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Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
The BBA in Accounting degree program is designed to prepare students for professional accounting positions at the entry level within industry and government. Students also receive a foundation in knowledge and skills for further pursuit of the Master of Science in Accounting degree, which is designed to provide students with the advanced study in accounting necessary to prepare for the CPA examination.
The program requires 120 semester hours of specific course work, including 24 hours of specific upper-level (junior and senior) accounting courses.
Major In Accounting
| First Year | Credit | Second Year | Credit |
| <ENGL 1301, 1302> | 6 | <ENGL 2331, 2342; PHIL 2361, 2306> | 3 |
| <HIST 1301, 1302> | 6 | <ECON
2302, 2301> |
6 |
| <MATH 1324> | 3 | <POLS 2301, 2000-level Political Science> | 6 |
| Laboratory Science2 | 8 | <ACCT 2301, 2302> | 6 |
| <COMS 2382> or <BUAD 2321> | 3 | <BANA 2372>, <BUAD 2301> | 6 |
| Visual and Performing Arts Elective3 | 3 | GBA 180 or CTE 133 <BUAD 1305> or <CSTE 1330> |
3 |
| <KINE 2115> | 1 | ||
| 30 | 30 | ||
| Third Year | Credit | Fourth Year | Credit |
| <ACCT 3313, 3314, 3347, 3324, 3353> | 15 | <ACCT 4315, 4316, 4372> | 9 |
| <FINC 3320> | 3 | <BUAD 3355, 3335> | 6 |
| <MGMT 3310> | 3 | <MGMT 4365 or 4370>, <MGMT 4390> | 6 |
| <BANA 3363> | 3 | <ECON 4357> or <BANA 3364> | 3 |
| <MKTG 3310> | 3 | Cultural Studies Elective4 | 3 |
| <MGIS 3310> | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| 30 | 30 |
1 Transfer students must take at least 50% of the required business curriculum for the B.B.A. degree in residence at Sam Houston State University.
2 Two four-hour laboratory science courses from: Biology, Chemistry, Geography/Geology (the only geography courses that satisfy a laboratory science requirement are <GEOG 1301/1101> and <GEOG 1436>, or Physics.
3 Select from <ARTS 1301, 1311, 1316, 1303>, <DANC 1372, 1301>, <FACS 1360>, <MUSI 2338, 1301, 1306>, or <THEA 1330, 1364, 1366, 2330, 2336>. Satisfies the Visual and Performing Arts requirement of Component Area 4 of the Core Curriculum (see the Core Curriculum section of this catalog).
4 Select from <BESL
2301>, Foreign Languages <GEOG
2355, 2356>, <HIST
2311, 2312>, or <SOCI 2319>. Satisfies the Cultural Studies
requirement of Component Area 4 of the Core Curriculum (see the Core Curriculum
section of this catalog).
Minor in Accounting
A minor in Accounting (18 hours) is available to all bachelor degree programs that permit a minor. The minor in Accounting requires <ACCT 2301, 2302, 3313> and 9 additional advanced hours (300-level or above) <3000-level or above> hours in Accounting, excluding <ACCT 3304>, with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in these courses. Furthermore, degree candidates for a minor in accounting must achieve a minimum 2.0 grade point average for all hours attempted in business courses, including residence and transfer hours whether required for the accounting minor or not.
