ACACC.BSBA - BSBA in Accounting - Four-Year BSBA/MS
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Four-year BSBA in Accounting/MS in Accounting and Finance
General Information
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.