Accounting Sample Plan of Study

SUNY Poly Department of Business Management
Four Year Plan - BS in Accounting


SUNY POLY General Education Requirements

  1. Maximum 76 lower division credits transfer
  2. Minimum credit distribution:
    1. 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:

  1. Basic Communication (ENG 101 or equivalent and COM 307 Business Communications required by program)
  2. MAT 112 Elements of Calculus or MAT151 Calculus I (program requirement)
  3. Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
  4. Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
  5. Flex General Education categories 1-6 as shown below: (minimum 3 of 6 required)
    1. The Arts
    2. Humanities
    3. Social Sciences (fulfilled by ECO 110, Microeconomics)
    4. U.S. History and Civic Engineering
    5. World History and Global Awareness
    6. 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. 

 

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