<p>Does anyone know the minimum number of credit hours to get the accounting degree at Kelley? I have gone through the bulletins and come up with 141 credit hours minimum, 144 if you are a Kelley honors student.</p>
<p>These junior and senior year requirements for the accounting major are spelled out pretty plainly in the online bulletin but it still seems like a lot of classes when combined with the other required business courses and the 62 hour general education requirement:</p>
<p>Major Requirements for Accounting Majors:
Junior Year: BUS-A 311, A 325, A 329, X 301, and S 400.
Senior Year: BUS-A 312, A 424 and either A 422 or A 437. Students must also select a 9 credit hour supporting concentration in a business discipline other than accounting.</p>
<p>I know per the bulletin that W131, X104, X204, M118, and M119 are required for business students and can be used to complete the general education requirement, but even given credit for these in the gen ed requirement category I still come up with 141 hours minimum to graduate, which averages out to a pretty hefty 17.6 for non-honors students and 18 hours for honors students per fall and spring semester over four years.</p>
<p>Anybody know any ways to lessen this 141 number, assuming it is an accurate total? I found that if you score high enough on the Critical Reasoning (670+) and Writing (660+) portions of the SAT that you can get two credit hours in a class numbered W143 from the College of Arts and Sciences. And the Kelley bulletin states that </p>
<p>"For nonbusiness courses, the [Kelley Business] school will accept credit for specific courses awarded on the basis of self-acquired competency by other baccalaureate degree-granting units of Indiana University and by other institutions accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges or comparable regional associations." </p>
<p>So I am assuming Kelley will accept the two credit hours for W143 based on SAT performance.</p>
<p>Any other advice to lessen the number of credit hours for the accounting major?</p>
<p>Don't forget that the three required economics courses (ECON E201, ECON E202, and ECON E370) also count as general education courses.</p>
<p>Thus, it's only about 132 units that are required for the accounting degree, not the 141 you mention.</p>
<p>Still, it does mean that you have to take more than the 124 that the bulletin says you need--and it means you either have to take extra courses during the year (or summer) or else plan to go an extra semester (past the normal 4 years) to get an accounting degree.</p>
<p>You would think the econ courses would apply to the general ed requirement but a footnote from the bulletin says</p>
<p>"For accreditation purposes, the Kelley School is prohibited from allowing business or economics courses to count in the general-education component. Some exceptions apply. See a business advisor."</p>
<p>The business classes X104 and X204 meet a communications requirement in the general ed requirement but I don't know of any others in the bulletin. The required classes W131, M118, and M119 meet the requirement, but I don't know of any others. Probably need to contact an adviser.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info--apparently it's the business communications and business law courses I should have been counting towards the gen ed, as well as the three required econ courses. Once you add in these extra 6 units, then the total comes down from 132 to 126 or so.</p>
<p>This is actually a big surprise for me--since I wouldn't have expected those to be considered "gen ed".</p>