B.A. in Accounting and M.S. in Accountancy SF State Scholars Roadmap
The San Francisco State Scholars program provides undergraduate students with an accelerated pathway to a graduate degree. Students in this program pursue a bachelor’s and master’s degree simultaneously. This program allows students to earn graduate credit while in their junior and/or senior year, reducing the number of semesters required for completion of a master’s degree.
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Units | |
| Select One (Major Prerequisite, B4): 1 | 3 | |
| Calculus with Business Applications | ||
| Business Calculus | ||
| ECON 101 | Introduction to Microeconomic Analysis (Major Prerequisite, D1) | 3 |
| ENG 114 | Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) 2 | 3 |
| GE Area A 3 | 3 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ECON 102 | Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis (Major Core, D1) | 3 |
| ISYS 263 | Introduction to Information Systems (Major Prerequisite) | 3 |
| GE Area A | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) 4 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area E | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ACCT 100 | Introduction to Financial Accounting (Major Core) | 3 |
| Select One (Major Core): | 3 | |
| Business Statistics I | ||
| Elementary Statistics (B4) | ||
| GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) 4 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area D: U.S. History (D2) | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ACCT 101 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting (Major Core) | 3 |
| GE Area C - Take Two | 6 | |
| GE Area F ± | 3 | |
| U.S. and California Government | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ACCT 301 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I (Major Concentration) | 3 |
| BUS 300GW | Business Communication for Professionals - GWAR (Major Core) | 3 |
| FIN 350 | Business Finance (Major Core) | 3 |
| IBUS 330 | International Business and Multicultural Relations (Major Core, UD-D, GP) | 3 |
| MKTG 431 | Principles of Marketing (Major Core) | 3 |
| GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities (Consider SF State Studies Course) | 3 | |
| Units | 18 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ACCT 302 | Intermediate Financial Accounting II (Major Concentration) | 3 |
| DS 412 | Operations Management (Major Core) | 3 |
| MGMT 405 | Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior (Major Core) | 3 |
| Major Elective (6 Units Total) - Take One 5 | 3 | |
| Concentration Option (6 Units Total) - Take One 6 | 3 | |
| GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course) | 3 | |
| Units | 18 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ACCT 305 | Cost Accounting (Major Concentration) | 3 |
| Select One (Major Core): | 3 | |
| Accounting Information Systems (Major Core) | ||
| Information Systems for Management | ||
| Major Elective (6 Units Total) – Take One 5 | 3 | |
| Select One (Master's Core): | 3 | |
| Legal and Professional Responsibilities in Accounting | ||
| Accounting Ethics * | ||
| College of Business Elective (12 Units Total) - Take One 7 | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 18 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BUS 682 | Seminar on Business and Society (Major Core) | 3 |
| BUS 690 | Seminar in Business Policy and Strategic Management (Major Core) | 3 |
| Select One (Master's Core): | 3 | |
| Financial Accounting II | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis * | ||
| Concentration Option (6 Units Total) - Take One 6 | 3 | |
| College of Business Elective (12 Units Total) 7 | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 18 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| College of Business Elective (12 Units Total) – Take Two 7 | 6 | |
| Accounting Graduate Elective (6 Units Total) - Take Two 8 | 6 | |
| Units | 12 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select One (Master's Core): | 3 | |
| Strategic Management Accounting * | ||
| Seminar in Cost Accounting | ||
| ACCT 890 | Projects in Ethics and Contemporary Accounting Issues (Master's Culminating Experience) | 3 |
| Units | 6 | |
| Total Units | 150-152 | |
| 1 | To determine the best B4 course option, students should complete the online advising activity at mathadvising.sfsu.edu. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start. |
| 2 | ENG 114 can only be taken if you complete Directed Self-Placement (DSP) and select ENG 114 if you choose ENG 104/ENG 105 through DSP you will satisfy A2 upon successful completion of ENG 105 in the second semester; multilingual students may be advised into alternative English courses. |
| 3 | To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major. |
| 4 | Consider taking a class combined with a laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill B3 if not already satisfied. |
| 5 | Major Electives (6 units) Select two courses not already used to satisfy the concentration requirements: |
| 6 | Concentration Option (6 units) Select Two: |
| 7 | Courses offered by the College of Business by advisement of graduate major advisor (800 level classes). Up to 6 units may be graduate level courses within the University, with prior advisor approval. |
| 8 | Courses offered by the accounting department by advisement of graduate major advisor (courses with ACCT prefix). Limitations: Up to 6 units may be upper-division undergraduate accounting courses (500-level) with prior approval of the major advisor. |
| * | Recommended option |
| ± | Given catalog rights, fall 2022 transfer students do not need to complete an Area F course. |