Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration with a Concentration in Management Accounting (B.B.A.)
Accounting is one of the key functions for almost any business. Accounting is the systematic and comprehensive recording of financial transactions pertaining to a business. Accounting also refers to the process of summarizing, analyzing, and reporting these transactions to oversight agencies, regulators, and tax collection entities. The reports generated by various streams of accounting, such as cost accounting and management accounting, are invaluable in helping management make informed business decisions.
Management Accounting Concentration
Management Accountants apply their professional knowledge and skill in the preparation and presentation of financial and other decision-oriented information in such a way as to assist managers in formulation of policies and planning and control of the organization’s operations. In our Management Accounting Concentration, students learn the skills to specialize in areas such as Information Management, Treasury, Efficiency Auditing, Marketing, Valuation, Pricing, and Logistics.
Program Requirements
CIP Code: 52.0301
Summary Checklist for General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Element 1 | ||
| A: Written Communication | 3 | |
| B: Written Communication | 3 | |
| C: Oral Communication | 3 | |
| Element 2 | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | |
| Element 3 | ||
| A: Arts | 3 | |
| B: Humanities | 3 | |
| Element 4 | ||
| Natural Sciences | 6 | |
| Element 5 | ||
| A: Historical Science | 3 | |
| B: Social Behaviorial Science | 3 | |
| Element 6 | ||
| Diversity of Perspectives Experiences | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 36 | |
Students are expected to complete Elements 1 and 2 within their first 60 hours of college credit.
Major
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| University Graduation Requirements | ||
| General Education | 36 | |
| Student Success Seminar | ||
| BUS 100 | Professional Development One | 1 |
| Writing Intensive Course (hours incorporated into Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives category) | ||
| Upper division courses (42 hrs. distributed throughout Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives categories) | ||
| ACCT - Accounting majors will fulfill ACCT with the following. (Credit hours may be incorporated into Major or Supporting Requirements) | ||
| Integrated Strategic Mgmnt | ||
| Major Requirements | ||
| Business Core Courses | ||
| Professional Development Series: | ||
| BUS 200 | Professional Development Two | 1 |
| BUS 300 | Professional Development Three | 1 |
| BUS 400 | Professional Development Four | 1 |
| Nature of Business: | ||
| BUS 101 | Nature of Business | 3 |
| Fundamentals Series: Environment and Tools of Business | ||
| Environment of Business | ||
| BUS 204 | Fundamentals of Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| Tools of Business | ||
| BUS 206 | Fund of Prob Solving w Excel | 3 |
| BUS 207 | Fund of Interpersonal Bus Comm | 3 |
| BUS 209 | Fundamentals of Financial and Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| Essential Series: Functions of Business | ||
| BUS 301W | Fundamentals of Formal Commun. | 3 |
| BUS 302 | Essentials of Finance | 3 |
| BUS 303 | Essentials of Org Behav/HR Mgt | 3 |
| BUS 304 | Essentials of MIS | 3 |
| BUS 305 | Essentials of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 306 | Essentials of Supply Chain Mgt | 3 |
| Mastery of Business: | ||
| BUS 402 | Integrated Strategic Mgmnt | 3 |
| Supporting Course Requirements | ||
| Fundamentals Series: Environment and Tools of Business | ||
| Element 2, three hours, and Element 5B, three hours, included above | ||
| Environment of Business | ||
| Fundamentals of Microeconomics (Element 5B) G | ||
| ECO 231 | Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Tools of Business | ||
| Algebra: Polynomials (Element 2) G | ||
| Algebra: Functions & Matrices (Element 2) G | ||
| Choose from one of the following: | ||
| College Algebra (Element 2) G | ||
| Applied Calculus (Element 2) G | ||
| STA 270 | Applied Statistics | 4 |
| Major Core | ||
| ACC 251 | Introduction to Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACC 301 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 302 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACC 322 | Tax I | 3 |
| or ACC 322S | Tax I | |
| ACC 327 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 350 | Accounting Information Systems and Analytics | 3 |
| Concentrations | ||
| Students must select one of the following Concentrations: | 12-15 | |
Public Accounting | ||
Management Accounting | ||
| Free Electives | ||
| Choose from four-seven hours of free electives | 4-7 | |
| Total Hours | 117-123 | |
- G
Course also satisfies a General Education element. Hours are included within the 36 hr. General Education Requirement above.
Concentration
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Concentration Courses | ||
| ACC 527 | Advanced Management Accounting Seminar | 3 |
| CIS 430 | Business Data Mining | 3 |
| FIN 301 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| FIN 410 | Financial Analysis and Valuation | 3 |
| Choose from three hours of the following: | 3 | |
| Applied Learning in Accounting | ||
| Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting | ||
| Taxation of Corporations | ||
| Money and Banking | ||
| Supply Chain Management | ||
Other upper-level course approved by advisor | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |