Accounting, BBA
Our BBA in Accounting prepares students to become trusted advisers who can interpret numbers to direct corporate strategy. Accounting graduates will be prepared to handle a broad range of responsibilities including forecasting, internal controls, and decision support.
In addition to coursework, students will develop leadership and business skills through a combination of professional development opportunities, mentoring, volunteerism, internships and apprenticeships.
Our goal is to prepare students for careers in the Accounting field, continued education, and the following exams: the Certified Managerial Accountant Exam, Certified Public Accountant Exam, or the Internal Auditor Exam.
Program Learning Outcomes
The following learning outcomes are linked to assignments and activities throughout this program:
- CRITICAL THINKING: Professional graduates think critically and apply systems thinking to decision-making.
- PROBLEM-SOLVING and APPLICATION: Professional graduates apply functional area concepts and theories appropriately.
- PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION: Professional graduates communicate effectively by preparing and delivering oral and written presentations using appropriate technologies.
- PROFESSIONAL and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Professional graduates align personal and organizational conduct with ethical and professional standards that include vocational understanding of responsibility to God, self, organization, community, and the world.
- TECHNICAL COMPETENCY: Professional graduates prepare, apply, interpret, and evaluate financial and non-financial information in accordance with approved accounting standards to assist them in making business and organizational decisions.
- ETHICAL CONDUCT: Professional graduates analyze, assess, and respond to ethical challenges faced in a business environment using historical events, the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, and the student's own moral code to act in an ethical and professionally responsible manner.
Requirements for the BBA in Accounting
General Education Core 35 hours
(The Social and Behavioral Science general education requirement is covered in the major by BUS 2513. The Global Studies and Diversity general education requirement is covered in the major by BUS 3033.)
Business Core 42 hours
Accounting Major 30 hours
Electives 13 hours
Total Credit Hours: 120
Minors for Accounting Majors
Courses cannot be used for both minor and major requirements. Additional requirements may be substituted. See dean for details.
Management Minor - Requires the following 18 hours:
Marketing Minor - Requires the following 18 hours:
Courses toward minor cannot concurrently apply toward courses within the degree core, major, concentration, or track. If a concurrent requirement exists, a student may choose from the following courses to complete the minor: BUS 3003, MCM 2513, MCM 3113, MCM 3513, and MCM 3523.
Social Entrepreneurship Minor - Requires the following 18 hours
| FIN 3303 | Non-Profit Financial Management | 3 |
| MGT 3683 | Small Business and Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGT 3723 | Non-Profit Management | 3 |
| SEN 2013 | Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| SEN 3003 | Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| | AND | |
| | Choose 3 hours from: | |
| HIS 3423 | Globalization in the Developing World | 3 |
| MIN 2403 | Missions Outreach Internship | 3 |
| MCM 2613 | Introduction to Public Relations | 3 |
| SEN 3023 | Sustainable Community Development - Urban | 3 |
| SEN 3033 | Sustainable Community Development - International | 3 |
| SWK 3003 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | 3 |
| SWK 3103 | Social Welfare and Public Policy | 3 |
Sports Management Minor - Requires the following 18 hours:
Strategic Leadership Minor - Requires the following 18 hours:
| LDR 3653 | Strategic Leadership Theory and Practice | 3 |
| LDR 3633 | Conflict Management & Negotiation | 3 |
| LDR 3733 | Leadership in a Diverse World | 3 |
| LDR 3713 | Leadership of Teams | 3 |
| LDR 4113 | Leadership Research and Decision Making | 3 |
| LDR 4513 | Strategic Change and Leadership | 3 |