Skills gained• Payroll accounting • Business practices • Finance • Spreadsheets • Payroll accounting • Tax accounting • Operations management • Auditing • Cost accounting

Possible careers• Accounting technician• Auditing clerk• Bookkeeper• Financial clerk• Accounting specialist

Advance your professional career as an accountantWith the right degree in accounting, you could start or expand your accounting career by helping businesses become more efficient and profitable. As a vital part of the accounting team, you could play a key role in managing taxes, investments, bookkeeping, and more. Once you gain the proper accounting credentials, you could climb the corporate ladder or operate your own business.

Program objectivesOur bachelor’s degree program in accounting prepares you for positions with public accounting firms or private, governmental, or non-profit organizations. This broad-ranging degree educates you in management, marketing, investing, and many other practical areas that apply to real-world business settings. In addition, you could develop skills in communication, logic, motivation, and other key business traits. As part of your accounting focus, you’ll learn about business and financial concepts and how they relate to professional accounting, including principles of federal taxation, auditing, and accounting for small businesses and corporations.

Why choose Independence University?Independence University provides the degree you need for the life you want—on your terms and on your schedule. Our online learning model allows you the freedom to pursue your degree whenever and wherever it’s most convenient for you.Our degree programs are career-focused, without elective courses that you don’t need or want. Complete your bachelor’s degree in as few as 36 months!IU is different from other online schools. We combine the student services and support you’d expect from a traditional, classroom-based university with the flexibility of online delivery, so you can get the ultra-personalized support you need from enrollment to graduation and beyond.

For graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the programs, and other data, visit independence.edu/student-information.

Independence University admits students of any race, color, and national or ethnic origin.

Bachelor of Science

ACCOUNTING

PROGRAM LENGTH: 36 MONTHS

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

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PROGRAM LENGTH: 36 MONTHS

Bachelor of Science

ACCOUNTING

Course Name Credits

Introduction to Accounting & Workplace Rela-tionships 5.0

Payroll Accounting & Human Resources and Policies 5.0

Fundamentals of Accounting and Professional Success 5.0

Computerized Accounting Systems 5.0

Managerial Accounting & Introduction to Cost Accounting 5.0

Individual Income Tax 5.0

Principles of Financial Accounting in Computerized Systems 5.0

Intermediate Accounting I - Revenue Recognition Principles 5.0

Intermediate Accounting II - Current & Fixed Asset Management 5.0

Intermediate Accounting III - Debt and Equity Accounting 5.0

Advanced Financial Statement Reporting & Analysis 5.0

Accounting for Business Combinations 5.0

Accounting for Partnerships 5.0

Accounting for Non-Profit & Government Organizations 5.0

Course Name Credits

Federal Income Tax for Organizations 5.0

Auditing Planning and Procedures 5.0

Research Capstone: IFRS & GAAP 5.0

Business Computer Fundamentals 5.0

Practical Business Spreadsheets 5.0

Psychology of Motivation 5.0

Professional Development 5.0

Principles of Business & Personal Finance 5.0

Introduction to Business & Job Search Skills 5.0

Management Principles & Professional Success 5.0

Entrepreneurship, Motivation, Leadership, and Teams 5.0

Project Management 5.0

Business Law and Ethics 5.0

General education courses:Communication and Public Speaking 5.0

Microeconomics 5.0

English Writing Fundamentals 5.0

Course Name Credits

Advanced Interpersonal Communication 5.0

American History 5.0

College Algebra 5.0

Critical Thinking 5.0

Research Application Methods 5.0

Statistics 5.0

Total minimum number of credits: 180.0