Warner Pacific’s Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting is a traditional four-year course of study. Accounting majors work in finance careers with job titles such as financial analyst, finance manager, chief financial officer, budget analyst or business and financial consultant. Professional accountants provide essential services in day-to day operations in all industries and sectors of the economy in private, corporate, nonprofit and government organizations.
As an Accounting major, students receive valuable, practical internship experience while completing the degree, which leads 95 percent of our accounting graduates to find work upon graduation.
Warner Pacific faculty members are business professionals who are personally invested in student success, and WPU Accounting graduates are in high demand.
BS in Accounting
Program Requirements: 63 credits; 30 upper-division credits in residence, 34 credits total upper division. .
Prerequisites: 6 credits
BUS 223 | Introduction to Microsoft Office | 3 credits
MA 111 or MA 242 | College Algebra or Intro to Statistics (or higher level math) | 3 credits
Major Requirements: 57 credits
BUS 120 | Introduction to Business and Personal Finance | 3 credits
BUS 195 | Internship Preparation | 2 credits
BUS 211 + 212 | Financial Accounting + Managerial Accounting | 3+3 credits
BUS 235 OR 335 | Intro to QuickBooks OR Accounting Information Systems | 3 credits
BUS 290 | Ethics, Social Issues, and Responsibility | 3 credits
BUS 303 | Business and Employment Law | 3 credits
BUS 310 | Management Theory and Practice | 3 credits
BUS 311 + 312 | Intermediate Accounting I + II | 3 + 3 credits
BUS 314 | Cost Accounting | 3 credits
BUS 332 | Auditing | 3 credits
BUS 394 | Research Methods and Statistics | 3 credits
BUS 411 | Advanced Accounting | 3 credits
BUS 412 | Individual Taxation | 3 credits
BUS 445 | Global Business | 3 credits
BUS 495 | Internship | 1-6 credits
EC 203 | Economics | 3 credits
MKTG 242 | Marketing | 3 credits
Elective: Select at least 3 credits from the following
BUS 413 | Business Taxation (Offered via PGS)| 3 credits
BUS 415 | VITA/Tax Volunteer | 1-3 credits
BUS 490 | Accounting Topics | 1-3 credits
Upon successful completion of the Accounting major, graduates will be able to demonstrate:
- Proficiency in the basic functional competencies of decision-making, risk analysis, measurement, reporting, research, and leveraging technology to enhance functional competencies.
- Proficiency in the basic personal competencies of professional demeanor, problem solving and decision-making, interaction, leadership, communication, project management, and leveraging technology to enhance personal competencies.
- Proficiency in the broad business perspective competencies of strategic and critical thinking, industry and sector perspective, international and global perspective, resources management, legal and regulatory perspective, marketing and client forces, and leveraging technology to enhance business competencies.
Minor in Accounting
Prerequisites: EC 203, BUS 303, MA 111 or 242 required.
18 credits: 12 credits in residence, 12 credits upper division.
BUS 211 + 212 | Financial Accounting + Managerial Accounting | 3+3 credits
BUS 311 + 312 | Intermediate Accounting I + II | 3+3 credits
Elective: Take at least 6 credits from the following:
BUS 314 | Cost Accounting | 3 credits
BUS 332 | Auditing | 3 credits
BUS 411 | Advanced Accounting | 3 credits
BUS 412 | Individual Taxation | 3 credits
BUS 413 | Business Taxation | 3 credits
BUS 415 | VITA/Tax Volunteer | 1-3 credits
BUS 490 | Special Topics | 3 credits