Accounting Major

Capstone:

• ACCT 385 - Capstone in Accounting Credit(s): 4

Required:

• MIS 145 - Management Information Systems and Business Intelligence Credit(s): 4
• ECON 250 - Business Data Analytics Credit(s): 4
• ACCT 339 - Corporate Finance and Accounting Credit(s): 4
• MIS 240 - Information Security Management Credit(s): 4

Note:

A student who majors in accounting with the CPA concentration may not major in management.

Simpson College requires students to complete at least 128 semester hours of coursework prior to graduation. Students who graduate with a major in Accounting may apply to take the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) exam in Iowa. Upon acceptance, students may sit for the CPA exam; however, students who pass the Iowa exam must have accumulated a total of 150 semester hours of college credit before they will be awarded a CPA certificate. State accounting boards differ in their certification requirements, so students are advised to determine individual state requirements. This requirement exceeds the Simpson College graduation requirements for Accounting majors by 22 credits. Students may complete the 150 hours in four years at Simpson, in more than four years at Simpson, or in a master’s program at another institution. The department has completed articulation agreements with other institutions to ease the transfer process and to reduce graduate level requirements. See the department chair for information on these combined BA/MBA, BA/MS, and BA/MA programs.