Major and Curriculum
The bachelor's degree program in accountancy is designed to provide students with a general understanding of multiple areas of accounting and the knowledge and skills needed to prepare them to excel as high-integrity business leaders in fulfilling professional careers.
Our undergraduate accountancy curriculum is designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed to succeed in an increasingly dynamic business environment. The KSAs our programs develop include the following:
- Foundational Accounting Knowledge
- Holistic Business Knowledge
- Technological Agility
- Unstructured Problem Solving
- Communication Skills
- Research Skills
- Data and Analytics Mindset and Abilities
Miami Plan and Farmer School of Business Requirements
The B.S. in ACC is based on the Miami Plan, which consists of 36 hours of foundation courses in areas outside of the School of Business. In addition, the School of Business core includes 45 hours of courses from all the business disciplines.
For complete requirements and course descriptions, see the Miami bulletin.
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