BBA in Accounting with MSLD
Program Requirements
Entrance requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting and Master of Strategic Leadership Development (MSLD) combined degree are:
- 3.0 GPA
- Junior Standing
Freshman – Junior Requirements
Students will complete all the area F courses and the Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Global Business, and Corporate Finance from the Business core.
Senior Standing Requirements
Students will complete 6 credit hours of approved graduate-level business courses in their final 2 semesters along with their remaining undergraduate coursework.
The student must submit the following to Graduate Admissions during their senior year: graduate application and transcripts from all institutions attended.
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) Requirements
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core IMPACTS | 42 | |
| All core curriculum recommendations are shown under the Core IMPACTS section of the Undergraduate Graduation Requirements. | ||
| Field of Study - Accounting | 18 | |
| ACCT 2101 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 2102 | Principles Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BLAW 2106 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUSA 1105 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| ECON 2105 | Principles of Macroeconomics 1 | 3 |
| or ECON 2106 | Principles of Microeconomics | |
| BUSA 2101 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| Upper Division Core Requirements | 18 | |
| FINA 3101 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| MGMT 3101 | Mgmt. Prin. & Org. Behavior | 3 |
| MGMT 3120 | Business Communication | 3 |
| MKTG 3101 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| MKTG 3420 | Global Business | 3 |
| SCML 3102 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt | 3 |
| Required Accounting Major Courses | 24 | |
| ACCT 3110 | Managerial Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 3250 | Taxation of the Individual | 3 |
| ACCT 4330 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 3351 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 3352 | Intermediate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 4101 | Data Analytics for Accountancy | 3 |
| or BUSA 4101 | Advanced Business Analytics | |
| ACCT 4480 | Auditing & Assurance Services | 3 |
| ACCT 4850 | Accounting Internship/Cooperative Education | 3 |
| or ACCT 4851 | Accounting Internship/Cooperative | |
| or ACCT 4852 | Accounting Internship/Cooperative | |
| or ACCT 4853 | Accounting Internship/Cooperative | |
| General Electives 2 | 15 | |
| Business Capstone | 3 | |
| MGMT 4750 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
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If ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics is not used to satisfy Core IMPACTS Area Social Sciences (S), it must be taken to satisfy Lower-Level Field of Study 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. Six (6) credit hours must be MSLD core courses (if course pre-requisites are met). The remaining six (6) credit hours are open electives (they could be business or non-business courses). Non-business electives may be at a lower level than 3000. Courses with the following prefixes will not be 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).
Master of Strategic Leadership Development (MSLD) Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses | 12 | |
| MGMT 5107 | Leadership and Values | 3 |
| MGMT 5111 | Leadership and Organizational | 3 |
| MGMT 5113 | Strategic Leadership Developme | 3 |
| MGMT 5114 | Leading Multicultural Teams | 3 |
| Elective Courses (select six) | 18 | |
| MGMT 5116 | Leading by Managing Conflict | 3 |
| MGMT 5101 | Organizational Development and Change | 3 |
| MGMT 5104 | Project Management | 3 |
| MGMT 5108 | Talent Development in Orgn | 3 |
| MGMT 5109 | Human Resource Consulting | 3 |
| MGMT 5115 | Global Human Resources | 3 |
| MKTG 5200 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| MKTG 5114 | Personal Branding Strategy | 3 |
| BUSA 5130 | Internship/Cooperative Educati | 3 |
| BUSA 5140 | Indep. Study/Directed Research | 3 |
| MGMT 5120 | Special Topics in Managment | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
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Once students transition fully into the MSLD program, select courses which were not completed as General Electives while in the BBA program.
| Freshman | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
| ENGL 1101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| MATH 1101 | Intro to Mathematical Modeling | 3 |
| Communication or Foreign Language course | 3 | |
| BUSA 1105 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| Fine Arts or Intermediate Foreign Language course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ENGL 1102 | English Composition II | 3 |
| Science Course with Laboratory | 3 | |
| Science Course with Laboratory | 1 | |
| ACCT 2101 | Principles of Financial Acct. | 3 |
| BLAW 2106 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| Math, Science, or Technology course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ACCT 2102 | Principles Managerial Acct. | 3 |
| Science Course without Laboratory | 3 | |
| ECON 2106 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MATH 1401 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
| Literature, Philosophy or Foreign Language | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ECON 2105 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| World History course | 3 | |
| CRIT 1101 | Critical Thinking | 3 |
| BUSA 2101 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| ACCT 3351 | Intermediate Financial Acct. I | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Junior | ||
| First Semester | ||
| Students should inform the Department Chair of their interest in the program | ||
| SCML 3102 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt | 3 |
| MGMT 3120 | Business Communication | 3 |
| ACCT 3352 | Interm. Financial Acct. II | 3 |
| ACCT 3110 | Managerial Cost Accounting | 3 |
| POLS 1101 | American Government | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Application for Combined Degree Program required | ||
| MGMT 3101 | Mgmt. Prin. & Org. Behavior | 3 |
| ACCT 3250 | Taxation of the Individual | 3 |
| MKTG 3101 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| ACCT 4101 | Data Analytics for Accountancy | 3 |
| American History course | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Senior | ||
| First Semester | ||
| MKTG 3420 | Global Business | 3 |
| ACCT 4330 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| FINA 3101 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| MGMT 5114 | Leading Multicultural Teams 1 | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| MGMT 4750 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| ACCT 4480 | Auditing & Assurance Services | 3 |
| ACCT 4850 | Acct. Intern./Co-op Education | 3 |
| Elective (business or non-business) | 3 | |
| MKTG 5114 | Personal Branding Strategy 1 | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| MGMT 5113 | Strategic Leadership Developme 2 | 3 |
| Strategic Leadership Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Strategic Leadership Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Strategic Leadership Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| MGMT 5116 | Leading by Managing Conflict 2 | 3 |
| Strategic Leadership Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Strategic Leadership Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Strategic Leadership Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 145 | |
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Dual Credit-Course counts toward both degrees.
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Graduate Residency Course.