Four-year BSBA in Accounting/MS in Accounting and Finance

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This program allows full-time undergraduate Accounting majors to accelerate the completion of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Students accepted into this program can earn the MS in Accounting and Finance degree in as few as four years.

This dual-degree program is a combination of the undergraduate Accounting major and the MS in Accounting and Finance. With permission of the department chair, students are able to take any graduate course once they have completed the undergraduate prerequisite with a “B” or better grade. Students taking the CPA exam must check the requirements of the respective jurisdiction.

This program requires up to 18 credit hours a semester, summer study, and some graduate study prior to an undergraduate degree. Some instruction takes place online. Students seeking admission to the program at the time of admission to the University must take either the SAT or the ACT entrance exam and complete the Accelerated Accounting Program application. Students seeking admission to the program at a later time must have earned a “B+” average or better in AC 200, AC 202, and AC 305, as well as a minimum 3.000 cumulative BSBA GPA. Students who wish to have a less-intensive undergraduate experience can move to the Five-Year program. To complete the accelerated program students must earn an average GPA of 3.000 or higher in AC 610, AC 621, AC 640, AC 646, AC 660, FIN 612, FIN 630, and three electives.

Accounting Suggested Sequence of Courses (4 year BSBA /MS)

First Year - Fall Semester

BUS 110	Introduction to Business Seminar	3 cr.
MATH 111	Analysis for Business and Economics	3 cr.
ENGL 132	English Composition I	3 cr.
BAIM 102	Problem Solving with Business Tools	3 cr.
EC 111	Principles of Microeconomics	3 cr.
PSY 101 - SO 101	Introduction to Psychology or Introduction to Sociology	3 cr. - 3 cr.

Subtotal: 18

First Year - Spring Semester

GEN XXX	General Elective	3 cr.
QR 112	Quantitative Reasoning for Business	3 cr.
ENGL 133	English Composition II	3 cr.
EC 112	Principles of Macroeconomics	3 cr.
BAIM 202	Introduction to Business Information Systems	3 cr.
MAN 204/HONB 204	Management and Organizational Behavior	3 cr.

Subtotal: 18

Sophomore Year - Summer

GEN XXX	General Elective	3 cr.
LAB XXX	Laboratory Science	3 cr.

Subtotal: 6

Sophomore Year - Fall Semester

AC 200	Financial Accounting	3 cr.
HIST XXX	Historical Perspective	3 cr.
BAIM 221	Statistics for Business Analytics	3 cr.
FIN 214	Introduction to Finance	3 cr.
BL 201/HONB 201	Introduction to Business Law	3 cr.
MK 200/HONB 200	Principles of Marketing	3 cr.

Subtotal: 18

Sophomore Year - Spring Semester

AC 202	Managerial Accounting	3 cr.
AC 204	Tools & Concepts in Accounting	3 cr.
AC 313	Taxation of Individuals	3 cr.
BAIM 312	Quality and Operations Management with SAP	3 cr.
BUS 312/HONB 312	Business Processes and Enterprise Resource Planning with SAP	3 cr.
COMM 233	Business Writing and Communication	3 cr.

Subtotal: 18

Junior Year - Summer

GEN XXX	General Elective	3 cr.
LAB/NSP XXX	Laboratory Science or Natural Science Perspective	3 cr.

Subtotal: 6

Junior Year - Fall Semester

AC 305	Financial Reporting II	3 cr.
AC 414	Taxation of Entities	3 cr.
AC 419	Auditing and Assurance Services	3 cr.
BUS 450/HONB 450 - BUS 423/BME 423/ME 423	Business Strategy or Product Development and Innovation	3 cr. - 3 cr.
MAN 240/HONB 240 - PH 211	Business and Society or Business Ethics	3 cr. - 3 cr.
CUL XXX	Global Cultures Perspective	3 cr.

Subtotal: 18

Junior Year - Spring Semester

AC 306	Financial Reporting III	3 cr.
AC 311	Municipal & Fund Accounting	3 cr.
AC 330	Accounting Information Systems	3 cr.
AC 440	Accounting Analytics	3 cr.
AC 480 - GEN XXX	Internship in Accounting or General Elective	3 cr. - 3 cr.
GEN XXX	General Elective	3 cr.

Subtotal: 18

Senior Year - Summer

AC 640	Adv. Accounting Info Systems	3 cr.
AC 660	Adv Accounting Analytics	3 cr.
FIN 610	Financial Tax Planning	3 cr.
FIN 630	Managerial Finance	3 cr.

Subtotal: 12

Fourth Year - Fall

AC 621	Advanced Financial Accounting	3 cr.
AC 646	Selected Topics in Taxation	3 cr.
FIN 612	Business Analysis and Valuation	3 cr.

Subtotal: 9

Fourth Year - Spring

AC 610	Cost-Based Decision-Making	3 cr.
BL 640	Business Law	3 cr.
FIN 617	Investment Theory and Practice	3 cr.

Subtotal: 9

Total Credit Hours: 150

Students must take 30 credit hours of course work in 300-400 level courses. All students must take 12 hours of upper level (300-400) courses in their major at Western New England University.

General electives must be selected in such a way to ensure that all “perspectives of understanding” requirements have been satisfied.

Courses to be included in computing the 2.000 minimum average in the major are as follows: all upper level AC.

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