ACIS at Virginia Tech

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 ACIS coursework.

• ACIS 3115Intermediate Financial Accountingopens 13 courses (9 directly)
• ACIS 2504Introduction to Accounting Analyticsopens 8 courses (4.5 directly)
• ACIS 3504Accounting Systems and Controlsopens 6 courses (4 directly)
• FIN 3104Introduction to Financeopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• ACIS 2116Principles of Accountingopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ACIS 4414Financial Statement Auditingopens 2 courses (2 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 ACIS 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 43 ACIS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 more ACIS 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 ACIS, 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 ACIS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ACIS 4194

  1. ACIS 1504Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
  2. ACIS 2504Introduction to Accounting Analytics
  3. FIN 3104Introduction to Finance
  4. FIN 3134Financial Analytics
  5. ACIS 4194Analysis of Financial Statements

• 4 courses deep, ending at ACIS 4024

  1. ACIS 1504Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
  2. ACIS 3115Intermediate Financial Accounting
  3. ACIS 4414Financial Statement Auditing

• 4 courses deep, ending at ACIS 4114

  1. ACIS 1504Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
  2. ACIS 3115Intermediate Financial Accounting
  3. ACIS 3116Intermediate Financial Accounting

• 4 courses deep, ending at ACIS 4364

  1. ACIS 1504Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
  2. ACIS 3115Intermediate Financial Accounting
  3. ACIS 3314Tax Impact on Decisions

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ACIS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ACIS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

ACIS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.