ACT at Colorado State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ACT coursework.

• ACT 301Financial Accounting and Applied Data Skillsopens 15 courses (1 directly)
• ACT 311Intermediate Accounting Iopens 14 courses (4 directly)
• ACT 312Intermediate Accounting IIopens 11 courses (5 directly)
• ACT 321Cost Managementopens 11 courses (2 directly)
• ACT 350Accounting Information Systemsopens 10 courses (5 directly)
• ACT 330Introduction to Taxationopens 9 courses (9 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ACT work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 38 ACT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more ACT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on ACT, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ACT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ACT 541

  1. ACT 210Introduction to Financial Accounting
  2. ACT 301Financial Accounting and Applied Data Skills
  3. ACT 311Intermediate Accounting I
  4. ACT 312Intermediate Accounting II
  5. ACT 441Auditing Practices
  6. ACT 541Forensic Accounting and Fraud Auditing

• 4 courses deep, ending at ACT 421

  1. ACT 220Introduction to Managerial Accounting
  2. ACT 321Cost Management
  3. ACT 350Accounting Information Systems

• 4 courses deep, ending at ACT 561

  1. BUS 260Social-Ethical-Regulatory Issues in Business
  2. BUS 205Legal and Ethical Issues in Business
  3. ACT 561Legal and Regulatory Issues in Accounting

• 3 courses deep, ending at ACT 537

  1. ACT 220Introduction to Managerial Accounting
  2. ACT 330Introduction to Taxation
  3. ACT 537Advanced Taxation of Business Entities

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ACT yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ACT yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

ACT does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Colorado State campus feed.