The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Two Year Plan: Accounting (BS)
The following plan is possible on the presumption that an incoming student has an Associate of Arts (AA) degree and has completed the equivalent to the courses listed below (with a grade of "C" or better) and other Perspectives requirements prior to enrolling at Truman State University.
- ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking
- COMM 170: Public Speaking
- STAT 190: Basic Statistics
- Math through calculus
- Foreign Language that completes Truman’s requirement of Elementary Proficiency
- BSAD 153: Into to Business Data Analytics –
- A class where Microsoft Excel skills are taught (note: students will need to pass an Excel competency test to demonstrate their Excel skills)
- ACCT 220: Intro to Financial Accounting
- ACCT 221: Intro to Management Accounting
- BSAD 234: Legal Environment of Business
- ECON 200: Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics
FALL - Semester 1
- ACCT 302: Intermediate Financial Accounting I (3 cr)
- ACCT 319: Cost/Management Accounting (3 cr)
- BSAD 325: Principles of Marketing (3 cr)
- BSAD 349: Organizational Behavior (3 cr)
SPRING - Semester 2
- ACCT 303: Intermediate Financial Accounting II (3 cr)
- ACCT 367: Accounting Information Systems (3 cr)
- BSAD 329: Principles of Finance (3 cr)
- DATA 222: Data Science (3 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/Junior Interdisciplinar Seminar (3 cr)
FALL - Semester 3
- ACCT 407: Federal Taxation (3 cr)
- ACCT 417: Auditing (3 cr)
- BSAD 352: Operations Management (3 cr)
- BSAD 353: Information Management and Data Analytics (3 cr)
SPRING - Semester 4
- ACCT 498: Accounting Capstone (3 cr)
- BSAD 460: Strategic Management-Capstone (3 cr)
- Bachelor of Science Required Support course(s)
NOTES:
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- If you have not completed the Civics Exam, we recommend doing so in your first year.
- Truman students are required to complete a Portfolio to graduate. We recommend starting to compile your work for the Portfolio sooner than later.
- Students must complete their Application to Graduate the semester prior to graduating. Apply to graduate through TruView.
- Graduating seniors need to complete their seniors test and questionnaire. We recommend reviewing the Assessment and Testing page to plan accordingly.
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence (advise@truman.edu) with any updates to the above plan. Updated 9-18-24
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.