Assistant Professors: Don Ray and Shensi Wang

The Accounting Major provides students with the accounting and business knowledge needed to sit for the CPA exam (NOTE: See state licensure requirements for full requirements to sit for the CPA exam and licensure in your state).

Accounting is a diverse dynamic field with many opportunities in private practice, industry, and government. All organizations hire accountants to maintain vital business and financial information needed to run the organization and to maintain compliance with rules and regulations mandated by the profession and government.

The Accounting Major prepares students to sit for the CPA Exam. In addition to the following required 30 upper-division Accounting credits, students are required to complete the 37 Business Core credits, for a total of 67 credits.

NOTE: To graduate with a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from Lyon College, students must successfully complete a minimum of 120 semester credit hours comprised of our required Core curriculum (44-48 hours), the requirements of at least one major (credit hours vary per major), and a selection of our Liberal Arts electives. They must also earn at least a 2.00 cumulative grade point average for all work taken at Lyon College and a 2.00 cumulative grade point average in their major, minor, and concentration.

Degrees

Courses

ACC 210: Financial Accounting

Class Program
Credits 3

A course designed for all students interested in understanding the financial accounting and reporting process. No previous background in accounting or business is required. The course focuses on developing an understanding of the accounting cycle and its role in converting data related to business events into financial knowledge, which is then used to inform decision-making by investors, creditors, and other external parties.

Prerequisites

Sophomore status

ACC 211: Managerial Accounting

Class Program
Credits 3

This course explores the internal use of accounting information in the organizations' decision-making process. Including Pro-forma financial statements, and basic concepts in entrepreneurial finance (Raising capital/ capital structure, managing cash flow- including burn rates and runways / operating budgets, introduction to capital budgeting, and firm valuation).

Prerequisite Courses

ACC 300: Accounting Systems

Class Program
Credits 3

An introduction to the design, implementation, and control of accounting information systems. Students will perform a series of hands-on projects to reinforce the conceptual and theoretical aspects of accounting systems.

Prerequisite Courses

ACC 310: Essentials of Accounting

Class Program
Credits 4

This is a comprehensive course which covers accounting principles associated with financial and managerial accounting. The course focuses on understanding and measuring business transactions and the capture of related economic data in the accounting system.

ACC 311: Intermediate Accounting I

Class Program
Credits 3

An advanced course studying the analysis, presentation and interpretation of operations and financial position with emphasis on accounting theory, critical evaluation of accounting concepts and controversial issues in accounting. 

Prerequisite Courses

ACC 312: Intermediate Accounting II

Class Program
Credits 3

This course is a continuation of Intermediate Accounting 1. Topics include long-term investments, long-term liabilities, capital stock, retained earnings, dividends, error correction, and incomplete records.

Prerequisite Courses

ACC 320: Cost Management I

Class Program
Credits 3

An introduction to the basic concepts and tools associated with cost management information systems, including an in-depth examination of product costing, planning and control, and cost analysis within the context of the traditional, functional-based cost systems companies in both the manufacturing and service sectors use.

Prerequisite Courses

ACC 325: Cost Management II

Class Program
Credits 3

Examination of the latest developments in course management systems Topics include activity-based costing, strategic cost management, process value analysis, kaizen costing, quality costing, productivity, environmental cost management, and the balanced scorecard. Students will also examine the role of cost information in management decision-making and the models used to facilitate this process.

Prerequisite Courses

ACC 335: Foundations of Taxation

Class Program
Credits 3

This course will focus on an introduction to Federal Taxation policy and practice. Students will study the process of implementation of tax law and policy in the context of economic and social policy within the political process. Students will also learn the practical requirements of current tax law and regulations as they pertain to individual taxpayers. Students will also apply this knowledge in the preparation of simple to moderately complex tax returns using software similar to what is used by professional tax preparers.

Prerequisite Courses

ACC 412: Auditing

Class Program
Credits 3

The purpose of this course is to emphasize concepts that enable the student to understand the philosophy and environment of auditing. An audit case is a major component of course assignments. 

Prerequisite Courses

ACC 415: Advanced Accounting

Class Program
Credits 3

This course emphasizes business combinations and the related consolidated financial statements. An expanded look at partnerships, segment reporting, and foreign currency translation is part of the coverage.

Prerequisite Courses