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Degree Requirements

Accounting

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Susan Weihrich, PhD, Chair

from Seattle University's Bulletin of Information 2007-2008

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
Major in Accounting

Degree Offered

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

Major

Accounting

Minor Offered

Accounting

Objectives

Professionally trained accountants serve in diverse roles in private business, government, non-profit organizations, and other entities. After meeting the state requirements, many accounting graduates pursue careers as certified public accountants.


In order to earn the bachelor of arts in business administration degree with a major in accounting, students must complete a minimum of 180 quarter credits with a cumulative and major/program grade point average of 2.25, including the following:

I. Core Curriculum Requirements

Credits

ENGL 110

College Writing: Inquiry and Argument

5

PHIL 110

Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking

5

Choose one of the following two courses:

5

HIST 120

Origins of Western Civilization

HIST 121

Studies in Modern Civilization

ENGL 120

Masterpieces of Literature

5

MATH 130

Elements of Calculus for Business (or MATH 134)*

5

Fine Arts

(one approved 5 cr. course; see course descriptions)

5

PHIL 220

Philosophy of the Human Person

5

Lab Science

5

Social Science I (not economics)

5

Social Science II (ECON 271 required)*

5

Theology and Religious Studies Phase II (200-299)

5

Ethics (BETH 351/PHIL 351 required)

5

Theology and Religious Studies Phase III (300-399)

5

Interdisciplinary satisfied within major

Senior Synthesis satisfied by MGMT 489

*Major requirements and must earn a C- grade or better.
See detailed core curriculum information in the Bulletin of Information.

II. Additional Albers Requirements

Non-business elective (or MATH 118*)

5

III. Albers Business Foundation Requirements*

Seventy credits, including:

ACCT 230

Principles of Accounting I

5

ACCT 231

Principles of Accounting II

5

ECON 260

Business Statistics

5

ECON 272

Principles of Economics—Micro

5

ECON 310

Quantitative Methods and Applications

5

MGMT 280

Communication for Business

5

ECIS 315

Introduction to Information Systems and E-Commerce

5

Choose one of the following two courses:

5

MGMT 320

Global Environment of Business

ECON 330

Int’l Economic Events and Business Decisions

FINC 340

Business Finance

5

MKTG 350

Introduction to Marketing

5

OPER 360

Manufacturing and Service Operations

5

BLAW 370

Business and International Law

5

MGMT 380

Principles of Management

5

MGMT 489

Business Policy and Strategy

5

IV. Major Requirements*

Thirty-five credits, including:

ACCT 301

Accounting Information: Systems, Tools, and Concepts

5

ACCT 311

Intermediate Financial Accounting I

5

ACCT 312

Intermediate Financial Accounting II

5

ACCT 330

Cost Accounting

5

ACCT 336

Federal Income Tax I

5

ACCT 420

Controllership: Integration of the Accounting Function

5

ACCT 435

Auditing I 5

V. Additional Requirements**

General Electives to total 180 credit hours.

5

With permission of the chair of the accounting program, students with an undergraduate accounting degree from Seattle University who have taken ACCT 436/539 and ACCT 413/540 may waive six elective credits of their MPAC program. These electives will satisfy course requirements toward both the undergraduate degree in accounting and the master of professional accounting.

Please note: 
1. MGMT 280 must be taken prior to or simultaneously with ACCT 301. 
2. Accounting majors must normally complete 55 credits of business courses at Seattle University; 45 of these credits must be at the upper-division level and only 10 credits may be transferred toward the concentration area and no more than 15 toward their business foundation courses. 
3. Internships or independent studies will not satisfy major requirements.

* Major requirements must earn a C- grade or better.  



The Albers School is AACSB accredited

 

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