Business Administration in Accountancy (BSBA)
Departmental Admission Requirements
New Students and Transfer Students
Admission to the College of Business ensures admission to the BSB in Accountancy.
Current Students - Admission in Good Standing
Students must have both:
- Earned a 2.8 cumulative GPA (students with an established UofL GPA may not include grades for coursework at another institution in consideration for admission); and
- Completion of MATH 111 College Algebra (or equivalent) or completion of MATH 180 Elements of Calculus
General Education Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
General Education Requirements 1 | 31 | |
The following courses are required by the program and can satisfy the respective General Education Requirement: | ||
Elements of Calculus | ||
or MATH 205 | Calculus I | |
Principles of Microeconomics | ||
or ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
All degrees require the completion of the University-wide General Education Program (link provided above). Some General Education requirements may be met in the requirements for the major or supporting coursework, in which case additional electives may be required to complete the minimum hours for the degree.
College/School Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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College of Business Requirements | ||
CAMP 100 | Campus Culture/Business Students | 1 |
MATH 180 | Elements of Calculus 2 | 3 |
or MATH 205 | Calculus I | |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Contemporary Moral Problems | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Ethics | ||
Medical Ethics | ||
BUS 301 | Business Communication | 3 |
BUS 201 | Career Development | 1 |
ACCT 201 & ACCT 202 | Principles of Financial Accounting Principles of Managerial Accounting | 6 |
ECON 201 & ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics Principles of Macroeconomics 3 | 6 |
BSTA 201 | Business Statistics | 3 |
CIS 205 | Information Systems in Organizations | 3 |
General Electives | 6 | |
Business Breadth | ||
FIN 301 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
MKT 301 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
MGMT 301 | Management and Organizational Behavior | 3 |
CLAW 301 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
CIS 305 | Data Analysis for Decision-Making | 3 |
MGMT 401 | Operations Management | 3 |
Minimum Total Hours | 53 |
Total of 53 includes 3 credit hours of ECON and 3 credit hours of MATH that are also counted in the 31 Gen Ed hours above.
Program/Major Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Accountancy Depth | ||
ACCT 301 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
ACCT 302 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
ACCT 310 | Introduction to Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
ACCT 315 | Taxation for Business Entities | 3 |
ACCT 320 | Managerial Cost Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 411 | Capstone Seminar in Accounting | 3 |
ACCT 430 | Auditing Theory and Practice | 3 |
MGMT 404 | Project Management | 3 |
Accountancy Electives | ||
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Accounting for Not-For-Profit Organizations | ||
Advanced Accounting Problems | ||
Taxation of Individuals | ||
Advanced Managerial Cost Accounting | ||
Business Electives (not Accounting) | 3 | |
Minimum Total Hours | 30 |
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Supporting Courses | ||
General Electives (Electives total assumes use of College requirements to satisfy General Education requirements) | 12 | |
Co-op in Accounting 5 |
Transfer students must take a minimum of 12 credit hours in their major within the College of Business.
Six hours of cultural diversity courses are required and may be incorporated within the degree program.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Culminating Undergraduate Experience (Graduation requirement) | ||
Requirement fulfilled by completing: | ||
Capstone Seminar in Accounting |
- 1
College/School Requirements include six hours of the General Education (3 hours Quantitative Reasoning and 3 hours Social & Behavioral Sciences). A courses satisfying the General Education Oral Communication requirement (COMM 111, COMM 112 or HON 214 ) are required as prerequisite for BUS 301, but is not included in the required coursework.
- 2
If MATH 205 is taken, there will be 4 total hours of math, reducing the amount of elective credit required to complete the degree.
- 3
Completes 3 hours of Social & Behavioral Sciences General Education requirement.
- 4
The following will also meet the statistics requirement: MATH 109, PSYC 301, SOC 301, CJ 326
- 5
Co-op may be taken over more than one semester. No more than 3 credit hours may count towards the degree. Co-op may only be used as a General Elective, not as an Accounting Elective.
Flight Plan
Year 1 | ||
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Fall | Hours | |
CAMP 100 | Campus Culture/Business Students | 1 |
ENGL 101 | Introduction to College Writing | 3 |
MATH 180 or MATH 205 | Elements of Calculus or Calculus I | 3-4 |
ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences - S | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences Lab - SL | 1 | |
Hours | 14 | |
Spring | ||
ENGL 102 | Intermediate College Writing | 3 |
ACCT 201 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Oral Communication - OC | 3 | |
General Education: Cardinal Core Arts & Humanities US Diversity - AHD1 | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Year 2 | ||
Fall | ||
ACCT 202 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
CIS 205 | Information Systems in Organizations | 3 |
BUS 201 | Career Development | 1 |
BUS 301 | Business Communication | 3 |
CIS 305 | Data Analysis for Decision-Making | 3 |
One of the following: | 3 | |
Contemporary Moral Problems | ||
Business Ethics | ||
Ethics | ||
Medical Ethics | ||
Hours | 16 | |
Spring | ||
ACCT 301 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
MKT 301 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
HIST 101 or HIST 102 | History of Civilizations I or History of Civilizations II | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Natural Sciences - S | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
BSTA 201 | Business Statistics | 3 |
Introduction to Social Statistics | ||
Statistics for Psychology | ||
Introduction to Social Statistics | ||
Quantitative Analysis | ||
Co-op | ||
Hours | 18 | |
Year 3 | ||
Fall | ||
ACCT 302 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
ACCT 315 | Taxation for Business Entities | 3 |
FIN 301 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
MGMT 301 | Management and Organizational Behavior | 3 |
General Education: Cardinal Core Arts & Humanities - AH | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
ACCT 310 | Introduction to Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
ACCT 320 | Managerial Cost Accounting | 3 |
CLAW 301 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
Business Elective (non-Accounting) | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Year 4 | ||
Fall | ||
ACCT 430 | Auditing Theory and Practice | 3 |
MGMT 401 | Operations Management | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | 3 | |
Accounting for Not-For-Profit Organizations | ||
Advanced Accounting Problems | ||
Taxation of Individuals | ||
Advanced Managerial Cost Accounting | ||
Co-op in Accounting | ||
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
ACCT 411 | Capstone Seminar in Accounting | 3 |
MGMT 404 | Project Management | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Minimum Total Hours | 123 |
Degree Audit Report
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- Click on the Academic Progress tile.
- Next, click on "View my Degree Audit" to run a Degree Audit report in the Undergraduate Advising area.
- To create a What-if report, click on "Create a What-if Advisement Report."
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Flight Planner
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