<p>If you are a student at William and Mary majoring in government, do you have the ability to take an elective course in accounting over in the business school?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Principles of Accounting is a prerequisite for being accepted to the business program, so anyone can take it. Higher level accounting courses I'm not sure about.</p>
<p>Principles of Accounting is open to anyone. Upper level courses are open to non-business majors/minors only on a space-available basis, pursuant to the following taken from the course catalog:</p>
<p>Students who are not pursuing a formal program in the Mason
School of Business may enroll in business classes for which they
have satisfied the course prerequisites for elective credit on a
space available basis.</p>
<p>I'm a junior and a finance w/accounting and couldn't even get into some accounting courses this semester, so that about sums up your chances.</p>
<p>If you want to just take intro accounting (BUAD203), you can easily get into that even your freshman year. There are generally 3-4 sections of this offered per semester. It is a prereq to enter the business school so it is open to anyone. I took it last semester and I'm a freshman. Good class.</p>