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Find your way into the heart of any business

As some of the most important decision makers in business, accountants keep industries all over the world on track for success. At ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ, you’ll acquire the soft and hard skills needed to analyze, record, interpret, and communicate financial transactions, making you the first person to know where a business stands, and where it’s headed. Talk about job security!

  • Major requirements
  • Minor requirements
  • Professional Licensure Disclosure
Major requirements
  • Liberal Arts Core: Credits 32-34
  • Major requirements: Credits 60
    • Major core courses
    • Interdisciplinary and preparatory courses
    • Major choice courses
    • School of Business courses
  • Free electives: Credits Variable
  • Total required for graduation: Credits 120

Among the total required courses, at least 36 credits must be upper division (300- and 400-level) courses. This major may require additional courses to meet the upper division requirement.

Learn more about the Accounting Major

Minor requirements
  • Minor core: Credits 6
  • Minor choice: Credits 12
  • Total required for minor: Credits 18

Learn more about the Accounting Minor

Professional Licensure Disclosure

Program Licensure Information

Program Name: Accounting
Program Degree/Certificate: Bachelor of Arts
Delivery Mode: Lecture

Important Note: Colorado is a member of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) through the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE). Because each state has its own laws and standards regarding teacher preparation, our programs do not prepare candidates for licensure in states other than Colorado. If you are planning to seek professional licensure or certification in a state other than Colorado, you should contact the appropriate licensing entity in that state. They can provide information and guidance regarding licensure or certification requirements, and how the Colorado license may transfer before program completion.

State Licensure Determination: Before enrolling, students must determine if this program aligns with licensure requirements in their intended state of practice.

Meets Requirements: Colorado

Does Not Meet Requirements: States other than Colorado, as this program does not specifically prepare candidates for licensure outside of Colorado.

Reciprocity Licensure Resources by State:

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - https://nasba.org/licensure/substantialequivalency/

Additional Steps for Licensure

To achieve licensure or certification in teaching, students may need to:

  • Pass required state licensure exams
  • Submit background checks
  • Take additional courses or licensure exams for other states

Student Responsibility

It is the student’s responsibility to contact the appropriate licensing entity in the state in which they plan to practice to:

  • Verify licensure or certification requirements
  • Understand how the Colorado teaching license may transfer to another state
  • Identify additional coursework or exams required for out-of-state licensure

Contact Information

If you have questions about licensure or further steps, please contact us.

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Hayleigh Lyon, Accounting '17

"From studying abroad to working as an auditor while still in school, I would not be where I am today, both personally and professionally, without the experiences and opportunities I had at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ."

Hayleigh Lyon
Accounting, '17

What can you do with an Accounting degree?

Many Accounting majors get their foot in the door with local firms after their junior year, interview for positions their senior year, and graduate with a job in place. Our highly active chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, a national professional organization for accounting students, hosts weekly speakers and arranges service activities within the business community to build your network of opportunity.