SUNY Poly Department of Business Management
Four Year Plan - BS in Accounting
SUNY POLY General Education Requirements
- Maximum 76 lower division credits transfer
- Minimum credit distribution:
- BS Degree: 62 Arts/Sciences, 39 Business, 24 Accounting, open elective(s) as needed = 125 minimum
| Year One - Fall Semester | Credit | Year One - Spring Semester | Credit | |
| Elem of Calculus (MAT 112 or equivalent) | 4 | Financial Acct. (ACC 201 or equivalent) | 4 | |
| Gen Ed course (Natural Science) | 4 | Computer Applications | 4 | |
| Basic Communication (ENG 101 or equivalent) | 4 | Macroeconomics (ECO 112 or equivalent) | 4 | |
| Gen Ed course* | 4 | Business Law (BUS 105 Or equivalent) | 4 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |
| Year Two - Fall Semester | Credit | Year Two - Spring Semester | Credit | |
| Statistics (STA 100 or equivalent, Gen Ed Mathematics) | 4 | Microeconomics (ECO 110 or equiv., Gen Ed Social Sciences) | 4 | |
| Business Law 2(BUS 306 or equivalent) | 4 | Cost Acct.(ACC 370 or equivalent) | 4 | |
| Gen Ed course | 4 | Behavioral Science (e.g., PSY 100, SOC 100 or equivalent) | 4 | |
| Gen Ed course | 4 | |||
| Total | 12 | Total | 16 | |
| Year Three - Fall Semester | Credit | Year Three - Spring Semester | Credit | |
| COM 307 (Upper Division writing) | 4 | Marketing Principles (MKT 301 or equivalent) | 4 | |
| Org. Behavior (MGT 307 or equivalent) | 4 | MIS (MIS 315 or equivalent) | 4 | |
| Finance Principles (FIN 302 or equivalent) | 4 | Intermediate 2 (ACC 386 or equivalent; upper- division) | 4 | |
| Intermediate 1 (ACC 385 or equivalent); upper- division | 4 | Income tax 1 (ACC 310 or equivalent; upper- division) | 4 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 | |
| Year Four - Fall Semester | Credit | Year Four - Spring Semester | Credit | |
| Mangement Science ( MGS 411 or equivalent) | 4 | Management Policy (BUS 485 or equivalent) | 4 | |
| Issues in Business & Society (BUS 451 or equiv.) | 4 | Advanced accouting (ACC 475 or equivalent; upper-division) | 4 | |
| Auditing (ACC 450 or equivalent; upper- division | 4 | Second finance (FIN 322, 341, 411, 420) | 4 | |
| Gen Ed course | 4 | Gen Ed course | 4 | |
| Total | 16 | Total | 16 |
NOTES:
- Basic Communication (ENG 101 or equivalent and COM 307 Business Communications required by program)
- MAT 112 Elements of Calculus or MAT151 Calculus I (program requirement)
- Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
- Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
- Flex General Education categories 1-6 as shown below: (minimum 3 of 6 required)
- The Arts
- Humanities
- Social Sciences (fulfilled by ECO 110, Microeconomics)
- U.S. History and Civic Engineering
- World History and Global Awareness
- World Languages
Sequence of accounting courses: ACC 201 => ACC 370, ACC 310, ACC 385; ACC 385 => ACC 386; ACC 386 => ACC 450, ACC 475
Plan subject to change based on approved curriculum revisions
- Please see the Undergraduate Catalog or the list of courses fulfilling a specific Gen Ed course area.
