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Accounting Minor - 18 Credits
The accounting minor offers students a broad-based education in accounting, emphasizing a particular field within this discipline, such as financial accounting, managerial accounting, tax accounting, or governmental accounting.
The Accounting Department requires 60 credit hours (junior standing) before taking upper-division accounting courses. At least 12 hours of accounting courses in the minor must be completed in residence at MSU Denver. In order to meet the 18 credit hours requirement for a minor, a business major seeking a minor in accounting will have ACC 2010 – Principles of Accounting I and ACC 2020 – Principles of Accounting II waived from the Business Core Requirements.
A grade of “C” or better is required for an accounting course to count towards a minor.
Required Courses - 12 Credits
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021; and Completion of General Studies Quantitative Literacy Requirement
Description: This course introduces students to the role of accounting in society. The course focuses on financial accounting and reporting as tools to aid external decision making, financial analysis, and interpretation.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2012
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021; and Completion of General Studies Quantitative Literacy Requirement
Description: This course introduces students to the role of accounting in society. The course focuses on financial accounting and reporting as tools to aid external decision making, financial analysis, and interpretation.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 2012
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1110 or 1310 or 1400; ACC 2010 and PSC 1010 with a grade of C or better; and junior standing or higher
Description: This course is a study of federal income tax laws with an emphasis on personal income taxation, including such topics as gross income, gains and losses and deductions.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1110 or 1310 or 1400; ACC 2010 and PSC 1010 with a grade of C or better; and junior standing or higher
Description: This course is a study of federal income tax laws with an emphasis on personal income taxation, including such topics as gross income, gains and losses and deductions.
Elective Courses - 6 Credit Hours
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 2020 and ACC 3090 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a continuation of ACC 3090 with a comparative focus on the taxation of organizational tax entities, including partnerships, corporations and S-corporations.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3102
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3090 with a C or better
Description: Students will have primary responsibility for operating a VITA site as a tax service. Students will prepare both federal and State of Colorado income tax returns. The focus will be on preparing returns for the elderly, disabled, foreign students and low income individuals. This course contains a service learning component.
Note: Some sections of this course may be taught as Service Learning.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting used by state and local governmental units. This includes achieving an understanding of fund accounting and inclusion of budgets within the accounting systems. A study of accounting and financial reporting of colleges, hospitals, voluntary health and welfare organizations, and other not-for-profit institutions is included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3204
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): MTH 1110 or MTH 1310 or MTH 1400; ACC 2020 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course includes coverage of cost behavior relationships, job order and process costing systems, overhead allocation methods, budgeting and budget variance analysis, cost-volume profit relationships, and cost prediction for supporting management decision-making in service, sales, and manufacturing organizations. Computer applications are an integral part of this course.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3401
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 or FIN 3100 with a grade of C or better
Description: This course is a study of the impact on financial reporting and managerial decision-making due to the similarities and differences in accounting standards throughout the world. This course examines the history and development of accounting standards and reviews current topics which affect the comparison of global financial reporting.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3750
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3510 and ACC 3090 with grades of “C” or better
Description: This course examines professional ethics for accountants from both a philosophical and business perspective. Moral development, ethical reasoning, and ethical decision-making provide a framework for examining the importance of ethics in the accounting profession. Professional guidance on ethics in accounting will also be examined, including the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, the Colorado Board of Accountancy Statutes, Rules, and Regulations, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the codes of conduct for other professional accounting organizations.
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ACC 3520 with a C or better
Description: This course includes coverage of reporting requirements for partnerships, SEC-regulated companies, not-for-profit organizations, and financially distressed entities, as well as information disclosure requirements for state and local governments, international harmonization of accounting standards, and the possible conversion to International Accounting Standards in the U.S.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ACC or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 4510