Accounting Minor
Boost your major with an Accounting Minor at UMass Boston.
About the Program
Want to stand out when you graduate? Add UMass Boston’s Accounting Minor to your major and add a skill employers value.
This isn’t just another line on your résumé; it’s a game-changer. You’ll learn real, practical skills in financial reporting, budgeting, and using numbers to make smart decisions. Stuff that actually matters in the real world. You’ll start understanding exactly how businesses run, where money flows, and how decisions get made. That kind of insight makes you way more valuable, no matter what field you’re going into.
Whether you’re trying to break into corporate, launch your own startup, manage your own money better, or just look like the most prepared person in the room during interviews—this minor delivers the tools. Level up your degree. Level up your future.
Program Details
Curriculum
Students must complete six courses (18 credits) to earn the Accounting minor. Courses cannot be taken on a pass/fail basis.
Current College of Management student? You may have already completed some of the required courses as part of your degree, which can count toward the minor.
Three Required Courses (9 credits)
- AF 210 Financial Accounting 3 credit(s)
- AF 211 Managerial Accounting 3 credit(s)
- AF 310 Intermediate Accounting I 3 credit(s)
Three Electives (9 credits)
Choose three courses from the list below.
- AF 311 Intermediate Accounting II 3 credit(s)
- AF 315 Accounting Information Systems 3 credit(s)
- AF 317 Data Analytics for Accounting 3 credit(s)
- AF 363 Cost Accounting 3 credit(s)
- AF 410 Advanced Accounting 3 credit(s)
- AF 450 Federal Taxation I 3 credit(s)
- AF 451 Federal Taxation II 3 credit(s)
- AF 470 Financial Auditing 3 credit(s)
- AF 490 Current Topics in Accounting 3 credit(s)
It is highly recommended that any student considering or enrolled in the accounting minor seek regular advising in the Academic and Career Engagement and Success Center or from an advisor in their college.
For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.
Business majors complete these courses as part of their Business Core; 4 additional courses are needed to complete this minor.
Completion Requirements
Good Standing in the Minor: To have the minor listed on the official transcript, students must maintain a 2.0 average in the minor and receive no more than one D in the minor. The minor must be completed in the College of Management. A maximum of six transfer credits (2 courses) may be applied toward completion. Students dismissed from the minor for academic reasons may not appeal the decision or be readmitted to the minor.
Contact
College of Management Undergraduate Programs
McCormack Hall, 5th Floor, Room 610
(617) 287-7760
upo@umb.edu
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