Business Administration Major, Accounting Concentration, BBA

General Education Curriculum: (38-39 Semester Hours)

See General Education Curriculum Requirements  

Business Core: (40 Semester Hours)

Accounting Concentration Requirements: (33 Semester Hours)

(Minimum grade of C required)

• ACC 310 - Intermediate Accounting I
• ACC 311 - Intermediate Accounting II
• ACC 312 - Tax Accounting I
• ACC 315 - Cost Accounting I
• MGT 382 - Organizational Behavior
• ACC 405 - Government and Nonprofit Accounting
• ACC 406 - Accounting Information Systems
• ACC 407 - Advanced Accounting I
• ACC 412 - Auditing

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• Select two from the following: (6 Semester Hours)

• ACC 316 - Cost Accounting II
• ACC 408 - Advanced Accounting II
• ACC 464 - Tax Accounting II

Total Hours Required

Total hours required for a BBA in Business Administration with a Concentration in Accounting: 120 Semester Hours.

Note:

Students planning to sit for the CPA exam in Mississippi must complete a minimum of 150 semester hours of college education including a baccalaureate or higher degree with an accounting concentration to include a minimum of 48 hours of upper division or graduate level accounting and business related courses. Accounting courses must be a minimum of 24 of the 48 hours and include at minimum, three semester hours in each of the following areas: financial accounting, auditing, taxation, management/cost accounting, and government/not for profit accounting. In order to meet the 150 hour requirement and in order to be prepared for the CPA exam or a graduate program in accounting, the following list of courses, some of which are not absolute requirements of the B.S. in Accounting, are suggested:

• ACC 316 - Cost Accounting II
• MIS 320 - Database Applications
• ACC 408 - Advanced Accounting II
• ACC 464 - Tax Accounting II
• ACC 465 - Managerial Accounting
• PHL 306 - Business Ethics