Accounting Minor

• Open to business or non-business students.
• Understand basic business foundations, financial statements, and the accountant's role in the management of a company.
• Prerequisite courses for the minor:

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credit Hours
  ECON 1101	Macroeconomic Principles	3
  ECON 1102	Microeconomic Principles	3
  ACCT 2103	Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making	4-6
  or ACCT 2101 & ACCT 2102	Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting
  Total Credit Hours		10-12

• Minimum grades of C- are required in prerequisite courses and are not calculated in the minor GPA.
• Four departmental courses are required (three of these must be taken at Temple University):

  Course List

  Code	Title	Credit Hours
  ACCT 2521	Cost Accounting	3
  ACCT 3511	Intermediate Accounting I	3
  Select two of the following:		6
  ACCT 3512	Intermediate Accounting II
  ACCT 3526	Accounting Information Systems
  ACCT 3531	Federal Taxes on Income
  ACCT 3532	Topics in Taxation
  ACCT 3533	Advanced Financial Accounting
  ACCT 3534	Information Systems and Controls for Accounting Professionals
  ACCT 3596	Auditing 1
  ACCT 4501	Accounting Analytics Senior Seminar
  ACCT 4502	Strategic Financial Management Accounting
  Total Credit Hours		12

  1	Effective Fall 2018, ACCT 3526 is a prerequisite for ACCT 3596. This change affects all students regardless of catalog year.

• Minimum grades of C are required in accounting courses unless otherwise specified.
• A grade point average of 2.0 in courses in the minor is required.
• Courses cannot be used to meet minor requirements if already used to meet the requirements for a major or a different minor or certificate.
• Courses for the minor must be completed prior to graduation; if completed, the minor will be recorded on the final transcript upon graduation.
• To declare or rescind this minor, visit the Fox School of Business and Management.
• Courses are available 100% online.

Interested students should discuss with their home college advisors how the courses in the minor will fit into their overall degree plan and are strongly encouraged to declare the minor early in their academic career.