Accounting
Accreditation:
Southeast Missouri State University has received AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) International Accreditation. AACSB International is the professional association for college and university management education and the premier accrediting agency for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.
Overview:
If you're good with numbers and a stickler for details you might want to consider accounting as a career. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the median wage for accountants and auditors was almost $60,000 annually in 2008, and the demand for accounting graduates is expected to grow by 18 percent, faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2016. Our accounting curriculum teaches the rules and procedures of financial, cost, tax and governmental accounting. In addition, you sharpen your technology skills and learn to conduct an audit.
Requirements:
Requirements for Admission to the Accounting program at the Harrison College of Business: -
- Earn a minimum 2.5 overall grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale
- Completion of 60 semester hours
- A grade of "C" or better in each lower level business core and support course:
- SC105 – Oral Communication
- EN100 – English Composition
- AD101 – Micro Computer Applications
- MA134 – College Algebra
- EN140 – Critical Thinking
- EC215 – Micro Economics
- MA139 – Applied Calculus
- AD252 – Business Communications
- EC225 – Macro Economics
- AC221 – Financial Accounting
- MG257 – Business Statistics
- BL255 – Legal Environment of Business
- AC222 – Managerial Accounting
Degree Requirements:
http://www.semo.edu/bulletin/pdf/2012_Curricula.pdf
Career Information:
http://www.semo.edu/careerlinkages/students/with_this_major/html/accounting.html