Accounting, BBA

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Program Learning Outcomes

Our BBA graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate skills and attributes commonly expected of a business professional in an internship or other experiential engagement
• Demonstrate foundational knowledge in Accounting, Finance, Operations, Strategy, Marketing, during decision making for a competitive business environment
• Apply foundational knowledge in Accounting, Finance, Operations, Strategy, Marketing, during decision making for a competitive business environment
• Demonstrate successful business communication skills.
• Recognize concepts in ethics and cultural diversity for decision making.
• Apply analytic tools in decision making.                                                                                                                                                         
• Apply information technology tools in decision making.

Consistent with the mission of the College of Business, the mission of the Accounting Discipline is to prepare students for professional careers in Accounting. In addition to the BBA Learning Outcomes, upon successful completion of the program, Accounting majors will be able to:

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Employ technical competence in the Discipline’s functional area of Financial Accounting and Reporting
2. Employ technical competence in the Discipline’s functional area of Managerial Cost Accounting
3. Employ technical competence in the Discipline’s functional area of Income Taxation
4. Employ technical competence in the Discipline’s functional area of Accounting Information Systems
5. Employ technical competence in the Discipline’s functional area of Auditing and Assurance Services
6. Develop skills in application of accounting software and other business software for processing accounting information
7. Apply knowledge of ethical concerns and recognition of other ongoing issues and practices in the accounting profession

Program Requirements

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ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics should be taken in area Core IMPACTS or as a free elective.

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Fifteen (15) credit hours of general electives. Three (3) credit hours must be business courses with an ACCT, BLAW, BUSA, ECON, FINA, MGMT, MKTG, SCML prefix at the 3000 level or higher.  Students pursuing CPA certification in Georgia are encouraged to take the 3 credit hours with ACCT prefix. A course will not be credited twice. Courses taken to satisfy the requirements in the preceding section may not be used again to satisfy this section.

The remaining twelve (12) credit hours are open electives (they could be business or non-business courses). The two (2) of the non-business electives may be at a lower level than 3000. Courses with the following prefixes will not counted in this category: AVIA, CSU, PARA, TECH. Only one internship course can be taken as an elective (this is in addition to the internship taken to satisfy the Required Major Accounting Courses).

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ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics must be taken as a non-business elective if not taken to satisfy the area Core IMPACTS requirement.

Students are encouraged to check the Georgia State Board of Accountancy (https://gsba.georgia.gov/) for information regarding CPA requirements. (Please check the FAQ section of GSBA website for more details).

Please Note: This is a suggested course sequence and assumes a starting freshman with no prior college credit who intends to complete their degree in four years. Students should consult with their academic advisor and review the course prerequisites and minimum grade requirements as seen in the Academic Catalog. 

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Grade of "C" or higher required for all Area F and upper division courses.

Internship is required for all Accounting Majors beginning with the 2019-2020 Academic Catalog. No more than two internships may be taken for credit.