
As evidenced by the strong demand in recent years for SVC accounting graduates, the marketplace has clearly seen the value of an accounting degree. An undergraduate major in accounting offers a student not only the specific skills needed to begin a career in accounting, but also provides a broad overview of all areas of a business enterprise.
The McKenna School undergraduate curriculum in accounting offers a student not only the specific skills needed to begin a career in accounting, but also provides a broad overview of all areas of a business enterprise. Our accounting majors have the unique ability to enter the public accounting profession after completing their undergraduate studies.
All Accounting majors must take College and Business Core Classes.
College Core (48 credits)
TH 119 First Theology (freshmen year) - 3 credits
Theology (200 Level) - 3 credits
Theology (300 Level) - 3 credits
History (100 Level) - 3 credits
History (200 Level) - 3 credits
PL 101 1st Philosophy - 3 credits
Philosophy Elective (PL 215 Ethics suggested) - 3 credits
Natural Science with lab (see Bulletin) - 4 credits
Natural Science with lab (see Bulletin) - 4 credits
EL 102 Language and Rhetoric (freshmen year) - 3 credits
English Elective (Literature Course) - 3 credits
English Elective - 3 credits
Fine Arts (100 Level) - 3 credits
Foreign Language Intermediate Level - 3 credits
Foreign Language Intermediate Level - 3 credits
First-Year Seminar (additional hour) - 1 credit
Business Core (44 credits)
BA 100* Financial Accounting I (freshman year) - 3 credits
BA 170* Organizational Behavior (freshman year) - 3 credits
BA 220 Principles of Marketing (2nd semester freshman year) - 3 credits
BA 265 Management Information Systems (sophomore year) - 3 credits
BA 305 Business Ethics (junior year preferred) - 3 credits
BA 320 Corporate Finance I (sophomore year) - 3 credits
BA 340 Business Law (junior year) - 3 credits
BA 350 Statistics I and BA 350A Excel Lab (sophomore year) - 4 credits
BA 351 Statistics II and BA 351A Excel Lab (sophomore year) - 4 credits or
EC 360 Econometrics (sophomore year) - 3 credits
BA 495 Business Policy and Strategy (senior year) - 3 credits
EC 101 Principles of Microeconomics (freshman year) - 3 credits
EC 102 Principles of Macroeconomics (freshman year) - 3 credits
PS 100* Principles of American Politics - 3 credits
MA 109/111* Calculus I (freshman year) - 4 credits
BA 00P ePortfolio Requirement (semester of graduation--pass/fail)
*Satisfies core curriculum requirements for mathematics and social sciences.
Accounting Major Requirements (27 credits)**
BA 101 Financial Accounting II (freshman year) - 3 credits
BA 200 Intermediate Accounting I - 3 credits
BA 201 Intermediate Accounting II - 3 credits
BA 300 Cost Accounting I - 3 credits
BA 310 Taxes I - 3 credits
BA 405 Auditing - 3 credits
BA 470 International Accounting - 3 credits
Choose two courses from the following:
BA 301 Cost Accounting II - 3 credits
BA 311 Taxes II - 3 credits
BA 325 Analysis of Financial Statements - 3 credits
BA 400 Advanced Accounting - 3 credits
BA 406 Forensics Auditing - 3 credits
BA 420 Accounting Information Systems - 3 credits
BA 440 Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting - 3 credits
Additional courses
BA 304 SAP Financial and Accounting Applications - 2 credits
BA 312 Tax Lab - 1 credit
**Total credits required for the business administration accounting major is 70 credits. After completing this major and the college core, you will have 6 credits for electives.
Accounting Minor: Required Courses
BA 100 Financial Accounting I - 3 credits
BA 101 Financial Accounting II - 3 credits
BA 200 Intermediate Accounting I - 3 credits
BA 201 Intermediate Accounting II - 3 credits
In addition to the above, choose any two of the following:
BA 150 Managerial Accounting - 3 credits or BA 300 Cost Accounting I - 3 credits
BA 301 Cost Accounting II - 3 credits
BA 310 Taxes I - 3 credits
BA 311 Taxes II - 3 credits
BA 325 Analysis of Financial Statements (Corporate Finance majors may not count this course) - 3 credits
BA 400 Advanced Accounting - 3 credits
BA 405 Auditing - 3 credits
BA 406 Forensics Auditing - 3 credits
BA 420 Accounting Information Systems - 3 credits
BA 440 Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting - 3 credits
BA 470 International Accounting - 3 credits
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