Accounting, B.A.

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William Hitchcock, MBA, Dean

General Education	36-39 credits
Major	57-58 credits
General Elective	23-27 credits

Student Learning Outcomes - Accounting

Summarize legal issues related to business transactions and activities
Analyze data to effectively inform business decisions
Produce written communications appropriate for a professional business setting
Employ oral communication appropriate for a professional business setting
Apply principles of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) to moral dilemmas in business
Analyze complex problems relevant to the sub-discipline of Financial Accounting
Analyze complex problems relevant to the sub-discipline of Managerial Accounting
Analyze complex problems relevant to the sub-discipline of Auditing
Analyze complex problems relevant to the sub-discipline of Taxation

General Education Requirements

Requirements for the major in Accounting (B.A.):

Students must earn a cumulative average of 2.000 or better in all L.ACC, L.BAN, L.BUS, and L.CIT courses and complete a minimum of 12 credits of upper level courses in their major (beyond core and supporting) at Loras College, including the capstone course.

L.COM 110 - Oral Communication as Critical Inquiry Credits: 3
L.ACC 227 - Managerial Accounting Credits: 3
L.ACC 228 - Financial Accounting Credits: 3
L.BUS 317 - Business Law I Credits: 3
L.BUS 350 - Managerial Finance Credits: 3
L.CIT 221 - Data Analysis Credits: 3
Elective: L.BAN, BUS, CFP, CIT, ECO or SMG Credits: 3
Elective: L.BAN, BUS, CFP, CIT, ECO or SMG Credits: 3
Elective: L.BAN, BUS, CFP, CIT, ECO or SMG Credits: 3
L.ACC 331 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I Credits: 3
L.ACC 332 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II Credits: 3
L.ACC 343 - Cost Accounting Credits: 3
L.ACC 450 - Auditing-IN Credits: 3
L.ACC 455 - Federal Income Tax I Credits: 3
Elective: L.ACC 330 or above (except L.ACC 394 or L.ACC 494 ) Credits: 3
Elective: L.ACC 330 or above (except L.ACC 394 or L.ACC 494 ) Credits: 3
Elective: L.ACC 330 or above (except L.ACC 394 or L.ACC 494 ) Credits: 3

Select one from:

L.BUS 250 - Business Statistics Credits: 3
L.MAT 115 - Statistics-QR Credits: 4
L.MAT 220 - Introduction to Probability & Statistics-QR Credits: 3

Select one from:

L.ECO 221 - Principles of Microeconomics-QR Credits: 3
L.ECO 222 - Principles of Macroeconomics-QR Credits: 3

Please Note:

Students must get PRIOR written permission to transfer in credit once they have matriculated at Loras. Students wishing to take a summer school class on another campus must get written permission from the Dean of the School of Business or their designee BEFORE taking the class. If a student has taken courses on other campuses and then transfers to Loras, the Dean of the School of Business or their designee will make a determination of those transfer credits.

Anyone who takes Intermediate Accounting at another four-year institution and earns two Cs or any Ds must retake both semesters of Intermediate Accounting at Loras College unless a waiver is granted by the Dean of the School of Business or their designee. Students planning to take the C.P.A. examination should consult with a member of the accounting faculty to be sure that the student is aware of the educational requirements of the jurisdiction in which he/she plans to qualify for the examination.

Minor

Accounting, Minor