Course variations

Course summary

This program is designed to prepare students for professional positions as employees. Graduates are qualified for jobs as cost accountants, as accountants within a governmental unit, as production accountants for a manufacturer, as project managers, or as internal auditors.

Program modules

The modules are Acct 305 Accounting Information Systems (3 cr), Acct 315 Intermediate Financial Accounting I (3 cr), Acct 385 Cost and Management Accounting (3 cr), Acct 414 Intermediate Financial Accounting II (3 cr), Acct 483 Fundamentals of Federal Taxation (3 cr), Acct 492 Auditing and Controls (3 cr), Accounting electives chosen from the following (6 cr): Acct 415 Advanced Financial Accounting and Reporting (3 cr), Acct 440 Fraud Examination (3 cr), Acct 484 Federal Taxation of Entities (3 cr), Acct 486 Contemporary Management Accounting Issues (3 cr), Acct 530 Accounting for Public Sector Entities (3 cr), Acct 585 Estate Planning (3 cr), BLaw 420 Commercial Law (3 cr), BLaw 425 Law of Business Entities (3 cr), Additional courses in communication or writing beyond the UI core (6 cr), Comm 235 Organizational Communication (3 cr), Comm 335 Intercultural Communication (3 cr), Comm 347 Persuasion (3 cr), Engl 207 Persuasive Writing (3 cr), Engl 209 Inquiry-Based Writing (3 cr), Engl 313 Business Writing (3 cr), Engl 316 Environmental Writing (3 cr), Engl 317 Technical Writing (3 cr), Phil 201 Critical Thinking (3 cr), Phil 361 Professional Ethics (3 cr, max 6), One of the following CBE courses may be substituted for one of the communication/writing elective courses: Bus 353 Data and Information Management (3 cr), Bus 355 Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr), Bus 378 Project Management (3 cr), Bus 412 Human Resource Management (3 cr), Bus 414 Entrepreneurship (3 cr), Bus 415 New Venture Creation (3 cr), Bus 416 Staffing and Compensation (3 cr), Bus 427 Services Marketing (3 cr), Bus 428 Marketing Management (3 cr), Bus 456 Quality Management (3 cr), Bus 461 Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits (3 cr), Bus 463 Portfolio Management (3 cr), Bus 464 Derivatives and Financial Engineering (3 cr), Bus 472 Operations Planning and Scheduling (3 cr).

Entry requirement for international students

Students who have no previous work at the post-secondary level must have at least a 2.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) from a secondary school. Students must also meet the criteria for admission to university level study in their home country. Students must have any one of the following as proof of English competency - TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 525 on the paper test or 70 on the internet based test; completion of the University of Idaho American Language and Culture Program (ALCP); SAT critical reading with a minimum score of 500; IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 6.0; Cambridge CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) with a pass; Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) with a pass; Cambridge International 'O' Levels with a pass; MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery) with a score of 74. English proficiency demonstration is waived for any applicant who has a previous degree at an accredited U.S. institution or who have taken English classes at U.S. institutions and passed those classes or students from countries where English is the native language and/or the official language for academic instruction.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

University Of Idaho

Department name

College of Business and Economics, Department of Accounting