Classes for Accounting Major

The classes typically required for an accounting major can be put into 3 groups:
1. Required accounting courses
2. Required non-accounting courses
3. Accounting electives

Required accounting courses usually include:
• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Intermediate Accounting
• Tax
• Audit
• Accounting Information Systems

Required non-accounting courses usually include:
• Corporate Finance
• Micro- and/or Macroeconomics
• A management course
• A marketing course
• A math course
• A stats course

Accounting electives usually include:
• Advanced Accounting
• Advanced Tax
• Advanced Auditing
• Nonprofit/Governmental Accounting
• Financial Statement Analysis

Some schools also offer additional accounting electives, such as:
• Accounting Ethics
• Law for Accountants
• Sustainability Reporting
• Fraud Examination / Forensic Accounting
• Data Analytics for Accounting

0:00 Introduction
0:10 Required accounting courses
0:20 Financial accounting
0:33 Intermediate accounting
0:43 Managerial accounting
0:51 Financial vs. Managerial Accounting
1:59 Tax
2:18 Auditing
2:38 Accounting information systems
3:03 Required non-accounting courses
3:17 Corporate finance
3:34 Micro and macroeconomics
3:44 Management
4:06 Choosing which management course
4:21 Marketing
4:34 Math and statistics
4:54 Accounting electives
5:07 Advanced accounting
5:22 Advanced tax
5:31 Advanced auditing
5:41 Nonprofit/governmental accounting
6:03 Financial statement analysis
6:20 Other accounting electives
6:30 Special topics
6:42 Accounting research
7:02 Which electives to take?
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