Accounting (BBA)
The BBA Accounting curriculum is designed to prepare the student for a career as a professional accountant. Students are encouraged to declare their intention to major in accounting as early as possible after enrolling at DBU. A full-time accounting professor will counsel each declaring student individually to develop a semester-by-semester degree plan to assure the proper sequence of courses.
MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of the Accounting Program of Dallas Baptist University is to provide a Christ-centered, high-quality, accounting education by focusing on faith-integration, excellence in classroom instruction, and competence-building activities in order to produce servant leaders.
BBA ACCOUNTING DEGREE
Graduates with a BBA in Accounting will demonstrate competence in the foundational areas of business and possess the technical skills and accounting knowledge necessary to assume an entry-level accounting role in whatever business they choose. The BBA degree alone does not qualify a student to register for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination and students should communicate with their advisor regarding the U.S. state where they plan to register for the CPA exam. Students enrolled in the BBA degree program are required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours.
The BBA Accounting major prepares students for careers as professional accountants in business. In addition to the common-core courses required of all BBA degree programs, accounting majors complete nine required upper-level accounting courses and another upper-level elective.
Retention in and Graduation from the Accounting Program
Students must fulfill the following conditions to continue enrollment in the 4-year BBA accounting major and graduate from the program:
Students must maintain an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and an institutional GPA of 3.0 in upper-level accounting coursework.
Students must be advised by a full-time accounting professor before enrollment each semester.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (bba) |
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing A Christian Mind DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9-10 |
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II and ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature I | |
Fine Arts FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts | 3 |
History HIST Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour LL course) | 3 |
MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 3-4 |
Choose one 3-4 hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List. | |
Social Sciences | 3 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government | |
Total Core Experience | 41-42 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 12 |
BUAD 1301 - The World of Business ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics MATH 2301 - Introduction to Statistics | |
Business Core | 37 |
ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting ACCT 3303 - Accounting for Decision-Makers BUAD 1111 - Excel Certification BUAD 3301 - Communication and Professionalism in Business BUAD 3308 - Business Law and Ethics BUAD 3311 - Technology in Business BUAD 4009 - Assessment for Graduation BUAD 4303 - Applied Business Analytics ENTR 3301 - Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship FINA 2302 - Biblical Financial Stewardship FINA 3301 - Corporate Financial Management MANA 3301 - Principles of Management (S-L) MANA 4389 - Global Strategy and Operations MRKT 3301 - Principles of Marketing | |
Major Core | 30 |
ACCT 3300 - Survey of Accounting Systems ACCT 3301* - Intermediate Financial Accounting I ACCT 3302 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II ACCT 3323* - Income Taxation of Individuals ACCT 4301 - Advanced Financial Accounting ACCT 4302 - Income Taxation of Entities (S-L) ACCT 4303* - Managerial Cost Accounting ACCT 4304 - Auditing ACCT 4332 - Financial Accounting Theory (AGP-eligible) ACCT UL *Requisite: Prior to taking ACCT 3301, 3323, or 4303, students must complete MATH 1307 or the mathematics requirement for the degree plan. | |
Electives | |
Upper-Level Electives Lower or Upper-Level Electives | 0 0 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
Students are required to take the Major Field Test (MFT) as part of MANA 4320 Strategy and Problems in Management. Students will prepare for the exam through completion of the coursework of MANA 4320.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours. |
At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0. Some programs may require a higher GPA for graduation.
(S-L)=Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
MINOR IN ACCOUNTING
See information about the Accounting minor here.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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