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Accounting FAQs
3. How do I prepare at CWU for an accounting career ?
All accounting
professionals need:
A broad business education that allows them
to understand the entire business and
to communicate with non-accountants and
An accounting education that allows them to
communicate with accountants in other specializations.
Consequently, CWU accounting majors must take a
variety of courses in finance, marketing, management, and operations management
and information systems. They also must take a common core of accounting
courses:
Sophomore Year-
ACCT 251, Accounting I; ACCT 252,
Accounting II
Junior Year-
ACCT 305 Cost Accounting; ACCT 346,
Income Tax Accounting; ACCT 350,
Intermediate Accounting I; ACCT 351,
Intermediate Accounting II
Senior Year-
ACCT 455, Accounting Information Systems (or OMIS
386); ACCT 460, Auditing
They also must select from the following
electives so that they have a total of 40 credit hours in upper division
accounting courses (300-400).
| ACCT 405 Advanced Cost Accounting
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ACCT 430 Accounting for Non-Profit
Organizations |
| ACCT 431 CPA Review of Non-Profit
Accounting |
ACCT 444 Tax Research and Planning |
| ACCT 446 Income Tax Accounting II
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ACCT 450 Advanced Accounting
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| ACCT 461 Fraud Examination
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ACCT 470 Accounting Theory |
| ACCT 475 International Accounting |
ACCT 484 Professional Writing and
Speaking for the Accountant |
| ACCT 485 Current Issues in
Accounting |
ACCT 489 Managerial Controllership |
| BUS 341 Advanced Business Law |
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Additional information is available in CWU's
online
course catalog.
In addition, accounting majors who plan to take
the CPA exam must have a total of 225 quarter hour credits. CWU offers a
Master of Professional Accountancy program to
help majors meet this requirement.
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