COLLEGE of BUSINESS
ACCOUNTING and INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Professor Ed Scribner, department head
Professors Mills, Seipel, Tunnell; Associate Professors Billiot, Calk, Kreie, Mora, Nelson, Oliver; Assistant Professors McNelis, Melendrez, Smith; College Associate Professors Green, Shannon; College Assistant Professor Spencer.
(575) 646-4901
http://business.nmsu.edu/academics/accounting-is/
DEGREE: Bachelor of Accountancy
MAJOR: Accounting
DEGREE: Bachelor of Business Administration
MAJOR: Information Systems
MINORS: Accounting
Enterprise Systems
Information Systems
DEGREE: Bachelor of Accountancy
The Bachelor of Accountancy degree is available to students choosing accounting as a major. The curriculum is designed to prepare you for the excellent opportunities that exist in public accounting practice and in business, government, and nonprofit organizations. It is also appropriate for those who may choose to seek either the Master of Accountancy or the Master of Business Administration degree after graduation.
Every candidate for the Bachelor of Accountancy degree must fulfill the following requirements in addition to the general education common core, College of Business foundation and the business core courses, Viewing a Wider World requirements and general electives (see above).
Major Courses (27 credits)
These requirements combined with the accounting courses required above provide a minimum of 30 credits in accounting.
| ACCT 301 and 302, Financial Accounting I and II | 6 |
| ACCT 351, Accounting Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 353, Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 403, Federal Taxation I | 3 |
| ACCT 451, Auditing Theory and Practices | 3 |
| Elective in business, upper-division | 3 |
| Electives in accounting, upper-division | 6 |
In order to count toward the Bachelor of Accountancy, upper-division transfer courses in accounting (1) must have been taken at an institution with AACSB Accounting accreditation or (2) be part of the New Mexico Business Articulation Matrix.
DEGREE: Bachelor of Business Administration
Every candidate for this major must fulfill the following requirements in addition to the general education common core, College of Business foundation and business core, Viewing a Wider World requirements and general electives (see above).
In the upper-division core IS majors must take ECON 405, Economic Statistics, as their ECON or A ST elective.
MAJOR: Information Systems
The Information Systems program prepares you for a variety of administrative and technical positions associated with the analysis and design of computerized information systems. Potential employers include information system service organizations, public accounting/consulting firms, manufacturing and merchandising business, banks and other financial institutions, government, and others.
Major Courses (27 credits)
| ACCT 351, Accounting Systems | 3 |
| BCIS 122, Introduction to Information Systems Programming | 3 |
| BCIS 222, Object Oriented Programming | 3 |
| BCIS 322, Intermediate Object Oriented Programming | 3 |
| BCIS 450, Systems Design, Development and Implementation | 3 |
| BCIS 475, Database Management Systems | 3 |
| Electives in BCIS, upper-division (may not include BCIS 458 or 485) | 9 |
MINOR: Accounting
To obtain a minor in Accounting, a student must complete 18 or more credit hours of approved course work in Accounting (ACCT), of which at least 12 hours are in courses numbered 300, or higher. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 over the 18 hours must be earned. Required courses include ACCT 251, 252, and 301. BCIS 485 may be substituted for 3 hours of Accounting numbered 300 or higher. The remaining hours may be satisfied by completing any upper-division courses in Accounting, except ACCT 356, 490, 498. Of the 12 hours of upper-division Accounting classes required for the minor, a minimum of 6 must be taken at NMSU. To count toward the minor, upper-division transfer courses must have been taken at an institution with AACSB Accounting accreditation. Application forms for an Accounting minor are available from the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Room 232, Business Complex Building. These must be submitted for approval by the degree application deadline of the semester in which the student intends to graduate.
MINOR: Enterprise Systems
To obtain a minor in Enterprise Systems, a student must complete 18 or more credit hours of approved course work, including ACCT 351; BCIS 458 or 482; BCIS 485; BCIS 495; MGT 344 or 351; and ACCT 353 or MGT 345 or FIN 360. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 over the 18 hours must be earned. Of the 18 hours required for the minor, a minimum of 9 at the 400-level must be taken at NMSU. Application forms are available from the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Room 232, Business Complex Building. These must be submitted for approval by the degree application deadline of the semester in which the student intends to graduate.
MINOR: Information Systems
To obtain a minor in Information Systems (IS), a student must complete 18 or more credit hours of approved coursework in IS, of which at least 12 hours are in courses numbered 300 or higher. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 over the 18 hours must be earned. Required courses include BCIS 122, 222, and 338 or 350. C S 187 may be substituted for BCIS 122. The remaining 9 hours may be satisfied with any upper-division BCIS courses (including ACCT 351) chosen with the consent of a BCIS advisor. It should be noted that some upper-division BCIS courses require BCIS 322 as a prerequisite. Application forms for an IS minor are available from the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Room 232, Business Complex Building. These must be submitted for approval by the degree application deadline of the semester in which the students intends to graduate.