Accounting, BS

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Program Description

The top priority of the Utah Tech Accounting Department is to facilitate the development of value-added accounting graduates; graduates who, immediately upon employment, excel at all of the following:

  • generating bank reconciliations
  • creating and analyzing financial statements
  • producing individual and entity tax returns and professional quality tax research memos
  • completing staff-level audit tasks
  • interacting comfortably with practitioners and clients

Our accounting graduates acquire value-added skills and applicable knowledge in highly interactive, student-oriented learning environments. Accomplished faculty teach accounting concepts in the context of their application, transcending Utah Tech’s accounting education from merely theoretical to an applied, heuristic learning experience. If you would like to distinguish yourself from the crowd of traditionally textbook trained accounting graduates, come to Utah Tech University where you can get the best “can do” accounting education under the sun.

Program Curriculum

120 credits

Utah Tech General Education Requirements

All Utah Tech General Education requirements must be fulfilled. A previously earned degree may fulfill those requirements, but courses must be equivalent to Utah Tech's minimum General Education standards in American Institutions, English, and Mathematics.

General Education Core Requirements

English3-7
Mathematics3-5
American Institutions3-6
Life Sciences3-10
Physical Sciences3-5
Fine Arts3
Literature/Humanities3
Social & Behavioral Sciences3
Exploration 3-5

Business Core Requirements

ACCT 2010Financial Accounting3
ACCT 2020Managerial Accounting3
ISA 2010Proficiency in Excel & SQL3
ECON 2010Micro Economics (SS, GC)3
STAT 2040Business Statistics3
FIN 3150Managerial Finance I3
ISA 2050Management Information Systems3
MGMT 3050Business Law I: Law in the Commercial Environment3
ENGL 3010Professional Writing and Business Ethics3
MGMT 3400Management & Organizations3
MKTG 3010Marketing Principles (ALPP)3
MGMT 3600Operations and Supply Chain Management (ALPP)3
Total Hours36

Accounting Core Requirements

ACCT 3001Accounting Intermediate Career Strategies1
ACCT 3010Intermediate Accounting I3
ACCT 3020Intermediate Accounting II3
ACCT 3030/ISA 3020SQL & Python for Accounting3
ACCT 3400Tax Accounting I3
ACCT 3440Tax Practicum I1
ACCT 4100Auditing3
ACCT 4300Cost Accounting3
ACCT 4600Accounting Practicum3
or MGMT 4800 Strategic Management (ALPP)

Accounting Electives

12 credits from the following or other approved courses12
Students may take any of the courses listed below or other approved electives. At least 6 credits of the electives have to be upper-division Accounting courses. The elective list below has been divided into suggested tracks. Students should contact their academic advisor for more information on choosing elective coursework.
Public Accounting Track Suggested Courses
Take the following 9 credits
ECON 2020Macro Economics (SS, GC)3
or ECON 3010 Managerial Economics
MGMT 4040Quantitative Decision Analysis3
ACCT 4500Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting3
Choose 3 credits of the following courses
ACCT 4150Forensic Accounting3
ACCT 4400Tax Accounting II3
ACCT 4950RSeminar in Accounting1-3
ACCT 4550Sustainability Accounting3
ACCT 4890Accounting Internship I1-3
Managerial Accounting Track Suggested Courses
Choose 6 credits of the following courses
ACCT 4150Forensic Accounting3
ACCT 4400Tax Accounting II3
ACCT 4500Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting3
ACCT 4550Sustainability Accounting3
Choose 6 credits of the following courses
ACCT 3500Small Business Accounting3
ACCT 4890Accounting Internship I1-3
ACCT 4950RSeminar in Accounting1-3
ECON 3010Managerial Economics3
FIN 3200Money, Banking, & Credit3
FIN 4050Financial Statement Analysis3
FIN 4150Managerial Finance II3
FIN 4380Financial Modeling and Decision Making3
ISA 4070Data Visualization and Storytelling3
MGMT 4040Quantitative Decision Analysis3
MGMT 4800Strategic Management (ALPP)3
Audit/Forensic Accounting Track Suggested Courses
Take the following 6 credits
ACCT 4150Forensic Accounting3
ACCT 4500Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting3
Choose 6 credits from the following courses
ACCT 3500Small Business Accounting3
ACCT 4400Tax Accounting II3
ACCT 4550Sustainability Accounting3
ACCT 4890Accounting Internship I1-3
ACCT 4950RSeminar in Accounting1-3
ISA 4060Big Data Analytics3
ISA 4070Data Visualization and Storytelling3
FIN 4050Financial Statement Analysis3
MGMT 4040Quantitative Decision Analysis3
Tax Track Suggested Courses
Take the following 6 credits
ACCT 3500Small Business Accounting3
ACCT 4400Tax Accounting II3
Choose 6 credits from the following courses
ACCT 4150Forensic Accounting3
ACCT 4500Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting3
ACCT 4550Sustainability Accounting3
ACCT 4890Accounting Internship I1-3
ACCT 4950RSeminar in Accounting1-3
FIN 3100Financial Planning for Professionals3
FIN 4100Risk Management and Insurance Planning3
FIN 4110Retirement Planning 3
FIN 4120Estate Planning3

Other Business Electives

Complete additional elective courses to bring the total number of credits to no less than 120 and upper-division credits to no less than 40.  A course may only be used to fulfill one program requirement.

Graduation Requirements

  1. Complete a minimum of 120 college-level credits (1000 and above).
  2. Complete at least 40 upper-division credits (3000 and above).
  3. Complete at least 30 upper-division credits at Utah Tech for institutional residency.
  4. Maximum 12 upper-division transfer credits may fulfill Utah Tech Business program requirements.
  5. Cumulative GPA 2.0 or higher.
  6. Minimum C- grade and 2.5 GPA in Core Business Requirement, Accounting, and Business Elective courses.