Accounting
Accounting
Four four-credit courses in total are required.
- Concentrators are required to take 1 A-list course
- Concentrators are required to choose 3 B-list courses for a total of 12 credits
- No more than 1 B-list course can be selected outside the AC department
- Concentrators can count no more than one course, one time, towards multiple concentrations. Therefore, a single course can only count toward a maximum of two concentrations and overlap between two concentrations is only allowed with one course. Generally, one concentration is fulfilled by a minimum of four electives, two concentrations are fulfilled by a minimum of seven electives, and three concentrations by a minimum of eleven electives.
Accounting Concentration
Video Introduction
Accounting Concentration Guide
Faculty Concentration Advisor:
Rosalba Schino
| Course: | Curric- ulum Info: | Pre-requisite: | Semesters: |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC347 Intermediate Accounting I | A | QST AC221; QST AC222 previous or concurrent. Pre-req for SHA students: SHA HF210; SHA HF310 | Fall & Spring |
| AC348 Intermediate Accounting II | B | QST AC347 | Fall & Spring |
| AC414 Financial Statement Analysis | B | Senior standing; QST AC348 previous or concurrent | Fall & Spring |
| AC420 Introduction to Financial Analytics | B | QST FE323, MK323, OM323, and QM323 | Fall, Spring & Summer 1 |
| AC430 Accounting Research | B | Senior standing; QST AC348 previous or concurrent | Spring |
| AC445 Advanced Managerial Accounting | B | Senior standing; QST AC347 | Spring |
| AC469 Principles of Income Taxation I | B | QST AC347 previous or concurrent | Fall & Spring |
| AC541 Advanced Accounting | B | Senior standing; QST AC348 previous or concurrent | not offered in 2022-23 |
| AC565 Auditing | B | QST AC348 previous or concurrent | Fall & Spring |
| AC579 Principles of Income Taxation II | B | QST AC469 | not offered in 2022-23 |
| AC498 Directed Study: Accounting | B | by application | |
| BA476 Machine Learning for Business Analytics | B | CAS CS108 or CAS CS111 or QST BA222; Junior standing | Fall & Spring |
| FE449 Corporate Financial Management | B | QST FE323 | Fall, Spring & Summer 1 |
| IS465 Managing Data Resources | B | QST IS223; QST BA222 or CAS CS105 or CAS CS108 or CAS CS111 (co-requisite /pre-requisite) | Fall & Spring |
| LA450 Law and Risk Management | B | QST LA245 | Spring |
Please note that BA476, FE449, IS465 and LA450 do not fulfill the CPA’s education requirements in accounting.
Please Note: Requirements to sit for the CPA exam vary from state to state. Students should check with the state in which they intend to practice to ensure they have met specific requirements using this link: thiswaytocpa.com/licensure/state-requirements/
| State | AC Courses Required | Extra #AC Crs. | Total AC Crs. | Total Crs. |
| Massachusetts | AC221, 222, 347, 348, 469, 565 = 24 | 6 credits * | 30 | 150 |
| New York | AC221, 222, 347, 348, 430, 469, 565 = 26 | 7 credits * | 33 | 150 |
Business Analytics
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Multidisciplinary Concentrations
The concentration information on this page pertains to:
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Freshmen that entered Boston University Fall 2019 and after
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External transfers that enter Boston University Spring 2020 and after
If you do not fit this criteria, please visit this page for your concentration requirements.
Multidisciplinary Concentrations provide a breadth of exposure regarding a particular industrial sector or an area of business, through a cross-section of related courses from within Questrom and across the University. Multidisciplinary Concentrations are optional and must be completed in combination with a Functional Concentration.
Global Business
Global Business
If you are pursuing the former functional concentration in International Management, please see here for requirements.
Four four-credit courses in total are required.
- Concentrators are required to take 1 A-list course
- Concentrators are required to choose 3 B-list courses
- No more than 2 courses can be selected outside Questrom
- Concentrators can count no more than one course, one time, towards multiple concentrations. Therefore, a single course can only count toward a maximum of two concentrations and overlap between two concentrations is only allowed with one course. Generally, one concentration is fulfilled by a minimum of four electives, two concentrations are fulfilled by a minimum of seven electives, and three concentrations by a minimum of eleven electives.
Global Business Concentration
Video Introduction
Global Business Concentration Guide
Faculty Concentration Advisor:
Joseph LiPuma
For all non-Questrom courses, please contact the respective college/department for more information about course offering patterns.
| Course: | Curric- ulum Info: | Pre-requisite: | Semesters: |
|---|---|---|---|
| IM345 Global Business Environment | A | CAS EC101, CAS EC102, and junior standing. | Fall & Spring |
| CAS EC320 Economics of Less-Developed Regions | B | EC101, EC102 | Fall & Spring |
| CAS EC369 Economic Development of Latin America | B | EC101, EC102 | not offered in 2022-23 |
| CAS EC370 The Chinese Economy | B | EC201, EC202, EC305 (or EC203 or EC303) | Spring |
| CAS EC391 International Economics | B | EC201 | Fall & Spring |
| CAS EE304 Environmentally Sustainable Development | B | no pre-requisite | Fall & Spring |
| CAS HI334 (IR350) History of International Relations Since 1945 | B | no pre-requisite | Spring |
| CAS IR250 Europe & International Relations | B | no pre-requisite | Fall |
| CAS IR271 Introduction to International Relations | B | no pre-requisite | Fall, Spring, Summer 1 & 2 |
| CAS IR275 The Making of Asia | B | no pre-requisite | Spring |
| CAS IR292 Fundamentals of International Economics | B | EC101, EC102 | Fall |
| CAS IR307 Introduction to Middle East Politics | B | no pre-requisite | Fall |
| CAS IR308 Introduction to Global Resource Geopolitics | B | no pre-requisite | not offered in 2022-23 |
| CAS IR322 Governing Crises: The Political Economy of Financial Booms & Busts | B | EC102 | not offered in 2022-23 |
| CAS IR333 Non-State Actors in International Relations | B | no pre-requisite | not offered in 2022-23 |
| CAS IR336 European Business Environment: Institutions and Enterprise | B | Enrollment in the London Internship Program | Fall |
| CAS IR340 Comparative Public Policy | B | PO141 or PO151 | Fall |
| CAS IR373 Global Governance & International Organization | B | no pre-requisite | Spring |
| CAS IR395 North-South Relations | B | no pre-requisite | Spring |
| CAS IR399 Fundamentals of Global Money | B | EC101 and EC102; and either EC392 or IR292, or QST IM345 | Spring |
| CAS IR428 International Negotiations | B | Junior standing or consent of instructor | Spring |
| CAS SO206 Introduction to the Sociology of Globalization | B | no pre-requisite | Spring |
| CAS SO242 Globalization & World Poverty | B | no pre-requisite | Fall & Spring |
| FE427 International Financial Management | B | QST FE323 | Spring |
| IM445 Multinational Management | B | CAS EC101; CAS EC102; QST CAS EC101; CAS EC102; QST IM345 or QST FE427 or CAS EC392 or CAS IR292 or equivalent for non-Questrom students (may be taken concurrently) | Spring |
| IM471 Made in Italy (offered in Padua) | B | Spring & Summer 1 | |
| MK467 Global Marketing Management | B | QST MK323. Pre-req for SHA students: SHA HF260 | Fall |
| OM467 Global Supply Management | B | QST QM323 | not offered in 2022-23 |
| SI471 International Entrepreneurship | B | QST FE323, MK323, OM323, and QM323; or SI480 | Spring |
| SI475 Global Management Experience | B | QST SM131 and junior standing | Spring |
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