |
FIN 3150 | Managerial Finance I | 3 |
ISA 2010 | Proficiency in Excel & SQL | 3 |
ISA 2050 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
MGMT 3050 | Business Law I: Law in the Commercial Environment | 3 |
MGMT 3100 | Business Ethics and Professional Writing | 3 |
MGMT 3400 | Management & Organizations | 3 |
MKTG 3010 | Marketing Principles (ALPP) | 3 |
STAT 2040 | Business Statistics | 3 |
Total Hours | 33 |
Accounting Core Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
ACCT 3001 | Accounting Intermediate Career Strategies | 1 |
ACCT 3010 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
ACCT 3020 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
ACCT 3300 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 3400 | Tax Accounting I | 3 |
ACCT 3440 | Tax Practicum I | 1 |
ACCT 3500 | Accting Practicum Techniques | 2 |
ACCT 4100 | Auditing | 3 |
ACCT 4150 | Forensic Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 4600 | Accounting Practicum | 3 |
ECON 2020 | Macro Economics (SS, GC) | 3 |
or ECON 3010 | Managerial Economics | |
ISA 3020 | SQL & Python for Analytics | 3 |
MATH 1100 | Business Calculus (MA) | 3 |
or MATH 1210 | Calculus I (MA) | |
or MGMT 4040 | Quantitative Decision Analysis | |
MGMT 3600 | Operations and Supply Chain Management (ALPP) | 3 |
Specializations: Select two courses (6 credits) from the list below: | ||
FIN 3100 | Financial Planning for Professionals | 3 |
FIN 3750 | Introduction to Investments | 3 |
FIN 4150 | Managerial Finance II | 3 |
FIN 4380 | Financial Modeling and Decision Making | 3 |
ISA 4060 | Big Data Analytics | 3 |
ISA 4070 | Data Visualization and Storytelling | 3 |
MGMT 4800 | Strategic Management (ALPP) | 3 |
Other Business Electives
Complete additional elective courses to bring the total number of credits to no less than 120 and upper-division credits to no less than 40. A course may only be used to fulfill one program requirement.
Graduation Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 120 college-level credits (1000 and above).
- Complete at least 40 upper-division credits (3000 and above).
- Complete at least 30 upper-division credits at Utah Tech for institutional residency.
- Maximum 12 upper-division transfer credits may fulfill Utah Tech Business program requirements.
- Cumulative GPA 2.0 or higher.
- Minimum C- grade and 2.5 GPA in Core Business Requirement, Accounting, and Business Elective courses.