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The corporate accountant's role to gather, analyze and present information is increasingly being dated by automated accounting information systems. Advanced systems gather data when the transaction occurs and deliver financial knowledge and expertise directly to the line manager's desktop. Increasingly, the accountant's role is to work with information system professionals to build the systems that put information directly into the hands of managers. This dual concentration prepares students to lead successful careers that span the two disciplines of accounting and information systems design. Students complete the core course work in each discipline. Students completing this degree have the flexibility to pursue entry level jobs either in accounting or management information systems, and possess the foundation to pursue careers that integrate both disciplines.

Requirements

Accounting Information Systems Concentration (27 Units)

Required Courses

• BUS 120A Accounting Information Systems
• BUS 120B Accounting Information Systems Risk Assessment
• BUS 120C Network Environments & Accounting Controls
• BUS 120D Accounting Topics in IT Audit
• BUS 120G Systems Development in AIS
• BUS 121A Intermediate Accounting I
• BUS 121B Intermediate Accounting II
• BUS 123A Tax Factors of Business and Investment Decision

Choose one of the following courses

• BUS 124 Forensic Accounting
• BUS 127A* Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management
• BUS 129A Financial Auditing
• BUS 129B Operational Auditing

*BUS 127A - Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management (3 units) and BUS 127B Advanced Honors Practicum Corporate sponsored project. Students will be admitted based on the following: minimum GPA of 3.0 for four prerequisite courses which include BUS 121A, 121B, 122A, and 173A; average GPA of 3.2 or above; review of their resume and successful interview and selection by the faculty advisor.

Grade Requirements

To qualify for a Baccalaureate Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting Information Systems, each of the following courses must be completed with a "C" or better:

BUS 20, 120A, 120B, 120C, 120D, 120G, 121A, 121B, 122A, and 123A, 127A 129A, 129B, and 120E

Any of these courses in which a grade of "C-" or below is earned must be repeated and completed with a grade of "C" or better.

Business Pool

These courses require a "C-" or better prior to Fall 2009 and "C" or better beginning in Fall 2009 and must be completed and cleared by BSAC in BC 008 (924-3435) prior to taking upper-division Business

• MATH 71 Business Calculus (For Freshmen and Transfer Students admitted Fall 10 or later)
• ENGL 1B Composition
• BUS 20 Financial Accounting
• BUS 90 Business Statistics

Non-Business Support

• ECON 1A Macroeconomics
• ECON 1B Microeconomics
• PHIL 186 (@) Professional Business Ethics
• Non-Business Global Perspectives

Lower Division Business Core

• BUS 10* Discovering Business(Freshman, only)
• BUS 80 Legal Environment of Business
• BUS 91L Business Computer Productivity Tools(1 unit)

(*Not required; however, this course is recommended for Freshman )

Upper Division Business Core

• BUS 122A Management in Accounting Control Systems
• COMM 100W or ENG 100WB or LLD 100WB (Requires passing of the WST)
• BUS 130 Fundamentals of Marketing
• BUS 140 Fundamentals of Operations Management 
• BUS 160 Fundamentals of Management and Organization Behavior
• BUS 170 Fundamentals of Finance
• BUS 187 Global Dimensions of Business
• BUS 188 Business Systems Integration
• BUS 189 Strategic Management(Graduating Seniors Only)
• BUS 190 Quantitative Business Analysis

General Education (48-51 Units)

Core GE

* Areas F1-F3 may also fulfill part of Area D

Advanced GE

Standard Tracking Schedules

• Freshman Students
• Transfer Students