COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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Accountancy

Programs of Study, 1997-1999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


CORE CURRICULUM


Normally, students must register for not fewer than 12 hours or more than 18 hours in each semester. Students should take mathematics, economics, and accountancy courses in the semesters indicated in the sample schedule of courses. The computer science course must be taken during the first year. A required course that is failed must be repeated the next semester.

A student with fewer than 30 hours of credit is required to have his or her program for the semester approved by an adviser in the college office.

Up to 4 hours of credit in basic physical education may be counted in the 124 hours necessary for graduation. Physical education grades are counted in the graduation grade-point average.

Any course used to fill a specific degree requirement may not be taken on the credit-no credit grade option. Only free electives may be taken on the credit-no credit option.

HOURS

UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION REQUIREMENTS

4-7

Composition I: Principles of Composition1

3

Composition II: Business and Technical Writing or Advanced Rhetoric1

HOURS

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS1

24

A minimum of six courses is required, as follows:

 

Humanities and the Arts (3 courses):*

 

Literature and the Arts (1-2 courses)

 

Historical and philosophical perspectives (1-2 courses)

 

Natural sciences and technology (2 courses):**

 

Physical science (0-2 courses)

 

Biological science (0-2 courses)

 

Behavioral science (1 course)

 

Cultural Studies (2 courses):

 

Non-Western Cultures/U.S. Minorities (1 course)

 

Western Cultures (1 course)

HOURS

FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

0-12

Completion of the third semester or equivalent of one language is required. Completion of three years of a single language in high school satisfies this requirement.

*At least one of the courses in the Humanities and the Arts area must be a 200 or higher level course.

**It is strongly recommended that one course be taken in each area.

HOURS

BUSINESS CORE REQUIREMENTS

6

ACCY 201 and 202-Principles of Accounting, I and II

3

B ADM 200-Legal Environment of Business

3

B ADM 202-Principles of Marketing

3

B ADM 2102-Management and Organizational Behavior

3

B ADM 389-Business Policy

3

C S 105-Introduction to Computing with Application to Business and Commerce

6

ECON 102 and 103-Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Principles

6

ECON 172 and 173-Economic Statistics, I and II

3

ECON 300-Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

3

FIN 254-Corporate Finance

7

MATH 125 and 1343-Introductory Analysis for Social Scientists

3

SPCOM 101-Principles of Effective Speaking

49-50

Total business core requirements

HOURS

MAJOR

15-38

Courses to yield this total

HOURS

ELECTIVES

0-32

Elective course work

124 min

Total hours for the degree

1. For a list of the specific courses that meet this requirement, see the college Office of Undergraduate Affairs in 214 David Kinley Hall.

2. This course includes limited voluntary participation as a subject in experiments.

3. MATH 135, or MATH 120 and 130, or MATH 120 and 125 may be substituted for MATH 125 and 134. (See college mathematics requirement above.)

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

First year

 

HOURS

FIRST SEMESTER

3

ECON 102-Microeconomic Principles

3

MATH 125-Elementary Linear Algebra with Applications

3

C S 105-Introduction to Computing with Application to Business and Commerce

4

Composition I

3-4

General education or foreign language

16-17

Total

HOURS

SECOND SEMESTER

3

ECON 103-Macroeconomic Principles

4

MATH 134-Calculus for Social Scientists, I

3

SPCOM 101-Principles of Effective Speaking

3-4

General education or foreign language

3

General education

16-17

Total

Second year

 

HOURS

FIRST SEMESTER

3

ACCY 201-Principles of Accounting, I

3

ECON 172-Economic Statistics, I

6-7

General education or foreign language

3

General education or elective

15-16

Total

HOURS

SECOND SEMESTER

3

ACCY 202-Principles of Accounting, II

3

ECON 173-Economic Statistics, II

3

General education

6-7

General education or electives

15-16

Total

Third year

 

HOURS

FIRST SEMESTER

3

FIN 254-Corporate Finance

3

ECON 300-Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

3

B ADM 210-Management and Organizational Behavior

3

Major or elective or general education

3

Composition II

15

Total

HOURS

SECOND SEMESTER

3

B ADM 200-The Legal Environment of Business

3

B ADM 202-Principles of Marketing

9

Major and elective or general education

15

Total

Fourth year

 

HOURS

FIRST SEMESTER

15-16

Major and electives or general education

15-16

Total

HOURS

SECOND SEMESTER

12

Major and electives

3

B ADM 389-Business Policy

15

Total



COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Table of
Contents

Accountancy

Programs of Study, 1997-1999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign