Differentiate Your Business Degree with the Newly ApprovedAccounting Undergraduate Certificate

Accounting has always been instrumental within any organizations. Completing this certificate program will provide you a competitive edge in the world of business. The Accounting Program at UALR has been developed collaboratively with business professionals in area organizations, including Acxiom, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Dillard’s, Southwest Power Pool, and Windstream, to name a few. In the Accounting Certificate Program you will develop marketable accounting technical and decision-making skills relevant to all functional areas of accounting. This certificate provides UALR graduates with the professional and technical knowledge, effective communication skills, analytical thinking abilities, and knowledge of professional and ethical standards to become marketable and successful in the field of business.

Your major may already incorporate some of these classes, so the total certificate requirement may be fewer than 18 hours.

Accounting Undergraduate Certificate18 Hours Required:

Required Courses (12 hours)*

ACCT 2310 Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 2330 Principles of Accounting II

ACCT 3311 Intermediate Financial Accounting I

ACCT 3330 Intermediate Cost and Managerial Accounting

Electives (6 hours)

Two of the following:ACCT 3312 Intermediate Financial Accounting IIACCT 3321 Federal Taxation IACCT 3341 Accounting Information SystemsACCT 3361 Accounting for Government, Non-Profits, etc.ACCT 4314 Advanced Financial Accounting

3-hour approved elective*

For details about the program and advising information, contact Dr. Mark Funk, Interim Chairperson, Department of Accounting, Reynolds Business 212 (mffunk@ualr.edu, 501.569.8862).