Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting

Total Semester Credit Hours = 120

Professional opportunities in the field of accounting include professional practice as a Certified Public Accountant, corporate accountant, controller, and government sector fiscal officer. The accounting career path often leads to responsible positions in organizations such as comptroller, chief financial officer, or president of the firm. Accounting is also excellent training for graduate business degrees (e.g. the MBA) and for law school. The undergraduate program in accounting provides students with a solid foundation that, upon completion of guided graduate coursework, will meet the requirements necessary to sit for the Uniform CPA exam.

Objectives

Educational outcomes for students who complete the accounting major include the following:

1. Complete foundational accounting courses in preparation for graduate study that will meet requirements to sit for the Uniform CPA exam.
2. Comprehend the policy, environmental, regulatory, and compliance issues of accounting.
3. Understand and exercise the ethical and professional responsibilities of an accountant.
4. Understand the content, concepts, structure, and use of internal and external reporting for organizations.
5. Analyze, anticipate, and meet the information needs of decision makers.
6. Understand different costing systems and their application to both manufacturing and service organizations.
7. Comprehend and develop systems to identify, gather, measure, summarize, and analyze financial and non-financial data in organizations.
8. Understand and apply the concepts, methods, and processes of accounting and administrative control.
9. Understand the nature of attest services.
10. Understand and apply the principles of taxation to financial and managerial decisions.

Note: Total hours must equal at least 120