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Undergraduate Day Catalog 2021-2022 
    
Undergraduate Day Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Accounting, B.S.


120 Credit Hours

Program Learning Outcomes


“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

  1. Students will exhibit business appropriate communication skills.
  2. Students will exhibit the ability to successfully perform in a group or team.
  3. Students will exhibit an understanding of elements, standards, and application of critical thinking.
  4. Students will exhibit business skills in the following areas:  Technology, Research, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Global Business, Management, Business Law.
  5. Students will exhibit the ability to express a Christian Worldview as it relates to business practices.

Graduation Requirements


Conferral of a Baccalaureate degree in this program of study is determined by successful completion of the Baccalaureate Graduation Requirements outlined here .

NOTE: Students must earn 42 upper level (3000-4000) credit hours in order to graduate. A total of at least 21 of these upper level credit hours must be completed in the selected major.

Visit this program’s information page  for additional program-specific requirements.

Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Requirements - 43 Credit Hours


Accounting majors must meet the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements  as set out in the Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Program . The Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Mathematics, Social Science, and Global Studies requirements are fulfilled through other courses in this major. Only 34 of the 43 credit hours of the Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Program will still be required for the completion of this program.

Accounting Major - 75 Credit Hours


Additional Required Credit Hours - 11 Credit Hours


These additional hours may be fulfilled by a minor, second major, general electives taken concurrently, previous coursework taken at PBA or through transfer credits.

Optional Franchise Concentration


Any Business student may elect to earn a concentration in Franchise Management by completing the following four courses:

Sample Degree Plan


Accounting Degree Plan