Accounting, B.A.

Required Foundation Courses

• MTH 120 /121 - Applied College Mathematics  or higher
• ECN 201 - Principles of Economics I (Micro), 3 credit hours
• ECN 202 - Principles of Economics II (Macro), 3 credit hours
• ACC 245 - Bloomberg & Excel Certifications, 3 credit hours *

Statistics: (Choose One)

• MTH 105 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 3 credit hours
• MTH 108 - Biostatistics, 3 credit hours
• MTH 235 - Probability & Statistics for Scientists & Engineers, 3 credit hours
• PSY 278 - Elements of Statistics, 4 credit hours
• ECN 279 - Basic Statistical Methods, 3 credit hours
• FNC 280 - Applied Financial Statistics, 3 credit hours

Required Business Courses

• ACC 211 - Intro to Financial Accounting, 3 credit hours ^
• MGT 205 - Introduction to Management, 3 credit hours
• MKT 230 - Introduction to Marketing, 3 credit hours
• BUS 326 - Legal Environment of Organizations, 3 credit hours
• FNC 342 - Corporate & Organizational Finance, 3 credit hours
• BUS 358 - Business Communications, 3 credit hours
• BUS 365 - Business Analytics, 3 credit hours
• BUS 451 - Management Strategy & Policy, 4 credit hours

Required Accounting Courses

• ACC 316 - Managerial Accounting, 3 credit hours
• ACC 321 - Intermediate Accounting I, 4 credit hours *^
• ACC 322 - Intermediate Accounting II, 4 credit hours *
• ACC 407 - Individual Taxation, 3 credit hours *
• ACC 419 - Auditing Principles, 3 credit hours *
• ACC 432 - AIS/Data Analytics for Accountants, 3 credit hours *

Additional Requirements

^ Minimum grade requirement of B- is required for ACC 211  and ACC 321 .
 

Students majoring in Accounting must also meet these requirements:

1. At least six (6) courses at the 300-400 level must be completed in the Carmel Boyer School of Business at Baldwin Wallace University.
2. Students planning to attend graduate school are encouraged to take calculus.
3. A maximum of 4 semester hours of a D grade in a required Business course may be counted toward the major.

Residency Note:

*ACC 245 ,321 ,322 ,407 ,419 , & 432  must be taken at BW. Transfer is permitted for ACC 316 . Any other upper level accounting elective will be evaluated for equivalency into the required Undergraduate Accounting Major curriculum.  No transfer course if taken outside a 5 year window from semester start or not meeting minimum grade requirements will be accepted. Petitions for exception to this policy must be made to the Accounting Program Director.