Hardest BUS-A classes at IU
Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.
- BUS-A 201: Intro to Financial Accounting Average GPA 2.93, 26,858 students
- BUS-A 202: Intro to Managerial Accounting Average GPA 2.96, 26,206 students
- BUS-A 100: Basic Accounting Skills Average GPA 3.11, 91,528 students
- BUS-A 304: Financial Reporting & Analysis Average GPA 3.12, 23,756 students
- BUS-A 329: Taxes and Decision Making Average GPA 3.15, 12,163 students
- BUS-A 312: Intermediate Accounting Ii Average GPA 3.15, 9,433 students
- BUS-A 200: Foundations of Accounting Average GPA 3.17, 27,278 students
- BUS-A 306: Management Accting & Analysis Average GPA 3.17, 24,276 students
- BUS-A 325: Cost Accounting Average GPA 3.17, 12,270 students
- BUS-A 327: Tax Analysis Average GPA 3.22, 16,233 students
- BUS-A 310: Mgmt Decisions & Financl Rptg Average GPA 3.23, 17,429 students
- BUS-A 311: Intermediate Accounting I Average GPA 3.25, 12,232 students
- BUS-A 424: Auditing & Assurance Services Average GPA 3.34, 8,132 students
- BUS-A 422: Adv Financial Accounting I Average GPA 3.37, 3,873 students
- BUS-A 562: Advanced Financial Accounting Average GPA 3.42, 1,444 students
- BUS-A 437: Advanced Management Accounting Average GPA 3.44, 2,632 students
- BUS-A 537: Corporate Taxation I Average GPA 3.44, 1,086 students
- BUS-A 205: Intro to Financl Acctg-honors Average GPA 3.47, 1,666 students
- BUS-A 504: Sel Tpcs Financial Accounting Average GPA 3.47, 179 students
- BUS-A 514: Auditing Theory and Practice Average GPA 3.49, 626 students
- BUS-A 545: Intro Fin Stmt Analy & Valuatn Average GPA 3.50, 1,554 students
- BUS-A 355: Topics in Accounting Average GPA 3.50, 1,306 students
- BUS-A 207: Intro to Managrl Acct-honors Average GPA 3.52, 2,060 students
- BUS-A 324: Cost Management Average GPA 3.53, 17,035 students
- BUS-A 455: Topics in Accounting Average GPA 3.53, 348 students
- BUS-A 337: Accounting Information Systems Average GPA 3.55, 8,073 students
- BUS-A 564: Detecting Earnings Management Average GPA 3.55, 1,070 students
- BUS-A 528: State & Local Taxation Average GPA 3.55, 237 students
- BUS-A 507: Financial Report & Analysis Ii Average GPA 3.56, 132 students
- BUS-A 307: Financial Reporting & Analysis Average GPA 3.57, 1,328 students
- BUS-A 527: Taxes and Financial Statements Average GPA 3.57, 1,294 students
- BUS-A 540: Financial Accounting Concepts Average GPA 3.57, 814 students
- BUS-A 547: Strategic Tax Planning Average GPA 3.58, 1,556 students
- BUS-A 546: Adv Fin Stmts Analys & Valuatn Average GPA 3.58, 1,510 students
- BUS-A 309: Management Accting & Analysis Average GPA 3.58, 1,248 students
- BUS-A 517: Fin Analysis & Firm Valuation Average GPA 3.58, 765 students
- BUS-A 314: Communic Accounting Analytics Average GPA 3.60, 2,874 students
- BUS-A 570: Struct Acq: Acctg Adv Services Average GPA 3.60, 952 students
- BUS-A 557: International Taxation Average GPA 3.60, 306 students
- BUS-A 519: Integ Capstone Simulation Average GPA 3.61, 869 students
- BUS-A 531: Tax of Partnerships & S Corps Average GPA 3.61, 337 students
- BUS-A 548: Strat Cost Analysis & Control Average GPA 3.62, 3,050 students
- BUS-A 440: Research in Acctg and Audit Average GPA 3.63, 2,570 students
- BUS-A 576: Strategic Cost Management Average GPA 3.63, 1,452 students
- BUS-A 566: It Auditing & Internal Contrls Average GPA 3.64, 482 students
- BUS-A 303: Communication for Accountants Average GPA 3.67, 5,948 students
- BUS-A 271: Global Bus Analysis-accounting Average GPA 3.68, 2,130 students
- BUS-A 591: Financial Accounting Theory Average GPA 3.71, 1,436 students
- BUS-A 569: Field Consulting Average GPA 3.73, 2,900 students
- BUS-A 509: Career Success Skills Average GPA 3.73, 1,852 students
- BUS-A 568: Appl Ldrship Pwr Pers & Pro Pr Average GPA 3.74, 1,040 students
- BUS-A 319: Financial and Trans Consulting Average GPA 3.75, 386 students
- BUS-A 551: Tax Research Average GPA 3.75, 186 students
- BUS-A 579: Experimental Course in Acctg Average GPA 3.78, 721 students
- BUS-A 565: Accounting Systems Average GPA 3.84, 379 students
- BUS-A 572: Forensic Accounting Average GPA 3.86, 656 students
- BUS-A 313: Intro to Careers in Accounting Average GPA 3.90, 1,835 students
- BUS-A 582: Intl Financial Reporting Stnds Average GPA 3.94, 1,246 students
- BUS-A 505: Field Study Average GPA 3.95, 726 students
- BUS-A 317: Corporate Accounting Workshop Average GPA 3.95, 104 students
- BUS-A 272: Global Bus Immersn-accounting Average GPA 3.96, 894 students
- BUS-A 315: Assurance, Control & Info Sys Average GPA 4.00, 136 students
See also: Easiest classes, IU course catalog, BUS-A course catalog.