Accounting Major Curriculum

Champlain College's Robert P. Stiller School of Business spends a lot of time working with employers and internship sites to determine the exact skills, knowledge and characteristics they are seeking in job candidates.

In addition to skills like critical thinking, effective communication and teamwork, employers tell us they are looking to hire graduates who have not only developed expertise in a specific area of business (accounting, marketing, etc.), but who also possess the ability to strategize and lead across the whole business enterprise or company.

The Robert P. Stiller School of Business incorporated this employer input to create a business curriculum and foundation that not only prepares you exceptionally well in your major field of study, but also gives you a four-year, cross-business experience.

Regardless of major, all Robert P. Stiller School of Business students share a core business curriculum that includes:

Accounting Curriculum 2013-14


First Year

First Semester

Concepts of the Self
(COR 110)

Rhetoric I
(COR 115)

Financial Accounting
(ACC 130)

Business & the Entrepreneurial Mindset
(BUS 110)

The Quantitative Language of Business
(BUS 115)

Second Semester

Concepts of Community
(COR 120)

Rhetoric II
(COR 125)

Managerial Accounting
(ACC 140)

Business Law
(BLAW 140)

Marketing Decision Making
(BUS 120)


Second Year

First Semester

Choose 200-level COR course
(COR 2XX)

Choose 200-level COR course
(COR 2XX)

Intermediate Accounting I
(ACC 230)

 Statistics
(MTH 180)

Information Systems for Management
(MGT 265)

Second Semester

Choose 200-level COR course
(COR 2XX)

Choose 200-level COR course
(COR 2XX)

Intermediate Accounting II
(ACC 231)

Corporate Social Responsibility
(BUS 210)

Federal Taxes I
(ACC 310)


Third Year

First Semester

Global Studies I: Technology & Development
(COR 310)

Global Studies II: Human Rights
(COR 320)

Cost Accounting I
(ACC 340)

Macroeconomics in a Global Environment
(BUS 310)

Financial Management I
(MGT 240)

Second Semester (Recommended Study Abroad Semester)

International Cultural Studies
(COR 330)

International Cultural Studies
(COR 330)

Cost Accounting II
(ACC 341) OR
Natural Science with Lab
(SCI XXX)

General Elective

General Elective


Fourth Year

First Semester

Accounting Information Systems
(ACC 350)

Advanced Accounting
(ACC 400)

Federal Taxes II
(ACC 410)

Managerial Economics
(ECN 255)

General Elective

Second Semester

Accounting College Capstone
(CCC 410)

Auditing
(ACC 420)

Cost Accounting II
(ACC 341) OR
Natural Science with Lab
(SCI XXX)

General Elective


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