2007-2008 Academic Catalog
Business and Economics Majors and Minors
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- Business and Economics Majors and Minors
- Accounting Major
- Business Administration Major
- Economics Major
- Accounting Minor
- Business Administration Minor
- Economics Minor
- Course Descriptions
Accounting Major (BA)
This major offers a 52-semester-hour course of study, enabling students to acquire the necessary technical and professional skills for successful careers in public, managerial, or governmental accounting. Like other majors in the Department of Business and Economics, it requires completion of a general business core and COMM 100 Introduction to Communication as well as specialized courses. Students are required to obtain a minimum grade of C- in all courses taken for the major.
Special General Education Requirements
COMM 100 Introduction to Communication (3)
Students must choose a MATH course, not a CSIS course, for the general education mathematics requirement
Major Requirements
Business Core (30 hours)
ACCT 271 Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 272 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
BUSN 110 Introduction to Business (3)
BUSN 240 Statistics for Business and Economics (3)
BUSN 300 Management (3)
BUSN 310 Financial Management (3)
BUSN 340 Marketing (3)
BUSN 360 Business Law (3)
ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
Accounting Core (22 hours)
ACCT 350 Taxation (4)
ACCT 370 Accounting Information Systems (2)
ACCT 371 Financial Accounting and Reporting (4)
ACCT 372 Financial Accounting and Reporting (4)
ACCT 471 Advanced Accounting (4)
ACCT 472 Auditing (4)
Electives
Students are encouraged to consider the following electives to enhance their major:
ACCT 405 Volunteer Tax Assistance (1) (encouraged)
ACCT 475 Field Experience (1-6) (encouraged)
BUSN 390 Ethics in the Workplace (3)
BUSN 485 Selected Topics (1-3)
BUSN 495 Special Study (1-3)
ECON 340 Public Economics (3)
ECON 360 Global Political Economy (3)
Faculty will work with students on an individual basis to prepare them for the national certified public accounting examination. The broad educational experience provided by George Fox University should enable an accounting major the flexibility to design his or her own program.
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