Why Choose a Degree in Accounting?

An Accounting Degree prepares you to master the skills needed to excel in your chosen career. 

Requirements for an Accounting Degree

Requirements for the Management Major

Majors must complete a minimum of 30 credits in the major at Westfield State University in order to graduate.

Required Business Core - 39 Credits

• ACCT 0104 - Principles of Accounting I
• ACCT 0105 - Principles of Accounting II
• FINC 0207 - Financial Management
• MGMT 0107 - Software Applications in Management
• MGMT 0220 - Production/Operations Management
• MGMT 0221 - Business Management: A Survey of Organizational Development and Management Principles
• MGMT 0241 - Business Law I
• MGMT 0250 - Quantitative Approaches to Business Decisions
• MGMT 0308 - Organizational Development & Behavior
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• MGMT 0321 - Management Information Systems or
• ACCT 0345 - Accounting Information Systems (Accounting Concentration only)
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• MGMT 0325 - Business Policy and Strategy
• MGMT 0338 - International Business
• MRKT 0231 - Marketing Management

Non-Business Required Courses - 18 Credits

• ECON 0101 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• ECON 0102 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ENGL 0103 - Speech
• ENGL 0392 - Business and Technical Writing
• MATH 0108 - Elementary Statistics
• MATH 0115 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences *

Note:

* MATH 0105 or MATH 0106, Calculus I or II, will also satisfy this requirement.

Accounting - 18 Credits

 

• ACCT 0310 - Federal Income Taxation
• ACCT 0311 - Auditing
• ACCT 0315 - Financial Reporting I
• ACCT 0316 - Financial Reporting II
• ACCT 0317 - Cost Accounting
• ACCT 0318 - Financial Reporting III

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in the Common Core .