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Accounting

A major in Accounting is available. See also the Financial Management minor.

Major in Accounting

56 credit hours

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates with a major in Accounting will:

  1. Identify and articulate how personal values and ethical considerations inform and impact business decisions.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the roles, goals, key concepts, methods, and tools utilized in specific business functions as well as the relationships between the various functions in a business.
  3. Intentionally prepare for an accounting career.
  4. Acquire skills needed to influence, inspire, and motivate individuals and groups to achieve results.
  5. Identify opportunities, analyze information, and apply frameworks for effective problem-solving and decision-making.
  6. Demonstrate effective communication in a variety of business contexts.
  7. Demonstrate the ability to work productively with individuals in a diversity of roles and with varying interests in the outcome.

Planning Guide

First yearGoshen Core
The Organization of Business
Principles of Accounting
Spreadsheet Skills
Foundations of Information Systems
Second yearGoshen Core
Accounting Information Systems
Principles of Economics
Intermediate Accounting
Business Analytics
Operations Management
Third yearGoshen Core
Individual Income Taxation
Financial Management
Business Income
Taxation
Experience-focused course
Fourth yearGoshen Core
Auditing
Business Law
Cost Accounting
Strategic Management Capstone

Planning and Advising Notes

Double Majors in accounting and business are not allowed due to the significant overlap in required courses. Accounting majors may consider completing a complementary minor based on career goals and/or personal interest.

Indiana requires 120 credit hours to take the CPA exam. Each state has unique CPA exam eligibility and licensing requirements.  Students should work with their academic advisor to plan a course of study to meet the licensing requirements of a particular state.

Students may begin taking courses in Goshen College’s MBA program upon earning 60 undergraduate credit hours and having a GPA of at least 2.50. Contact your academic advisor for more information.

Minimum academic requirement for majors: All accounting majors must earn a grade of C- or higher in all courses required for the major.

Course descriptions

  • ACC 200 Principles of Accounting

    ACC 200 Principles of Accounting at Goshen College teaches financial and managerial accounting basics, from the accounting cycle to financial statements.

  • ACC 210 Accounting Information Systems

    ACC 210 Accounting Information Systems at Goshen College teaches manual and software accounting systems: cash, purchasing, sales, inventory and reporting.

  • ACC 301 Cost Accounting

    ACC 301 Cost Accounting at Goshen College shows how managers use accounting to plan and decide: costing, profitability, budgeting and pricing, with cases.

  • ACC 302 Intermediate Accounting I

    ACC 302 Intermediate Accounting I at Goshen College analyzes financial statements, with a focus on assets and revenue recognition. Prerequisite: ACC 200.

  • ACC 303 Intermediate Accounting II

    ACC 303 Intermediate Accounting II at Goshen College analyzes financial statements with a focus on liabilities. Follows ACC 302 in the sequence.

  • ACC 304 Individual Income Taxation

    ACC 304 Individual Income Taxation at Goshen College covers current income tax law for individuals and sole proprietors, plus tax research and planning.

  • ACC 306 Intermediate Accounting III

    ACC 306 Intermediate Accounting III at Goshen College covers equity, complex cash flow statements and financial statement consolidations.

  • ACC 405 Auditing

    ACC 405 Auditing at Goshen College covers the CPA's role as independent auditor, from planning and risk assessment to testing and the audit opinion.

  • ACC 409 Accounting Internship

    ACC 409 Accounting Internship at Goshen College is a full-time position in a public accounting firm, arranged with and approved by the instructor.

  • ACC 434 Business Income Taxation

    ACC 434 Business Income Taxation at Goshen College covers tax law for C and S corporations, partnerships and LLCs, including book-to-tax reconciliations.

  • BUS 155 The Organization of Business

    BUS 155 The Organization of Business at Goshen College introduces core business concepts, group project tools and business communication skills.

  • BUS 220 Spreadsheet Skills

    BUS 220 Spreadsheet Skills at Goshen College teaches the spreadsheet skills employers expect: functions, charts, data analysis and visualization.

  • BUS 282 Business Analytics

    BUS 282 Business Analytics at Goshen College teaches students to turn data into decisions using analysis and visualization, mainly in Microsoft Excel.

  • BUS 309 Job-Connected Applied Learning

    BUS 309 Job-Connected Applied Learning at Goshen College pairs a job during the semester with academic coursework, connecting work skills and classes.

  • BUS 310 Business Law

    BUS 310 Business Law at Goshen College surveys legal principles: liability, contracts, sales, agency, partnerships, corporations and antitrust.

  • BUS 317 Financial Management

    BUS 317 Financial Management at Goshen College introduces corporate finance: time value of money, valuation, capital budgeting and dividend policy.

  • BUS 318 Operations Management

    BUS 318 Operations Management at Goshen College covers production and service decisions, from facilities and supply chain to lean manufacturing.

  • BUS 360 Java Junction Operations

    In BUS 360 Java Junction Operations, Goshen College students run and manage Java Junction, the student-run coffee shop in the KMY Connector.

  • BUS 370 Business Process Innovation

    BUS 370 Business Process Innovation at Goshen College studies business processes on site at companies, and where people and technology add value.

  • BUS 409 Business Internship

    BUS 409 Business Internship lets Goshen College business students apply classroom learning in a summer job, with academic work completed in the fall.

  • BUS 410 Strategic Management Capstone

    BUS 410 Strategic Management Capstone at Goshen College uses case studies and simulations to build strategies that create value for all stakeholders.

  • COSC 106 Foundations of Information Systems

    COSC 106 Foundations of Information Systems at Goshen College introduces IT in business, from ethics and privacy to information security and data.

  • ECON 200 Principles of Economics

    ECON 200 Principles of Economics at Goshen College introduces micro and macroeconomics: markets, prices, government's economic role and more.

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