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ACC 311Lower division3 credit hours

ACC 311 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

Since 2011, ACC 311 has averaged 3.10 with 30% A’s. In Spring 2026 it averaged 3.19, below the 3.36 average for undergraduate ACC classes that term.

Registration details

Before you register

Listed for Spring 2027 · UT’s published schedule

UT prerequisites and restrictions
Prerequisites
Twenty-four semester hours of college credit, including Economics 304K.
Who can take it
Restricted to students in the McCombs School of Business.

Check sections and seatsRelated courses

Catalog edition
2026–27
Class hours a week
3
Grading
Letter grade only
Repeat for credit
No
Texas common number
ACCT 2301, ACCT 2401

Grade distribution

Spring 2026: 276 letter grades, 3.19 average GPA, 24% A’s, 6 sections

Bars show the selected term. Short lines show all terms combined.

Grade counts
Grade distribution
GradeStudentsShareAll terms
A6523.6%29.8%
A−4917.8%14.2%
B+3914.1%11.8%
B4917.8%12.4%
B−2810.1%9.4%
C+248.7%5.9%
C93.3%5.6%
C−62.2%4.0%
D+20.7%1.9%
D20.7%1.7%
D−00.0%1.6%
F31.1%1.7%
Q, W, CR, and others19Not in the average

How have grades changed?

UT’s grade reports show 46 terms from Summer 2011 to Summer 2026 (15 falls, 15 springs, and 16 summers).

Spring 2026 3.19 average · 24% A’s · 276 grades
ACC 311 average GPAAll undergraduate ACC classesLetter grades each term
Grades by term
How have grades changed?
TermSectionsLetter gradesAverage GPAA’s
Summer 20261213.2228.6%
Spring 202662763.1923.6%
Fall 2025188323.2021.0%
Summer 20251213.1923.8%
Spring 202552773.1721.7%
Fall 2024168503.1437.4%
Summer 20241213.4166.7%
Spring 202452813.1527.8%
Fall 2023147533.1139.6%
Summer 20231233.0639.1%
Spring 202352673.1139.3%
Fall 2022147983.1135.0%
Summer 20221123.1741.7%
Spring 202252482.9431.9%
Fall 2021147043.0436.1%
Summer 20212413.1826.8%
Spring 202161563.5247.4%
Fall 2020145673.2333.5%
Summer 20202673.3325.4%
Spring 202062273.6846.3%
Fall 2019147483.1330.3%
Summer 20192253.0436.0%
Spring 201953003.1632.0%
Fall 2018166943.1930.7%
Summer 20181253.2924.0%
Spring 201853303.1736.4%
Fall 2017147923.1531.9%
Summer 20172393.3323.1%
Spring 201753193.1134.5%
Fall 2016148113.1733.2%
Summer 20162413.1429.3%
Spring 201642593.0823.2%
Fall 2015137913.1332.4%
Summer 20152533.2230.2%
Spring 201552813.0525.3%
Fall 2014147723.1533.0%
Summer 20142593.0825.4%
Spring 201442483.0419.8%
Fall 2013127853.0226.0%
Summer 20131482.8710.4%
Spring 201342512.7215.9%
Fall 2012106722.8217.3%
Summer 20121432.8111.6%
Spring 201242282.6814.9%
Fall 2011116662.7915.0%
Summer 20112582.7817.2%

What’s ACC 311 about?

Concepts and their application in transaction analysis and financial statement preparation; analysis of financial statements. Accounting 311 and 311H may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

What do the syllabi ask you to do?

Fall 2018 · J Kamas

Section 02295 · Read this syllabus · Summary checked November 9, 2026

This section's materials are from 2018. Check the assigned edition and access requirements for your own section.

How the grade is decided
The stronger midterm counts for 25%, the other for 15%, and the cumulative final for 35%. Online homework counts for 15%, with the last 10% at the instructor's discretion.
Assignments
Solid Footing exercises cover the accounting cycle early in the term. Connect exercises continue the practice with material from the textbook.
Required materials
This section required the customized ninth edition of Financial Accounting with Connect, the eleventh edition of Solid Footing, and a financial calculator.

These summaries describe the named sections and terms. Read your section’s syllabus for its current grading rules and materials.

Prepare for class

  • Transaction analysis
  • Financial statements
  • Financial statement analysis

Review · Review the accounting equation and identify where common accounts belong.

Self-check · A firm pays $300 it owes a supplier. What changes on the balance sheet?

Show the answer

Cash and accounts payable each fall by $300. The earlier entry already accounted for the purchase or expense.

Source for the course topics

Instructors and course documents

Open a term for section numbers and syllabi.

Fall 2026 · Taylor Brown · 1 section
Fall 2018 · Anindita Roy Bardhan · 2 sections
Fall 2018 · Aysa Dordzhieva · 3 sections
Fall 2018 · Donna Johnston-Blair · 2 sections
Fall 2018 · J Kamas · 3 sections
Fall 2018 · Megan Allen · 1 section
Earlier terms and instructors (77)
Fall 2018 · Stephen Smith · 2 sections
Fall 2018 · William Spiller · 3 sections
Summer 2018 · Stephen Smith · 1 section
Spring 2018 · Gretchen Charrier · 3 sections
Spring 2018 · Stephen Smith · 2 sections
Fall 2017 · Aysa Dordzhieva · 2 sections
Fall 2017 · Donna Johnston-Blair · 1 section
Fall 2017 · J Kamas · 3 sections
Fall 2017 · Jerry Hays · 1 section
Fall 2017 · Megan Allen · 2 sections
Fall 2017 · William Spiller · 3 sections
Summer 2017 · Ryan Ballestero · 1 section
Summer 2017 · Shannon Garavaglia · 1 section
Spring 2017 · Donna Johnston-Blair · 2 sections
Spring 2017 · Gretchen Charrier · 3 sections
Fall 2016 · Donna Johnston-Blair · 2 sections
Fall 2016 · Gretchen Charrier · 3 sections
Fall 2016 · J Kamas · 2 sections
Fall 2016 · Megan Allen · 2 sections
Fall 2016 · Robert Davidson · 3 sections
Fall 2016 · Stephen Smith · 2 sections
Summer 2016 · Brian Monsen · 1 section
Summer 2016 · Kristen Valentine · 1 section
Spring 2016 · Gretchen Charrier · 2 sections
Spring 2016 · May Wang · 2 sections
Fall 2015 · Donna Johnston-Blair · 4 sections
Fall 2015 · Gretchen Charrier · 2 sections
Fall 2015 · J Kamas · 2 sections
Fall 2015 · Jerry Hays · 2 sections
Fall 2015 · Stephen Smith · 3 sections
Summer 2015 · Antonis Kartapanis · 1 section
Summer 2015 · Ying Huang · 1 section
Spring 2015 · Gretchen Charrier · 2 sections
Spring 2015 · May Wang · 1 section
Spring 2015 · Patrick Badolato · 2 sections
Fall 2014 · Donna Johnston-Blair · 3 sections
Fall 2014 · Douglas Devidal · 3 sections
Fall 2014 · Gretchen Charrier · 2 sections
Fall 2014 · J Kamas · 3 sections
Fall 2014 · Jorge Maldonado · 1 section
Fall 2014 · Stephen Smith · 2 sections
Summer 2014 · Jeanmarie Lord · 1 section
Summer 2014 · Zheng Leitter · 1 section
Spring 2014 · Gretchen Charrier · 2 sections
Spring 2014 · Patrick Badolato · 2 sections
Fall 2013 · Brian Lendecky · 2 sections
Fall 2013 · Donna Johnston-Blair · 1 section
Fall 2013 · Douglas Devidal · 2 sections
Fall 2013 · Florence Atiase · 2 sections
Fall 2013 · J Kamas · 3 sections
Fall 2013 · Stephen Smith · 2 sections
Summer 2013 · Christopher Yust · 1 section
Spring 2013 · Gretchen Charrier · 1 section
Spring 2013 · Robert Freeman · 1 section
Spring 2013 · Robert May · 2 sections
Fall 2012 · Brian Lendecky · 4 sections
Fall 2012 · Douglas Devidal · 2 sections
Fall 2012 · Patrick Badolato · 2 sections
Fall 2012 · William O'Hara · 2 sections
Summer 2012 · Prasart Jongjaroenkamol · 1 section
Spring 2012 · Gretchen Charrier · 1 section
Spring 2012 · Robert May · 3 sections
Fall 2011 · Douglas Devidal · 2 sections
Fall 2011 · J Kamas · 2 sections
Fall 2011 · Patricia Libby · 3 sections
Fall 2011 · Robert May · 2 sections
Fall 2011 · William O'Hara · 2 sections
Summer 2011 · Douglas Devidal · 1 section
Summer 2011 · Erin Towery · 1 section
Spring 2011 · Gretchen Charrier · 3 sections
Spring 2011 · Robert May · 2 sections
Fall 2010 · Douglas Devidal · 2 sections
Fall 2010 · Florence Atiase · 3 sections
Fall 2010 · J Kamas · 1 section
Fall 2010 · Patrick Badolato · 2 sections
Fall 2010 · Robert May · 2 sections
Fall 2010 · Stephen Smith · 2 sections

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Instructor evaluations

UT posts its course evaluation results as one public list per term. Open a term and look for ACC 311 in it: Spring 2026 · Fall 2025 · Summer 2025 · Spring 2025.

UT’s CES ratings search · Results before Fall 2022 · Syllabi and evaluations for ACC 311

What comes before and after?

You can get credit for only one of these

Sources

The Spring 2027 listing comes from UT’s printed schedule, checked November 9, 2026.

Class details come from UT’s Accounting catalog page, 2026–27 edition, checked October 27, 2026. Match requirements to your own catalog and degree plan.

Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard, updated October 27, 2026. UT leaves out some small classes to protect students’ privacy.

Each letter grade counts once. A− has its own bar. Subject averages cover the same subject, level, and term, including this class. How the averages are calculated.

Instructors and syllabus links come from UT’s public syllabus index, checked October 27, 2026.

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