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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Accounting, BA


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College Business
Academic Award Bachelor of Arts
Credits Required 125 semester credits
Faculty Lead Tom Sill

The major in Accounting is designed to prepare individuals for employment in the areas of Accounting in the public and private sectors. Like other majors in the College of Business, students take a series of core courses in the fundamentals of economics, accounting, management, marketing and finance. Students then balance the rest of their major with advanced courses in accounting. The curriculum provides an educational experience for leadership positions in the business and professional world, and in various business ministries within the church-related, service-oriented institutions. The Christian value system and perspective, particularly as it relates to the modern business environment, will be integrated throughout the academic program.

Graduates with a degree in Accounting are able to:

  1. Apply business concepts and theories to solve business challenges.
  2. Write a realistic entrepreneurial business plan.
  3. Compare global and domestic business issues and practices.
  4. Evaluate ethical dilemmas and other issues in business from a Christian faith perspective.
  5. Prepare and audit plan to attest to the faithful representation of a company and their internal control procedures.
  6. Prepare financial statements and related disclosures employing GAAP principles.
  7. Develop a career strategy in the Accounting field.

Core Curriculum Requirements: 60


Humanities: 9


  • 6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions  for applicability)
  • ENGL xxx3 Any Literature course 3 credits
  • HIST xxx3 Any Course in History 3 credits
  • 3 additional credits selected from the following 3 credits
    Art (ARTE), Bible (BIBL), Drama (DRAM), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Language (LANG), Music (MUSI), or Theology (THEO)

Social Sciences: 9


  • 6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions  for applicability)
  • Select a minimum of two disciplines from the following:
    Business Administration (BUSM), Communication (except COMM 1213), Economics, Education (EDUC), Geography (GEOG), Health & Fitness (PEDU), Management (BMGT), Marketing (BMKT), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSYC), or Sociology/Anthropology (SOCI)

Science and Mathematics: 7


  • MATH xxxx College-level Mathematics 3 credits
  • SCIE xxxx Science course with Lab 4 credits

Formation and Calling: 5


Core Electives: 9


Any college-level courses

Pre-Major Requirements: 9


Pre-Major requirements may be applied to the Core Curriculum requirements or General Electives

Social Sciences: 3


Major Requirements: 53


General Electives: 3-12


Any college-level courses

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