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College
College of Business Administration
Department
Department of Accounting

550 Business Administration Building
Tel: 330-672-2545
E-mail: accounting@kent.edu
Web: business.kent.edu/departments/accounting

The Accounting minor is for students desiring accounting education in financial statement preparation, budgeting, costing and accounting systems at a level beyond the user of financial information but less than the preparation for being a professional accountant. The minor is especially useful to students whose career paths are in business, not-for-profit and governmental organizations where dealing with financial issues will be an important part of their duties.

Requirements to declare the accounting minor:

  • Minimum 2.500 overall GPA; or if freshman, no GPA is required

Requirements to progress in the accounting minor:

  • Minimum B- (2.700) grade in both ACCT 23020 and 23021(or equivalents)

Requirement to graduate with an accounting minor:

  • Minimum 2.500 GPA is required in the minor courses. In computing the minor GPA, all attempts of 30000 and 40000 level courses are included in the calculation. Only the highest grade for all attempts in the 20000 level courses required in this minor are used for the calculation of the minor GPA.

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

MINOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (21 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  ACCT 23020 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 B-
  ACCT 23021 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 1 3 B-
  ACCT 33001 Corporate Accounting I 1 3 C
  ACCT 33004 Introduction to Accounting Systems 1 3 C
  ACCT 33010 Cost Accounting 1 3  
  ACCT 33012  Corporate Accounting II 1 3  
  MIS 24053 Introduction to Computer Applications 3  
MINIMUM TOTAL 21  
  1. Students are expected to satisfy course prerequisites. Prerequisites are not tied to a particular catalog; therefore it is important to look at the most current information about a course.

Program Note:

  • To earn a College of Business Administration minor, students must complete at least 50 percent of the total required credit hours for the minor at Kent State University, at least 6 credit hours in the minor must be at the upper-division (30-40000) level, and at least 6 credit hours in the minor must be different from courses in the student's major and minor(s). Student may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.