Entry to Major Requirements

Entry to the Penn State Altoona Accounting major requires the completion of the following eight entry-to-major courses:

ACCTG 211: Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (4 credits)
ECON 102: Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy GS (3 credits)
ENGL 015: Rhetoric and Composition GWS or ENGL 030H: Honors Rhetoric and Composition GWS (3 credits)
FIN 301: Corporate Finance (3 credits)
MATH 110: Techniques of Calculus I GQ or MATH 140: Calculus with Analytic Geometry GQ (4 credits)
MGMT 301: Basic Management Concepts (3 credits)
MKTG 301: Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
SCM 200: Introduction to Statistics for Business GQ or STAT 200: Elementary Statistics GQ (4 credits)

Entry also requires a 2.00 or higher cumulative grade-point average.

Suggested Academic Plans are eight-semester guides you can use to meet degree requirements.

Located in room 125 on the lower level of the Eiche Library, the Student Success Center supports two main functions:

To GET HELP for those students who need academic and non-academic assistance, and
To GET AHEAD for those students ready to take the next steps in their education.

Out-of-classroom academic experiences that complement in-class learning, including:

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