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2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Accounting, BBA


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A bachelor degree in the field of accounting provides the knowledge and skills to succeed at almost anything in the business world.  It prepares students to determine how a business is doing and communicate this knowledge to clients or others in the business organization.  This program is designed to help students prepare for the CPA but can also prepare them to take the CMA for immediate certification.

Program Advisor: Dr. Randall Hahn

Randall.Hahn@untdallas.edu

Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in accounting includes the following:

  1. Hours Required and General/College Requirements:   A minimum of 120 semester hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree.
  2. Business Core Requirements:   Completion of a minimum of 42 hours designated as business core requirements.
  3. Major Requirements:  The accounting major requires 36 hours of accounting and business courses
  4. Requirements:   All students entering the accounting program must have an overall cumulative Grade Point Average of at least 2.0, a UNT Dallas Grade Point Average of at least 2.0, and be in good academic standing.

Curriculum

Students will earn 42 hours in CORE curriculum courses.  The recommended courses are as follows:

Communication 1

ENGL 1313 - College Writing I (*Grade of C or better required)

3

Communication 2

ENGL 1323 - College Writing II (*Grade of C or better required)

3

Mathematics

MATH 1680 Elementary Probability and Statistics

3

Life & Physical Sciences 1

Choose from: BIOL 1132, CHEM 1360, or GEOG 1710

3

Life & Physical Sciences 2

Choose from: BIOL 1132, CHEM 1360, or GEOG 1710

3

Language, Philosophy, & Culture

Choose from: ENGL 2220 or LING 2050

3

Creative Arts

ART 1300 - Art Appreciation

3

American History 1

HIST 2610 - US History to 1865

3

American History 2

HIST 2620 - US History 1865 to Present

3

Government & Political Science 1

PSCI 1040 - American Government: Laws and Institutions

3

Government & Political Science 2

PSCI 1050 - American Government: Process and Policies

3

Social & Behavioral Science

ECON 1100 - Microeconomics (*Double-dip w/ business core)

3

Component Area 1

COMM 1010 - Intro to Communication (*Double-dip w/ business core)

3

Component Area 2

Choose from: BUSI 1340, CJUS 2100, CJUS 2600, or SOCI 2070

3

 

Students will earn at least 42 hours of required business core courses as listed below:

ECON 1100 - Microeconomics (may be taken as CORE)

3

ECON 1110 - Macroeconomics 

3

COMM 1010 - Introduction to Communication (may be taken as CORE)

3

Select ONE:

·        MATH 1680 - Elementary Probability and Statistics

·        MATH 1190 - Business Calculus (*Prerequisite: MATH 1100 or higher)

 

3

BCIS 2610 - Intro to Computers in Business (*Prerequisite: MATH 1100 or higher)

3

ACCT 2010 - Accounting Principles I (*Prerequisite: MATH 1100 or higher)

3

ACCT 2020 - Accounting Principles II (*Prerequisite: ACCT 2010 with grade of C or higher)

3

DSCI 2710 - Data Description and Analysis

3

BLAW 3430 - Legal & Ethical Environment of Business (*Prerequisites: PSCI 1040 and PSCI 1050)

3

BCIS 3610 - Basic Information Systems (*Prerequisite: BCIS 2610)

3

MKTG 3650 - Foundations of Marketing Practice (*Prerequisite: Junior Standing)

3

DSCI 3710 - Business Statistics (*Prerequisite: DSCI 2710 with a grade of C or better)

3

FINA 3770 - Finance (*Prerequisites: ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 with a grade of C or better)

3

MGMT 3720 - Organizational Behavior

3

MGMT 3830 - Operations Management (*Prerequisite: DSCI 2710)

3

BUSI 4940 - Business Policy (**Graduating Seniors Only**)

3

 

Students will earn the following 36 credit hours to complete the accounting major:

TECM 2700 - Technical Writing

3

ACCT 3110 - Intermediate Accounting  I (*Prerequisites: ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 with a grade of C or better)

3

ACCT 3120 - Intermediate Accounting II (*Prerequisite: ACCT 3110)

3

ACCT 3270 - Cost Accounting (*Prerequisites: ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 with a grade of C or better)

3

ACCT 4300 - Federal Income Taxation (*Prerequisites: ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 with a grade of C or better)

3

ACCT 4100 - Accounting Systems (*Co-requisite: ACCT 3120)

3

ACCT 4140 - Advanced Accounting Principles

3

ACCT 4400 - Auditing Professional Responsibilities *Prerequisites: ACCT 3120, ACCT 4100, and BLAW 3430)

3

ACCT 4270 - Advance Cost Accounting (*Prerequisite: ACCT 3270)

3

ACCT 4350 -Advance Income Taxation

3

ACCT 4410 - Auditing Evidence

3

MGMT 3330 - Communicating in Business

3

 

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