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2018-2019 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin 
    
 
  Nov 22, 2024
 
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin [Archived Catalog]

Accounting, B.S.B.A.

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Overview

The business administration curriculum allows sufficient flexibility for adaptation to a student’s particular interests and goals. A minimum of 122 hours is required for the B.S. degree in all majors except accounting, which requires 125 hours, and international business, which requires a minimum of 128 hours. They are divided between courses in business administration and general education courses in English, history, foreign languages, natural and behavioral sciences, and other disciplines. All business administration students are required to earn 40 hours in a common core sequence of business subjects. The major field for all majors except accounting and international business* requires 12-21 hours beyond the common core. If a major requires only 12 hours, then a minimum of 9 additional hours of advisor-approved course work in business/economics must be completed. A minimum of 18 credit hours in additional directed course work is required.

The school has developed options designed to complement core and major requirements. Information and assistance in the development and selection of options are available through the advising facilities of the school.

*The accounting major requires 24 hours. International business requires a second major in business. International business majors range from 27 to 36 hours, depending on the double major selected.

Learning Outcomes

  • Our graduates will be able to apply generally accepted financial reporting principles in a broad range of business transactions.  
  • Our graduates will understand techniques used in determining costs, preparing budgets, and measuring the performance of a business unit. 
  • Our graduates will understand the regulatory framework that governs financial reporting and auditing in the United States. 
  • Our graduates will understand the ethical dilemmas faced by accountants and how to respond to such dilemmas based on regulatory guidance. 
  • Our graduates will understand the accounting issues associated with international business activities. 
  • Our graduates will understand how technology is used in current organizational environments, especially as it concerns business decisions using accounting information systems. 

Major Map

A major map is a layout of required courses in a given program of study, including critical courses and suggested course sequences to ensure a clear path to graduation.

Major maps are only a suggested or recommended sequence of courses required in a program of study. Please contact your academic advisor for assistance in the application of specific coursework to a program of study and course selection and planning for upcoming semesters.

 

Accounting, BSBA
 
 

Degree Requirements (125 Hours)

Major Requirements (67 Hours)

See Darla Moore School of Business  for entrance requirements, progression requirements, and other regulations.

  1. General Education Requirements (40-44 Hours)
  2. Business Core (40 Hours)
  3. Communication (Included in General Education Requirements)
  4. Accounting (24 Hours)
  5. Optional Business Analytics Concentration (12 Hours)
  6. Internationalization Requirement (9 Hours)
  7. Directed Course Work (minimum of 18 Hours)

1. Carolina Core (31-43 Hours)

CMW: Carolina Core Effective, Engaged and Persuasive Communication: Writing (6 Hours)

ARP: Carolina Core Analytical Reasoning and Problem-Solving (6-8 Hours)

SCI: Carolina Core Scientific Literacy (7 Hours)

  • Two approved Carolina Core Scientific Literacy courses including one laboratory course

GFL: Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language (0-8 hours)

  • Students shall demonstrate in one Foreign Language the ability to comprehend the topic and the main ideas in written and, with the exception of Latin and Ancient Greek, spoken texts on familiar subjects. This ability can be demonstrated by achieving a score of two or better on a USC foreign language test. Those failing to do so much satisfactorily complete equivalent study of foreign language at USC.

GHS: Carolina Core Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Historical Thinking (3 Hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core History course

GSS: Carolina Core Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social Sciences (3 Hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core Social Science course

AIU: Carolina Core Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding (3 Hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding course

CMS: Carolina Core Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Speech (3 hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core Speech course

INF: Carolina Core Information Literacy (0-3 Hours)

  • This requirement may be met in an overlay course that combines learning outcomes from two Carolina Core components

VSR: Carolina Core Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility (3 hours)

  • Any approved Carolina Core Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility course. This requirement may be met in an overlay course that combines learning outcomes from two Carolina Core components.

2. Business Core (40 Hours)

3. Communication (Included in General Education Requirements)

4. Accounting (24 Hours)

5. Optional Business Analytics Concentration (12 Hours)

This analytics concentration can only be taken in conjuction with the accounting major.

Required Courses (9 Hours):

Elective Courses (3 Hours):

Choose one of the courses listed below.

7. Internationalization Requirement (9 Hours)

The program also requires 9 hours of course work with international content that may be used to fulfill other degree requirements. Three hours must be taken from an approved list of courses offered by the Moore School of Business which contain international business or international economics content. The following course options can also be used to satisfy the 3 credit hours of this requirement: approved course work containing international business or international economics content, taken at a semester abroad program; an approved Maymester or summer overseas course containing international business or international economics content; an approved internship course in international business wherein a student would obtain discipline-related work experience in a foreign country; or an approved service-learning component. Students may choose from one of the following options to complete the remaining 6-hour requirement:

Language:

  • Two language courses at the 200 level or above

or

Electives:

  • Two approved courses with international content taken either inside or outside the Moore School of Business from a list available in the undergraduate office.

7. Minor or Directed Coursework (minimum of 18 Hours)

Minors (non-BA) may be selected from a University-wide list of approved minors. The minor is normally a minimum of 18 hours of prescribed courses in one subject area. Students not selecting such a minor may submit an alternative program of study to satisfy the directed coursework requirement. All alternative programs of study are subject to approval by the Undergraduate Program Faculty Committee in coordination with the Undergraduate Division. All minor courses or directed coursework must be passed with a grade of C or better.

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