A Typical Course Schedule for Accounting Major

Assuming adequate background preparation, students are expected to complete the following coursework in the first year. The normal schedule is as follows but course offerings and quarter offerings can change depending on faculty availability.

First Year

Autumn	Winter	Spring	Summer
ECON 500 Microeconomic Analysis I	ECON 501 Microeconomic Analysis II	ECON 508 Microeconomic Analysis III	ACCTG 600 Research Project
STAT 481 Mathematical Statistics	ECON 581 Econometrics II	ECON 582 Econometrics III	BA 580 Problems in Microeconomics
Elective	Elective	ACCTG 580 Accounting Research
ACCTG 599 Research Workshop	ACCTG 599 Research Workshop	ACCTG 599 Research Workshop
Teaching Effectiveness Seminar

Second Year

Autumn	Winter	Spring	Summer
ACCTG	ACCTG 597 Managerial Accounting	ACCTG 596 Capital Markets	BA 800 Doctoral Dissertation
Elective	Elective	Elective	Area Examination
ACCTG 599 Research Workshop	ACCTG 599 Research Workshop	ACCTG 599 Research Workshop

Each student registers for ACCTG 600 during the first Summer quarter to complete a summer research project under the guidance of a faculty advisor. This project is to be independent research on a topic and issue selected by the student. The ACCTG 600 advisors and the accounting doctoral area coordinator constitute a Summer Project Committee to approve and evaluate the projects.

The following deadlines are strictly enforced:

Requirement	Deadline
Topic approved by the Committee	July 15
Completed written project turned in to the Committee	September 15
Presentation of project in a workshop (45 minutes)	October 15

Grades in ACCTG 600 for the summer projects are based 50 percent on the written project as submitted by September 30 and 50 percent on the presentation completed by October 15.