Accounting (BBS)
This Professional Studies Degree is designed to meet the special demands of adult learners.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (bBS) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
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 | 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 |
Choose one: MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts MATH 1303 - College Algebra 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 | 40-42 |
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 | 16 |
ACCT 2301 - Principles of Financial Accounting BUAD 1111 - Excel Certification BUAD 4009 - Assessment for Graduation 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 | 33 |
ACCT 3300 - Survey of Accounting Systems ACCT 3301 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I* ACCT 3302 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II ACCT 3303 - Accounting for Decision-Makers 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 (Elective) *Requisite: Prior to taking ACCT 3301, 3323, or 4303, students must complete MATH 1307 or the mathematics requirement for their degree plan. | |
Electives | |
Upper-Level Lower or Upper-Level | 0 17-19 |
For Inverted Degree students, all elective hours can be either lower- or upper-level.* | |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 120 |
*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level.
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.
Retention in and Graduation from the Accounting Program
Students must fulfill the following conditions to continue enrollment in the BBS 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 work.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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