College Catalog: 2015-2016
Anisfield School of Business (ASB): Accounting (B.S.)
Website: Anisfield School of Business
Convener:
Faculty:
- Constance Crawford
- Rosemary Ervin
- MaryEllen Harvey
- Yongbum Kim
Faculty:
- Changhee Lee
- Raymond Rigoli
- Anita L. Stellenwerf
- Kathryn Yeaton
- Current as of September 2015
Accounting is of major importance to organizations in today’s business environment. It is used to provide quantitative information, primarily financial in nature, about economic entities that are intended to be useful in making business decisions.
The role of today’s accountant extends well beyond the traditional duties of bookkeeper, encompassing a wide range of financial activities including planning, analysis, and problem solving. Contemporary accounting focuses on the ultimate needs of the users of financial information and provides information to assist these users in making reasoned choices among financial alternatives. Majors in accounting will be exposed to all aspects of the accounting profession, including financial and managerial accounting, cost accounting, income taxes and auditing. Courses are also offered in other accounting areas of interest.
The Accounting Program is flexibly designed to meet the needs of students who wish to prepare for the CPA Exam (150 credit requirement) and those who wish to pursue other career paths. Students are prepared for graduate studies in accounting, finance, management, public administration, international business, and law.
Each student is assigned a personal advisor from among the accounting faculty and receives personal attention regarding educational and career guidance. This includes information on corporate job opportunities, CPA certification, on-campus interviews, and an internship program available with large and small accounting firms.
The major leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.
The Accounting Program provides a foundation which the graduate can use to pursue a number of different career paths. These include public accounting (CPA), corporate accounting, and international accounting. An accounting degree also provides a solid foundation for career paths in government, finance, and management.
The full-time Accounting faculty includes eight members, five of whom Certified Public Accountants and four with a Doctorate in Accounting. In addition, the faculty has a broad and varied range of professional accounting and related business experience. This experience enables the faculty to share both the theoretical and practical aspects of accounting with students. All faculty members participate in continuing professional education programs in order to stay proficient in contemporary issues.
Rules of Acceptance into the Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Information Technology Management, and International Business Majors, see About the Anisfield School of Business (ASB).
Goal 1: Communication: Our students will demonstrate effective oral and written communication using appropriate current technology.
Outcome 1: Students will deliver well prepared oral presentations.
Outcome 2: Students will compose well written business documents.
Goal 2: Ethics: Our students will consider the moral implications of business actions and processes, and propose ethically sound solutions.
Outcome 1: Students will detect ethical dilemmas and offer potential alternatives and solutions.
Goal 3: Foundation: Our students will have a broad-based knowledge in the functional areas of business.
Outcome 1: Students will comprehend principles and practices in key business disciplines.
Goal 4: Perspectives: Our students will consider diverse points of view and apply them towards issue resolution.
Outcome 1: Students will be able to identify and analyze different points of view when seeking to resolve business-related issues.
Goal 5: Reasoning: Our students will be critical thinkers and decision makers able to use qualitative and quantitative methods.
Outcome 1: Students will be able to identify and analyze problems and opportunities, generate alternatives, and recognize appropriate solutions.
Goal 6: Reasoning in the Discipline: Our accounting students will be able to apply theoretical and practical reasoning concepts into the decision making process for financial statement reporting and auditing purposes.
Outcome 1: The students will be able to apply Generally Accepted Auditing Standards within the framework of an audit procedure.
Outcome 2: The students will be able to successfully apply the concept of materiality into the auditing process.
- Transfer students who have 48 or more credits accepted at the time of transfer are waived from the courses marked with a (W) below. Waivers only apply to General Education Requirements NOT School Core or Major Requirements.
- Double counting between General Education, School Core, and Major may be possible. Check with your advisor to see if any apply.
- Writing Intensive Requirement (three general education courses and participation in the ASB Business Writing Across the Curriculum (BWAC) program): three writing intensive courses in the general education curriculum are required: First Year Seminar, Critical Reading and Writing, and Readings in the Humanities; the rest of the Writing Intensive Requirement is met by participation in the ASB BWAC program.
- Not all courses are offered each semester. Please check the current Schedule of Classes for semester course offerings.
- The Career Pathways Program requirements must be completed prior to graduation. Visit the Cahill Career Center/ASB Office.
ACCOUNTING MAJOR
- Subject & Course # – Title & Course Description
- GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (W)
- SELECT ONE – (W) BADM 115 - PERSPECTIVES OF BUSINESS AND SOCIETY OR
- (W) SOSC 101 - SOCIAL ISSUES
- CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II
- AIID 201 - READINGS IN THE HUMANITIES (W)
- SELECT ONE – (W) GE-HISTORY CATEGORY: HIST 101-110
- SELECT ONE – GE-SCIENCE WITH EXPERIENTIAL COMPONENT CATEGORY
- SELECT ONE – GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY
- SELECT ONE – (W) GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES CATEGORY OR
- (W) GE-TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE CATEGORY
- ANISFIELD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOUNDATION REQUIREMENT
- MATHEMATICS CATEGORY: SELECT ONE
- MATH 101 - MATH WITH APPLICATIONS
- MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS
- MATH 121 - CALCULUS I
- ANISFIELD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS CORE REQUIREMENTS
- ECON 101 - MICROECONOMICS
- ECON 102 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS
- ACCT 221 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
- ACCT 222 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
- BADM 223 - BUSINESS LAW I
- INFO 224 - PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- BADM 225 - MANAGEMENT STATISTICS
- MKTG 290 - MARKETING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
- FINC 301 - CORPORATE FINANCE I
- MGMT 302 - MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
- MGMT 370 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
- BADM 495 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
- INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY: SELECT ONE
- IBUS 326 - FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
- IBUS 305 - POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT
- IBUS 321 - CHINA AND OTHER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS IN ASIA
- IBUS 335 - DOING BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA
- IBUS 340 - EUROPEAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY
- ECON 323 - COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
- ECON 325 - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
- ETHICS CATEGORY: SELECT ONE
- INFO 315 - COMPUTER LAW AND ETHICS
- BADM 301 - ETHICS IN BUSINESS
- ACCOUNTING MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
- REQUIRED ACCOUNTING COURSES:
- ACCT 321 - INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I
- ACCT 322 - INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II
- ACCT 329 - FEDERAL TAXATION I
- ACCT 332 - FEDERAL TAXATION II
- ACCT 411 - COST ACCOUNTING
- ACCT 421 - AUDITING
- ACCT 423 - ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
- Additional electives in ACCT pertain specifically to those students planning on pursuing the CPA. These students will need a total of 150 credits to qualify for the examination.
The following course is recommended, not required by AICPA which does not require specific courses. - ACCT 435 - GOVERNMENT AND NON PROFIT ACCOUNTING
- ACCT 490 - TOPICS:
- CAREER PATHWAYS REQUIREMENTS
- Visit the Cahill Career Center / ASB Office
- BADM-001 — CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 (Career Assessment/Advising)
- BADM-002 — CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 (Resume/LinkedIn/Cover Letter)
- BADM-003 — CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 (Interview Practice)
Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation.
At least 1/2 of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student’s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A school core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.
The goal of the minor program in Accounting is to provide Ramapo College students with an option to develop a competency in the field of accounting which will complement their major program of study. Students with a minor in Accounting will be better prepared to work in their major fields because accounting is an integral part of all aspects of business. The importance of financial statements to a finance, marketing, management, economics, international business or information systems major is a primary reason for business students to participate in the program
A minor degree program in Accounting would consist of four (4) upper level accounting courses plus ACCT 221 Principles of Financial Accounting and ACCT 222 Principles of Managerial Accounting, both required courses for all ASB students
The program requirements are the following:
ACCOUNTING MINOR
- Subject & Course # – Title & Course Description
- :
- REQUIRED FOR NON-BUSINESS MAJORS:
- ACCT 221 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
- ACCT 222 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
- :
- REQUIRED:
- ACCT 321 - INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I
- ACCT 322 - INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II
- ELECTIVES: SELECT TWO
- ACCT 329 - FEDERAL TAXATION I
- ACCT 332 - FEDERAL TAXATION II
- ACCT 411 - COST ACCOUNTING
- ACCT 421 - AUDITING
- ACCT 423 - ADVANCED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
- ACCT 435 - GOVERNMENT AND NON PROFIT ACCOUNTING
- ACCT 490 - TOPICS:
For more information, please contact Professor Constance Crawford, Program Coordinator, Convener, Accounting, Room ASB-304, (201) 684-7396 or ccrawfor@ramapo.edu
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