Accounting, BS

Degree Requirements

Note: Many Accounting courses must be taken for a letter grade and do not offer students a G/P/NC option. See the courses without G/P/NC option course list  for a full list of courses that do not offer a G/P/NC option.

Business Honors Program (BHP)

Qualified students may graduate with honors in the College of Business.

Admission requirements for the honors program are:

• A-minus or better in BUS 215: Introduction to Business Statistics or BUS 220: Introduction to Decision Sciences.

• An overall GPA of 3.5 or above.

• Admission committee decisions.

To graduate with honors requires:

• A cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better, fulfillment of the courses (BUS 380, BUS 495, BUS 496),

• A student presentation during the Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Celebration of Undergraduate Research & Creativity (an annual event organized by the URECA Program that showcases undergraduate research, open to all SBU undergraduates conducting faculty-mentored research and creative projects).

Sustaining Program Eligibility 

• Students who earn below a B-minus in BUS 380 cannot progress with BHP (i.e., these students will be automatically dropped from the BHP).

• Students have to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above before graduation.

• Students who have been found guilty of academic dishonesty, regardless of having completed the Q course, may not graduate with University honors. No exceptions to this policy will be made for students graduating with majors in the College of Business.

• Students’ progress and performance will be monitored throughout the program. Students who perform poorly (below a cumulative 3.5 GPA) in their academic studies will be counseled and warned that they are in jeopardy of being dropped from the BHP. Following at least one warning, such students will not be permitted to continue in the BHP.

• Students entering as an accounting major, either as an existing Stony Brook student or transfer student, will be evaluated under the same criteria for curriculum and admittance to the BHP. 

SBC Courses

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements. (See Note 1 & Note 2)

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program’s “Major SBC Courses” page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods.

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

• Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
• Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
• Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later

Sample Course Sequence

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior