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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 University Catalog
Accounting, B.A.
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The Accounting Major provides both technical accounting, financial skills, and the broad functional business background necessary to succeed in this challenging career field. New financial instruments and accounting pronouncements are being developed constantly. Tax laws are ever changing. While Accounting expertise is critical, managers in the field must make recommendations and decisions with the ‘big picture’ in mind and communicate information in an open and understandable way to both external and internal users.
Minimum Total Credits Required: 74
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Accounting Major Required Courses: (31 credit hours)
- ACC 211 - Intro to Financial Accounting, 3 credit hours ^
- ACC 245 - Bloomberg & Excel Certifications, 3 credit hours *
- 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 408 - Entity Taxation, 3 credit hours *
- ACC 418 - Govt and Non-Profit Accounting, 2 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:
- At least six (6) courses at the 300-400 level must be completed in the Carmel Boyer School of Business at Baldwin Wallace University.
- Students planning to attend graduate school are encouraged to take calculus.
- A maximum of 4 semester hours of a D grade in a required Business course may be counted toward the major.
Required Foundation Courses: (12 credit hours)
Business Core Required Courses: (31 credit hours)
- MGT 205 - Introduction to Management, 3 credit hours
- MKT 230 - Introduction to Marketing, 3 credit hours
- BUS 310I - International Business, 3 credit hours
- BUS 326 - Legal Environment of Organizations, 3 credit hours
- MGT 329 - Organizational Ethics, 3 credit hours
- BAN 341 - Principles of Management Information Systems, 3 credit hours
- FNC 342 - Corporate & Organizational Finance, 3 credit hours
- BUS 358 - Business Communications, 3 credit hours
- BAN 365 - Business Analytics, 3 credit hours
- BUS 451 - Management Strategy & Policy, 4 credit hours
Residency Note:
*ACC 245 ,321 ,322 ,407 ,408 ,418 ,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.
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