The program in accounting provides students with a comprehensive foundation in the theory of accounting, financial accounting and reporting, managerial and cost accounting, taxation, concepts of auditing, and business law. It is built on a broad background in humanities, liberal arts, economics, and business administration.
The accounting program gives students the foundation and skills to pursue careers with public accounting firms, corporations, government, and nonprofit organizations. The program provides the background to sit for the Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.), Certified Management Accountant (C.M.A.), and Certified Internal Auditor (C.I.A.) examinations. Graduates of this program can also pursue further graduate or professional education.
Major Specific Courses
52:010:305 Intermediate Accounting I
52:010:306 Intermediate Accounting II
52:010:383 or 384 Individual Federal Tax Accounting or Corporate Federal Tax Accounting
52:010:390 Cost Accounting
52:010:401 Advanced Accounting
52:010:415 Concepts of Auditing
52:___:___ advanced business elective
52:___:___ advanced business elective
52:___:___ international business elective
Major Specific Elective Requirements
Advanced Business Electives:
Students are required to complete 6 credits in RSBC (school 52) courses
at or above the 300 level.
Accounting Internship (52:010:497) or Accounting Cooperative (52:010:498) course
may be applied to meet this requirement.
These courses may be from any of the disciplines listed: Accounting
(010), Business Administration (135), Finance (390), Human Resource Management
(533), Management (620), Ecommerce and Information Technology (623) or Marketing (630) AND must be at or
above the 300-level with the exception of Business Law II: Uniform Commercial Code (52:140:102).
No more than 6
credits of experiential learning (XPL) coursework may be applied toward major requirements.
International Business Elective:
Students are required to complete 3
credits in a course from the list below:
52:390:350
Multinational Corporate Finance
52:620:369
Multinational Business
52:623:445 Global
Issues in Ecommerce Technology
52:___:___ any
school of 52 learning abroad course
50:220:329 Economics of
International Finance
50:220:331
International Economics
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam Candidates
The Daniel J. Ragone Center for Excellence in Accounting offers CPA review
courses to rising RSBC seniors; for details, please visit
http://ragone.rutgers.edu. For a
complete listing of CPA exam requirements, please refer to the National
Association of State Boards of Accountancy:
http://www.nasba.org/nasbaweb/NASBAWeb.nsf/wpecusm?openform.
