Site-wide links

Accounting Minor

Semester Requirements

Jerry Curnutt, Minor Adviser
(585) 475-4713, jhcbbu@rit.edu

Every company in every field employs accountants, who are critical members of organizational management. Accountants enjoy diverse and interesting career opportunities. The minor in accounting provides students from outside of business with an introduction to several key areas of accounting practice, while elevating their analytical and organizational skills. Business students majoring in an area outsdie of accounting will broaden their learning experience and professional opportunities by having more breadth and depth of accounting knowledge. This minor is closed to students majoring in accounting.

Required Courses:
ACCT-110 Financial Accounting
ACCT-210 Management Accounting

Electives—Choose three of the following:
ACCT-345 Accounting Information Systems
ACCT-360 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACCT-365 Intermediate Financial Accounting II
ACCT-420 Personal and Small Business Taxation
ACCT-430 Cost Accounting
ACCT-440 Advanced Taxation
ACCT-450 Accounting for Government and Not-for-profit Organizations
ACCT-460 Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination
ACCT-489 Seminar in Accounting
ACCT-490 Auditing
ACCT-510 Internal Auditing
ACCT-540 Advanced Accounting
FINC-120 Personal Financial Management
FINC-220 Corporate Finance
BLEG-200 Business Law I
MGMT-340 Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility*

 

*This course is for students who are not enrolled in majors in the Saunders College of Business.

 

 

[arrow] Click to view minor requirements in the Quarter Calendar

Quarter Curriculum - For Reference Only

Effective fall 2013, RIT will convert its academic calendar from quarters to semesters. The following content has been made available as reference only. Currently matriculated students who began their academic programs in quarters should consult their academic adviser for guidance and course selection.

Accounting is necessary in a wide variety of careers. Students completing an accounting minor will broaden their learning experiences and professional opportunities by having more depth in operational accounting topics.

Required Courses:
0101-301 Financial Accounting
0101-302 Management Accounting

Electives—Choose three of the following (at least two must be accounting electives):
0101-345 Accounting Information Systems
0101-408 Financial Reporting and Analysis I
0101-409 Financial Reporting and Analysis II
0101-522 Personal and Small Business Taxation
0101-523 Advanced Taxation
0101-554 Seminar in Accounting
0104-220 Personal Financial Management
0104-350 Corporate Finance
0110-319 Legal Environment of Business