The IU collaborative online Bachelor of Science in Accounting will provide students with an engaging and flexible program that prepares graduates to enter the accounting profession. This 100 percent online, collaborative program is delivered by IU Kokomo, IU East, IU Northwest, IU South Bend, and IU Southeast – all accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

This program is intended to serve students interested in joining the accounting profession immediately following degree completion as well as those students who plan to continue onto graduate school and complete the qualification standards as set by each state to sit for their respective CPA or CMA exams.  

For students interested in pursuing a career in accounting, this degree will fulfill the course requirements to sit for the Uniform Certified Public Accounting (CPA) Exam as well as the Certified Management Accounting (CMA) Exam, but it will not satisfy the 150-credit hour requirement set by most states, including Indiana and Ohio. In most cases, students who complete the 120-credit hour IU collaborative BS in Accounting will need to complete an additional 30 credit hours of applicable coursework to meet national and state minimums.   These credits are most often completed as a part of a graduate study in MS Accounting, MBA, and related degree programs.

Degree Requirements

To earn the Chancellors’ Bachelor of Science in Accounting, students must complete the standard campus- and school-specific degree requirements, including general education, of their campus of enrollment, and the credit hours in the accounting major as follows: 

1. General education courses (30-36 cr.): Grade of “C-“ or higher and minimum GPA 2.0
2. Business foundations courses (27 cr.): Grade of “C” or higher
3. Business core courses (21 cr.): Grade of “C” or higher
4. Accounting core courses (18 cr.): Grade of “C” or higher
5. Accounting elective courses (9 cr.): Grade of “C” or higher
6. General elective courses (as needed to total 120 credit hours)

You may be able to transfer up to 64 credit hours from a regionally accredited two-year college and up to 90 credit hours from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.

Required Courses

1.  General education courses (30-36 cr.)

• See the BSB general education requirements

2.  Business foundation courses (27 cr.)

• BUS-B 190, BUS-W 100 or BUS-X 100 Principles of Business Administration (3 cr)  
• BUS-A 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUS-A 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUS-K 201 Computers in Business (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 201  Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.)
• ECON-E 103 or ECON-E 201 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.)
• ECON-E 104 or ECON-E 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
• ECON-E 270 Introduction to Statistical Theory in Economics (3 cr.)
• ENG-W 232 BUS-X 204, or SPCH-S 223 Introduction to Business Writing (3 cr.)

3.  Business core courses (21 cr.)

• BUS-D 300 or BUS-D 301 International Business or BUS-Z 302 Managing & Behavior in Organizations, or BUS-Z 440 Human Resource Management (3 cr.)
• BUS-F 301  Financial Management ( 3 cr.)
• BUS-K 321  Management of Information Technology (3 cr.)
• BUS-K 353  Business Analytics & Modeling (3 cr.)
• BUS-M 301 Introduction to Marketing Management (3 cr.)
• BUS-P 301 Operations Management (3 cr.)

• BUS-D 301 International Business Environment (3 cr.)
• BUS-W 301 Management & Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.)
• BUS-Z 301 International Behavior and Leadership (3 cr.)
• BUS-Z 302 Managing Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.)

4.  Accounting core courses (18 cr.)

• BUS–A 311 Intermediate Accounting I (3 cr.)
• BUS–A 312 Intermediate Accounting II (3 cr.)
• BUS–A 325 Cost Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUS–A 328 Introduction to Taxation (3 cr.)
• BUS-A 337 Accounting Information Systems (3 cr.)
• BUS–A 424 Auditing & Assurance Services (3 cr.)     

5.  Accounting electives - choose 3 courses (9 cr.)

• BUS–A 335 Accounting for Government and Not-for-Profit Entities
• BUS–A 338 Accounting Analytics (3 cr.)
• BUS–A 339 Advanced Income Taxation (3 cr.)
• BUS–A 414 Financial Statement Analysis (3 cr.)
• BUS–A 422 Advanced Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUS–A 437 Advanced Management Accounting (3 cr.)

6.  General electives - to bring the total credit hours to 120

• The degree completion requires 120 credit hours.  Students may choose courses throughout the university to fulfill the 120 credit hours.