1st YEAR
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| ENGL 103 or 105 (3 hrs.) if exempt from 103/104 sequence |
ENGL 104 (3 hrs.) |
| College of Business tool course* (3 hrs.) | MGMT 217 (3 hrs.) |
| General Education (3 hrs.) | PSYC 102 (3 hrs.) |
| General Education (3 hrs.) | MATH 211 (if needed) or General Education (3 hrs.) |
| Math 110 or 211 (3 hrs.) | General Education (3 hrs.) |
| 15-16 hours | 15-16 hours |
2nd YEAR
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| ACCY 206 (3 hrs.) | ACCY 207 (3 hrs.) |
| ECON 260 or 261 (3 hrs.) | ECON 260 or 261 (3 hrs.) |
| UBUS 223 (3 hrs.) | General Education (3-4 hrs.) |
| General Education (3 hrs.) | General Education (3 hrs.) |
| General Education (3 hrs.) | General Education (3 hrs.) |
| 15 hours | 15-16 hours |
3rd YEAR (300- and 400- LEVEL COURSES)
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| ACCY 310A ACCY Info Systems (3 hrs.) |
ACCY 331 Financial Reporting I (4 hrs.) |
| ACCY 310S ACCY Info Systems Lab (1 hr.) |
ACCY 360 Assurance Services (3 hrs.) |
| ACCY 320 Intermediate Cost Mgmt. (3 hrs.) |
ACCY 370 ACCY Career Seminar** (0-1 hr.) |
| UBUS 310 Business Core Lecture (9 hrs.) |
MGMT 346 Business Communications (3 hrs.) |
| ACCY 370 Career Seminar** (0-1 hr.) |
UBUS 311 Business Core Applications (3 hrs.) |
| Applied/Diversified Study (3 hrs.) | |
| 16-17 hours | 16-17 hours |
4th YEAR
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| ACCY 432 Financial Reporting II (3 hrs.) |
Advanced ACCY Course (3 hrs.) |
| ACCY 450 Taxation (3 hrs.) |
Advanced ACCY Course (3 hrs.) |
| 300/400 Level COB Course (3 hrs.) | MGMT 468 Strategic Management (3 hrs.) |
| Applied/Diversified Study (3 hrs.) | Applied/Diversified Study (3 hrs.) |
| Applied/Diversified Study (3 hrs.) | Non-ACCY Course (3 hrs.) |
| 15 hours | 15 hours |
* Choose one of the following courses that will also meet general education requirements: ANTH 120, GEOG 202, GEOG 204, HIST 171, PHIL 170, PHIL 231, POLS 260, SOCI 170, or WOMS 235.
** Students planning an internship should register for ACCY 370 in their first semester. Qualified students are encouraged to apply for a departmental internship during the Fall, Spring, or Summer semesters. If a student receives a Spring internship, this schedule will need to be adjusted.
***Department suggestions: OMIS 425 – Integrated Information Technologies in Business (3 hrs. – Strongly Recommended), UBUS 485 – Business Consulting Project (3 hrs.), MGMT 387 – International Study in Management, MGMT 437 – Entrepreneurship, MGMT 301 – Business/Society, MKTG 355 – Direct Marketing, MKTG 367 – Principles of Global Marketing, MKTG 425 – Services Marketing. Please see an academic advisor for additional information.
Although other factors are also important in getting a good job, most employers, when making hiring decisions, place significant weight on a student's GPA and involvement in campus activities. If you were taking just one accounting course during a semester, planning and managing your time so that you could successfully learn the course material and participate in campus activities would not be an issue. You, however, are probably taking more than one course each semester as well as possibly working, commuting, and trying to keep up a personal life. Nobody can sustain an intense schedule for long. So that you can meet all of your responsibilities, succeed at NIU, and be offered the career position you want, you need to keep the following guidelines in mind as you plan your course schedule.
Remember the 60 Hour Rule: Multiply the number of hours in which you are enrolled by three. Subtract the amount from 60 hours in order to determine how many hours you can reasonably work in a week and not experience complete burn-out. If you cannot decrease the number of hours you are working, then decrease the number of hours in which you enroll as suggested in the schedule below.
300- and 400- LEVEL COURSES
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| ACCY 310A Info Systems (3 hrs.) |
ACCY 331 Financial Reporting I (4 hrs.) |
| ACCY 310S ACCY Info Systems Lab (1 hr.) |
ACCY 320 Intermediate Cost Mgmt. (3 hrs.) |
| UBUS 310 Business Core: Lecture (9 hrs.) |
ACCY 370 Accountancy Career Planning Seminar ** (1 hr.) |
| MGMT 346 Business Communications (3 hrs.) |
|
| UBUS 311 Business Core Applications (3 hrs.) |
|
| 13 hours | 14 hours |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| ACCY 432 Financial Reporting II (3 hrs.) |
ACCY 450 Taxation (3 hrs.) |
| ACCY 360 Assurance Services (3 hrs.) |
Advanced ACCY Course (3 hrs.) |
| Applied/Diversified Study (3 hrs.) | Applied/Diversified Study (3 hrs.) |
| Applied/Diversified Study (3 hrs.) | Applied/Diversified Study (3 hrs.) |
| 12 hours | 12 hours |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
| Advanced ACCY Course (3 hrs.) | |
| MGMT 468 Strategic Management (3 hrs.) |
|
| 300/400 Level COB Course (3 hrs.) | |
| Non-ACCY Course (3 hrs.) | |
| 12 hours |