Degree Requirements

Accounting Studies

The 150-Hour Option. The public accounting profession requires that in order to be eligible to become a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, candidates must have completed at least 150 semester hours of college-level education. In addition, nearly all jurisdictions have incorporated this educational requirement into their licensing regulations. With careful planning, Susquehanna accounting majors are able to accumulate 150 semester hours by taking 18 hours per semester and doing for-credit summer internships. Students are advised to discuss their options with their academic advisers, since state requirements differ somewhat .

The Major in Accounting. A major in accounting requires successful completion of the courses listed below, in addition to the business foundation courses :

semester hours

To satisfy the major course requirements, courses must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

Minor in Accounting. The minor in accounting has two purposes. It introduces liberal arts majors to career opportunities in the accounting profession, and it provides systematic study of accounting as a social science. The minor is not open to students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in business degree.

The minor in accounting requires completion of 24 semester hours, including ACCT:200 Financial Accounting, ACCT:210 Legal Environment, ACCT:300 Financial Statement Analysis, ACCT:301 Intermediate Accounting I, ACCT:330 Cost Management, either ECON:105 Elements of Economics or ECON:202 Principles of Microeconomics, and 4 additional semester hours of accounting courses. The department recommends that minors also complete a statistics course. No more than one grade lower than C- will be accepted in fulfillment of the minor requirements.

Information Systems Studies

Requirements for the Major in Information Systems. Students complete the equivalent of the following 52 semester hours with grades of C- or better:

semester hours

Information systems majors must also complete PRDV:105 Introduction to Professional Development. In addition, the following courses are recommended but not required: MGMT:280 Marketing, MGMT:340 Corporate Financial Management and MGMT:390 Operations Management.

Minor in Information Systems. Students minoring in information systems successfully complete, with grades of C- or better, 26 semester hours, including ACCT:200 Financial Accounting, CSCI:181 Principles of Computer Science, INFS:174 Database Systems Analysis and Design, INFS:271 E-Business Applications Development, INFS:375 Database Programming, and INFS:472 Management Support Systems. In addition to the 22 hours above, the minor requires 4 semester hours from the following: INFS:276 Simulation Models, INFS:496 Topics in Information Systems, INFS:505 Capstone,CSCI:391 Data Communications and Networks I, CSCI: 392 Data Communications and Networks II or any INFS or CSCI course approved by the department head.

Double major/minor in computer science and information systems: Because of the large overlap in courses in the two majors, the department will approve a double major or major/minor combination only if the student presents to the department a plan of study that sufficiently minimizes such overlap.