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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog Program: Accounting, B.B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Accounting, B.B.A.

About the Undergraduate Program (School of Accounting)

The primary objective of the undergraduate accounting program is to prepare students for accounting positions at the entry level in industry, government, and other organizations in the public and private sectors. A major in accounting is also excellent preparation for law school or graduate school. A 2.75 Texas Tech GPA and an A or B in ACCT 2300 and ACCT 2301 are required to declare accounting as a major. Students should be aware that the undergraduate degree in accounting will not prepare them to sit for the CPA examination. The requirements to take the CPA examination in Texas include a bachelor’s degree, 30 hours of accounting beyond introductory courses, a minimum of 150 total hours, and a 3-hour approved course in ethics. The B.B.A. in accounting includes 18 hours of accounting beyond introductory. Accounting majors must also take ACCT 3101 during the fall of their junior year, prior to taking ACCT 3305. Students who plan to take the CPA exam are encouraged to apply to the 150-hour M.S.A. program.

Recommended Lower-Division Curriculum for B.B.A. All Majors

First Year

Fall

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
BA 1101 - Fundamentals of Business Professionalism 1 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1330 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis I
TCCNS: MATH1324		 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric
TCCNS: ENGL1301		 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours* (Does not require a grade of C or higher, ENCO majors must take GEOL 1303 and GEOL 1101.)
    • HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 (Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
    TCCNS: HIST1301    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 14

    Spring

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    MATH 1331 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis II
    TCCNS: MATH1325, 1425    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric
    TCCNS: ENGL1302    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
    HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877
    TCCNS: HIST1302    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours* (Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
  • Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours* (Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
    • Total: 16

    Second Year

    Fall

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ACCT 2300 - Financial Accounting (Accounting and finance majors must achieve A or B.)
    TCCNS: [ACCT 2301, 2401]    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ISQS 2340 - Introduction to Information Technology
    TCCNS: BCIS1305, 1405    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Language, Philosophy, and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours* (Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
    • POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization (Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
    TCCNS: GOVT2305    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Multicultural Course 3 Semester Credit Hours* (Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
    • Total: 15

    Spring

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ACCT 2301 - Managerial Accounting (Accounting majors must achieve A or B.)
    TCCNS: [ACCT 2302, 2402]    		 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ECO 2305 - Principles of Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
    MATH 2345 - Introduction to Statistics with Application to Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
    POLS 2302 - American Public Policy (Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
    TCCNS: GOVT2306    		 3 Semester Credit Hours

     

    COMS 2300 - Public Speaking
    TCCNS: SPCH 1315    		 3 Semester Credit Hours

    OR

    MCOM 2310 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 15

    Notes:

    * Choose from core curriculum requirements. Life and Physical Sciences must include both a lecture and a lab.

    Recommended Upper-Division Curriculum

    Third Year

    Fall

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ACCT 3304 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ACCT 3307 - Income Tax Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
    BECO 4310 - Applied Business Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours

    (Or any upper-level economics course except ECO 3323 and ECO 4332.)

    ISQS 3344 - Introduction to Production and Operations Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
    BCOM 3373 - Business Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ACCT 3101 - Seminar in Professional Practice 1 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 16

    Spring

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ACCT 3305 - Intermediate Accounting II 3 Semester Credit Hours
    MKT 3350 - Introduction to Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ACCT 3315 - Accounting Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
    FIN 3320 - Financial Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
    MGT 3370 - Organization and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
    Total: 15

    Fourth Year

    Fall

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ACCT 3306 - Principles of Cost and Managerial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ACCT 4301 - Principles of Auditing 3 Semester Credit Hours
    BLAW 3391 - Business Law I 3 Semester Credit Hours
    ENGL 3365 - Professional Report Writing 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Non-accounting Electives*† 3 Semester Credit Hours
    (This course does not require a grade of C or higher.)
    • Total: 15

    Spring

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    MGT 4380 - Strategic Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Non-accounting Electives*† 8 Semester Credit Hours
    (This course does not require a grade of C or higher.)
  • Non BA / Non ECO Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
    (This course does not require a grade of C or higher.)
    • Total: 14

    Total Hours: 120

    * These courses may be business (except accounting) or non-business.

    † Students going into the 150-hour program will have 18 hours of major courses and 8 hours of non-accounting electives. Elective hours may be adjusted to meet minimum hour requirement of 120.

    Fourth Year

    Accelerated Bachelor’s-to-Master’s Program. The 150-hour program is designed to allow students to complete both the B.B.A. and M.S.A. degrees in five years. To meet this goal, students must have completed 102 hours toward the B.B.A. prior to beginning the fall semester of the fourth year. Students meeting that standard will then typically schedule the fourth year as follows:

    Note: Remaining undergraduate courses will be integrated into the schedule during the fifth year. Students will work with their graduate faculty accounting advisor to determine their fifth year schedule.

    Fall

    • Undergraduate Courses 6 Semester Credit Hours
    • Graduate Courses 6 Semester Credit Hours

    Spring

    • Internship 3 Semester Credit Hours
    • Graduate Courses 3-6 Semester Credit Hours
    Notes:





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