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Business Administration: Accounting (B.S.)

The accounting major is designed with three primary objectives in mind: 1) to prepare students who intend to enter the fields of public or private accounting with an adequate background to become effective practitioners, 2) to educate students to become highly qualified professionals in great demand in today’s business world, 3) to help provide students with the necessary skills, abilities, and educational backgrounds to sit for the C.P.A. examinations. Please note that students wishing to become a licensed C.P.A must complete additional college coursework to a total of 150 credit hours in addition to passing the C.P.A. exam and completing one year of work experience.

Requirements

Accounting Requirements

ACC 324Intermediate Accounting I

3
ACC 325Intermediate Accounting II

3
ACC 330Cost Accounting

3
ACC 400Accounting Information Systems

3
ACC 402Advanced Accounting

3
ACC 420External Auditing

3
ACC 425Federal Taxation of Individual

3
ACC 426Federal Tax of Business Entities

3
ACC 447Accounting Ethics

3
Any 300-400 ACC

3

** Additional Elective Courses or MBA (for students seeking CPA; 150 total hours are required to sit for CPA exam)

Required Courses Business Core

ACC 224Principles of Financial Accounting

3
ACC 225Principles of Managerial Accounting

3
CIS 270Fundamentals of Information Systems

2
CIS 271Practical Computer Applications

3
ECON 203Principles of Macroeconomics

3
FIN 300Principles of Finance

3
GBUS 140Introduction to Business

3
GBUS 220Business Communications

3
GBUS 280Business Statistics

3
GBUS 303Quantitative Business Analysis

3
GBUS 325International Business

3
GBUS 344Legal Environment of Business I

3
GBUS 420Professional Development Seminar

1
MGT 350Principles of Management

3
MGT 498Management Strategy & Policy

3
MKT 331Principles of Marketing

3

Master of Business Administration Fast Track

The new WLU Fast Track initiative is designed to connect West Liberty University undergraduate degree programs with the WLU MBA graduate program. Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) students can get a jump start on an MBA by taking up to 4 courses or 12 credit hours as they complete their undergraduate program to complete up to 40% of their 10-course MBA. A savings of both time and money, the Fast Track initiative provides students an attractive and efficient pathway from their bachelor’s degree to a master's degree.

Fast Track Course Equivalent Lists

Accounting

ACC 300-400                        ACC 550 Managerial Accounting Decision Analysis

 

Electives
CIS 300-400  CIS 530 Information Technology Management
ECON  300- 400  ECON 520 Global Economics
GBUS 300-400  GBUS 525 Social Responsibility & Business Ethics
MKT 300-400  MKT 535 Integrative Marketing Management
Restricted Elective 300-400  MGT 545 Strategic Human Resource Management
Restricted Elective 300-400  MGT 560 Public & Non-Profit Management