Accounting
- Bachelor of Science
- Minor
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In This Section
As evidenced by the strong demand in recent years for SVC accounting graduates, the marketplace has clearly seen the value of an degree in accounting. 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. Students will be prepared to sit for the CPA upon graduation if they choose the route of public accounting.
Undergraduate Programs
What Can I Do With a Degree in Accounting?
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.
- Curriculum strengths include auditing, taxes, not-for-profit accounting, cost accounting, accounting information systems with SAPinfusion and international accounting.
- The McKenna School offers SAP Business One certification. SAP’s comprehensive business software suite is utilized by thousands of prominent world class companies such as Kennametal Inc., Heinz Corporation, KPMG, Latrobe Specialty Steel Co. and Siemens.
Curriculum Requirements
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Requirements for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting
All Accounting majors must take College and Business Core Classes.
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)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 creditsChoose 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 creditsAdditional 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.
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Requirements for a Minor in Accounting
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 creditsIn 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
Job Placements and Careers
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Job Placements and Internships
Our students have secured jobs and internships in several areas of accounting and related fields. Some include:
All-Covered (SAP)
Baker Tilly
BDO
Be One Slutions Americas
Bestborn Business Solutions
Binkley Kanavy
BNY Mellon
Carclo
Carpenter Technologies
DeBlasio Group
Deluzio & Company
DG Sisterson
EG Conley
ERB
Ernst & Young
FamilyLinks
Federated Investors
First Financial Services
Frazier Sandzimier Company
General Electric
Grant Thornton
Herbein and Company
Highmark Health
Holsinger P.C.Grossman, Yanak & Ford
Kencove Farm Fence Supplies
Kennametal
Lally & Co.
LBSi
Limpach
Master-Lee Energy Services
Navigator (SAP)
Optum; Blckout Tinting
Philips Respironics
PNC
Practical Administrative Solutions
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Privatey Industry Council
Regulatory and Quality Solutions
Schneider Downs, Maher Duessel
Silver Creek Services
Standard Bank
Stellar One (SAP)
TechSpec
Thomas Automotive Family
U.S. Department of Defense
UPMC
Westmoreland County Controller’s Office
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Career Options
There are many career options in accounting including:
Account Processor
Auditor
Financial Analyst
Private Accounting
Public Accounting
Retail Staff Accountant
Graduate School -
Graduate and PhD Programs
Masters Programs:
University of Pittsburgh, MS in Accounting
Notre Dame, MS in Accounting
Saint Vincent College, MSMOE
Accreditations and Affiliations
The Economics, Politics and Criminal Justice programs are not accredited through the ACBSP; however, all programs in the McKenna School have regional accreditation through the Middle States Association. The ACBSP is one of the two premier accrediting agencies for business schools worldwide.
Attributable to our ACBSP accreditation, students receive in depth knowledge in 12 business core competency areas: Accounting, Management, Business Ethics, Marketing, Information Systems, Business Finance, the Legal Environment of Business, Statistics, Business Policies, Economics, Quantitative Skills and Global Dimensions in Business.
With a requirement for faculty professional development (e.g., publications and research) and courses primarily taught by faculty holding doctorates, the ACBSP is the leading business accreditation program devoted to teaching excellence and service to students.
The McKenna School is also a member of the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration.
Distinctive Features of the McKenna School Accounting Major
The newly released 2017 University Edition of the NASBA Report ranks universities according to the first time pass rate on the CPA exam. For institutions (281 universities) with 21 to 60 reported candidates, the Saint Vincent College ranked 24th in the nation. The report also lists results for “First-Time Testing Events within 1-Year of Graduation.” Fourteen recent McKenna School graduates took the CPA exam with an 84% pass rate, which places SVC #2 in Pennsylvania—Lehigh University beat us with an 84.5% pass rate. Okay, but we beat Lehigh in 2016. In this category, our pass rate surpassed every university New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia. In addition only one university in each state beat us in New York, Ohio, California, and Massachusetts. I want to personally congratulate our accounting graduates and the McKenna School accounting professors: Dr. Robert DePasquale, Dr. Charles Fazzi, Professor Thomas Holowaty, Adjunct Professor Jeff Anzovino, Adjunct Professor Eva Kunkel, Adjunct Professor Anthony Mucha, Adjunct Professor Richard Williams, and Adjunct Professor Thurman Wingrove.
Our accounting job placements are exceptional. From the Class of 2017, 29 out of 29 (100%) are working in their field.
Students can complete the 150 credit hour requirement for the CPA in four years.
Faculty
Robert DePasquale
Professor of Accounting
rob.depasquale@stvincent.edu
Thomas Holowaty
Professor of Accounting
thomas.holowaty@stvincent.edu
Martha Fusco
Instructor, Business Administration
martha.fusco@stvincent.edu
Christina Gibson
Adjunct
christina.gibson@stvincent.edu
Anthony Mucha
Adjunct
anthony.mucha@stvincent.edu