Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
Website: https://twu.edu/business/undergraduate-programs-college-of-business/bba-in-accounting/
As corporations and industries relocate to north Texas to take advantage of its business-friendly climate, the demand for skilled professional accountants continues to grow. If you love numbers and want to work in corporate or forensic accounting, auditing, or become a corporate controller or Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the B.B.A. in Accounting gives you the educational background you need to get there. With our degree in Accounting, you are prepared to work as a professional accountant from day one. In addition, you will be well on your way toward fulfilling the requirements you need for the CPA exam if that is your professional goal. See below for more information on the requirements for the CPA exam.
Our professors have real-world accounting expertise, and teaching experience that allows them to convey the theories and principles of accounting in a way you can understand. Learn from some of the best professionals in the field and benefit from many opportunities you will have to network with professional accountants in north Texas. Our student accounting organizations sponsor many business networking events every year and we welcome all students to participate. Through these events, you will have a chance to meet other professional accountants, meet business recruiters, and build your own professional network.
Notes for students interested in becoming a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
CPA candidates must complete a total of 150 semester credit hours, including an additional 6 semester credit hours of upper-level accounting courses to be eligible to sit for the CPA exam. The College of Business attempts to ensure that all accounting and non-accounting business classes offered are accepted by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for CPA Exam credit. The B.B.A. in Accounting, when combined with the M.B.A.-Accounting, is designed to provide all courses needed for CPA eligibility under current requirements. The State Board can and does make changes in course requirements and course acceptance as the Board deems appropriate. In addition, TWU may offer elective courses from time to time that do not meet any specific requirements set forth by the Board. Students are subject to all Board changes until the student receives an official letter from the State Board indicating that the student has fulfilled all requirements. Students interested in becoming qualified to sit for the CPA Exam must work with the State Board to determine their eligibility.
Classes are located on our Denton campus in face-to-face and online formats.
Marketable Skills
Defined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's 60x30 Strategic Plan as, "Those skills valued by employers that can be applied in a variety of work settings, including interpersonal, cognitive, and applied skills areas. These skills can be either primary or complementary to a major and are acquired by students through education, including curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities."
Core Skills
- Analytical Competence: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application- Ability to think analytically; Ability to use analytical tools to make decisions. General Employment Application- Effectiveness in problem-solving; Efficient use of common analytical tools.
- Diversity: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application- Ability to work well within a diverse organization. General Employment Application- Working in diverse teams for auditing, tax, internal projects, and consulting projects
- Ethical Reasoning: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application- Ethical reasoning; Objectivity, independence, due professional care; Conflict resolution. General Employment Application- Requires ethics education for CPAs, CMAs, and other accounting professionals.
- Teamwork: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application-Ability to be an effective worker in team situations. General Employment Application-Audit teams, Tax teams, Project management teams.
Disciplined-Based Skills
- Generally Accepted Auditing Principles: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application- Knowing and applying general, fieldwork, and auditing reporting standards. General Employment Application- Ability to assist in performing external and internal audits of various business entities; Ability to assist external and internal auditors with audit of business.
- Basic Individual and Entity Tax Law: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application- Ability to know, apply, and research tax law as it relates to individuals and business entities. General Employment Application-Preparing individual tax returns; Preparing entity tax returns, providing tax planning advice.
- Excel Skills: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application- Create pivot tables, create horizontal and vertical lookups; Write formulas and models in Excel; Use present and future value; Use if/then and other conditional formatting functions. General Employment Application- Considered a basic and necessary skill for all accounting positions; Analyzing organizational and client data; Preparing tables, reports, charts; Use in analytical computations and quantitative decision-making.
- QuickBooks and other Accounting Software: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application- Recording accounting transactions and adjustments; Preparing financial statements; Preparing other financial reports General Employment Application- Ability to process accounting transactions and adjustments for external and internal purposes for all types of business entities. Knowledge of one accounting package is easily transferable to any software package used by business entities.
- Tax Preparation Software: B.B.A. Accounting Specific Application-Preparing individual, corporate, and partnership tax returns using tax software. General Employment Application- Preparing individual tax returns; Preparing entity tax returns.
Degree Requirements
Total Semester Credit Hours (SCH): 120
Major: 66 SCH
Program Code: BUSACCT.BBA CIP Code: 52.0301.00
Texas Core Curriculum
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 1013 | Composition I | 3 |
| ENG 1023 | Composition II | 3 |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| Life & Physical Sciences | 6 | |
| Language, Philosophy, & Culture | 3 | |
| Creative Arts | 3 | |
| HIST 1013 | History of the United States, 1492-1865 | 3 |
| HIST 1023 | History of the United States, 1865 to the Present | 3 |
| POLS 2013 | U.S. National Government | 3 |
| POLS 2023 | Texas Government | 3 |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3 | |
| CAO: Women's Studies | 3 | |
| CAO: First Year Seminar, Wellness or Mathematics | 3 | |
| Total SCHs | 42 | |
Courses Required for Major
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| Business | ||
| ACCT 2043 | Fundamentals of Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 2053 | Fundamentals of Accounting II | 3 |
| BUS 3013 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 |
| BUS 3163 | Business Communications | 3 |
| FIN 3053 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MGT 3003 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGT 3313 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| MGT 3533 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| MGT 4333 | Business Policy (taken in final semester) | 3 |
| MGT 4563 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MKT 3113 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Major | ||
| ACCT 3023 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 3043 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 3063 | Income Tax Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 3103 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 4023 | Advanced Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 4163 | Income Tax Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 4173 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 4183 | Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 4193 | Accounting Analytics | 3 |
| ACCT 4423 | Auditing | 3 |
| BUS 3183 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| Total SCHs | 66 | |
Departmental Requirements
| Code | Title | SCHs |
|---|---|---|
| ECO 1013 | Principles of Microeconomics (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| ECO 1023 | Principles of Macroeconomics (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| FIN 2153 | Foundations of Money Management (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| MATH 1703 | Elementary Statistics I (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| MATH 2203 | Business Analysis I (may be applied from core) | 3 |
| Total SCHs | 15 | |
Recommended Plan of Study
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | TCCN | SCHs | |
| ENG 1013 | Composition I | ENGL 1301 | 3 |
| HIST 1013 | History of the United States, 1492-1865 | HIST 1301 | 3 |
| UNIV 1231 | Learning Frameworks: The First Year Experience | EDUC 1100, EDUC 1200, EDUC 1300 | 1 |
| MATH 1703 | Elementary Statistics I | MATH 1342 | 3 |
| ECO 1013 | Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 2302 | 3 |
| Life & Physical Science Core | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 16 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| ENG 1023 | Composition II | ENGL 1302 | 3 |
| HIST 1023 | History of the United States, 1865 to the Present | HIST 1302 | 3 |
| Wellness CAO Core | 2 | ||
| Life & Physical Science Core | 3 | ||
| ECO 1023 | Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 2301 | 3 |
| SCHs | 14 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| POLS 2013 | U.S. National Government | GOVT 2305 | 3 |
| Language, Philosophy, & Culture Core | 3 | ||
| Multicultural Women's Studies CAO Core | 3 | ||
| MATH 2203 | Business Analysis I | MATH 1324 | 3 |
| ACCT 2043 | Fundamentals of Accounting I | ACCT 2301 | 3 |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| POLS 2023 | Texas Government | GOVT 2306 | 3 |
| Creative Arts Core | 3 | ||
| ACCT 2053 | Fundamentals of Accounting II | ACCT 2302 | 3 |
| FIN 2153 | Foundations of Money Management | BUSI 1307 | 3 |
| Non-Business Elective | 3 | ||
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| ACCT 3023 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 | |
| ACCT 3063 | Income Tax Accounting I | 3 | |
| ACCT 3103 | Cost Accounting | 3 | |
| BUS 3163 | Business Communications | 3 | |
| MGT 3003 | Principles of Management | 3 | |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| ACCT 3043 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 | |
| ACCT 4163 | Income Tax Accounting II | 3 | |
| BUS 3183 | Introduction to International Business | 3 | |
| MGT 3313 | Business Analytics | 3 | |
| MKT 3113 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | TCCN | ||
| ACCT 4023 | Advanced Accounting | 3 | |
| ACCT 4423 | Auditing | 3 | |
| FIN 3053 | Business Finance | 3 | |
| MGT 3533 | Management Information Systems | 3 | |
| MGT 4563 | Operations Management | 3 | |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Spring | TCCN | ||
| BUS 3013 | Business Law and Ethics | 3 | |
| ACCT 4173 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 | |
| ACCT 4183 | Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting | 3 | |
| ACCT 4193 | Accounting Analytics | 3 | |
| MGT 4333 | Business Policy | 3 | |
| SCHs | 15 | ||
| Total SCHs: | 120 | ||
