Jun 07, 2025

DRAFT 2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Business Administration, Accounting Information Systems Concentration, BS

This concentration integrates accounting and management information systems disciplines to prepare students for careers in accounting information technology. Offered by the Department of Accounting and Finance , the curriculum focuses on relevant accounting, internal control, and information technology issues. AIS students take courses in database design, networking and data communications, systems analysis and design, and information technology audit, all with an accounting emphasis. Students who complete this concentration enter a fast-growing, dynamic area in accounting. Graduates are attractive to public accounting firms and corporations, and their careers take paths in information technology or internal audit, forensic accounting, risk management, or litigation services. AIS students are qualified to sit for the Computer Information Systems Auditor (CISA) examination.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Roadmaps

The 4-Year Roadmap is available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums).

Major-Specific Graduation Requirements

All courses in the Concentration Requirements for Accounting Information Systems must be completed with a grade of “C or better”. The following Preparation for the Major and Required for the Major courses must be completed with a grade of “C or better”: ENGL 2 , MATH 70 , BUS1 20 , BUS2 90 .

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Students must satisfy the specific degree requirements for their undergraduate major and fulfill the following University degree requirements:

Academic (program total units with an average 2.0 GPA - “C” or better)
General Education (GE) (34 Lower Division + 9 Upper Division)
American Institutions (AI) (0-6 units) (may be satisfied in GE Areas 3B, 4, UD 3, UD 4)
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) (3 units)
Physical Education (PE) (0-2 units)
Units in Residence (30 units, including 24 upper division and 12 in major)
Upper Division Units (40 units, including 12 upper div in major for BA, 18 upper div in major for BS)
Undergraduate Policies & Procedures
Apply for Graduation
Information about the Commencement Ceremony and Conferral of the Degree

Exceptions for University Graduation Requirements including exemptions and waivers, are approved for specific majors and on a case-by-case evaluation only.

Summary of Degree Units

Core Lower Division GE: 19 (9 units may be satisfied by major coursework: Areas 1B, 2, 4)

6 required units of American Institutions/US123 may be satisfied by selecting applicable GE courses in Areas 3B and/or 4

Upper Division GE 3 (6 units may be satisfied by major coursework: UD Areas 3, 4)

Physical Education: 2

GWAR/ WID: 0 (3 units satisfied by ENGL ENGL 100WB , COMM 100W , or LLD 100WB )

Major Preparation: 15

Major Requirements: 70

University Electives: 5

Total: 120

2. Major Preparation (15 units)

ECON 1A - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics 3 unit(s)
ECON 1B - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics 3 unit(s) (GE Area 4 / Formerly Area D)
ENGL 2 - Critical Thinking and Writing 3 unit(s) (GE Area 1B / Formerly Area A3) (or equivalent)
MATH 70 - Mathematics for Business 3 unit(s) (GE Area Area 2 / Formerly Area B4) (Students who complete any of the following with a C or better may substitute it for MATH 70 : MATH 30 , MATH 31 , MATH 32 , or MATH 71 .)

Writing in the Disciplines (3 units)

Choose one course from:

COMM 100W - Writing Workshop: Writing for Influence 3 unit(s) (WID)
ENGL 100WB - Written Communication: Business 3 unit(s) (WID)
LLD 100WB - Writing Workshop for Business Students 3 unit(s) (WID)

3. Major Requirements (70 units)

Core Courses (43 units)

Lower Division Courses (13 units)

BUS1 20 - Financial Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS3 80 - Legal Environment of Business 3 unit(s)
BUS2 90 - Business Statistics 3 unit(s) (Transfer students with STAT 95 (C or better) may use this in lieu of BUS2 90 .)
BUS4 91L - Computer Tools for Business 1 unit(s)
BUS3 12 - Business First Year Experience 3 unit(s) (
BUS3 10
can be substituted for Transfer Students)

Business Fundamentals (15 units)

BUS2 130 - Introduction to Marketing 3 unit(s)
BUS5 140 - Fundamentals of Operations Management 3 unit(s)
BUS3 160 - Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior 3 unit(s)
BUS1 170 - Fundamentals of Finance 3 unit(s)
BUS2 190 - Fundamentals of Business Analytics 3 unit(s)

Business Integration and Perspectives Courses (15 units)

BUS5 187 - Global Dimensions of Business 3 unit(s)
BUS4 188 - Business Systems and Policy 3 unit(s)
BUS3 189 - Strategic Management 3 unit(s)
PHIL 186 - Professional and Business Ethics 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
One non-business global perspectives course in GE UD Area 3 (Formerly Area V) 3 unit(s)

Concentration Requirements (27 units)

Additionally, to qualify for a baccalaureate degree in business administration with an accounting information systems concentration, all courses in the concentration must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. A cumulative 2.0 GPA is required in all business classes.

Accounting Information Systems Foundation Courses (24 units)

BUS1 120A - Accounting Information Systems 3 unit(s)
BUS1 120B - Advanced AIS and IS Risk Assessment 3 unit(s)
BUS1 120C - Network Environment and Accounting Controls 3 unit(s)
BUS1 120D - Accounting Topics in IT Audit 3 unit(s)
BUS1 120G - Programming and Systems Development in AIS 3 unit(s)
BUS1 121A - Intermediate Accounting I 3 unit(s)
BUS1 121B - Intermediate Accounting II 3 unit(s)
BUS1 122A - Management Accounting and Control Systems 3 unit(s)

Required Electives (3 units)

Complete one course from:

BUS1 123A - Taxation of Businesses and Investments 3 unit(s)
BUS1 124 - Forensic Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS1 127A - Honors Practicum in Corporate Financial Management 3 unit(s)
BUS1 129A - Financial Auditing 3 unit(s)
BUS1 129B - Operational Auditing 3 unit(s)

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