BBA - Accounting
Program Requirements
A minimum total of 120 credit hours is required for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in accounting. In addition to meeting the requirements of the WSU General Education Program and the requirements for all BBA programs set by the W. Frank Barton School of Business, candidates for the BBA in accounting must satisfy the following requirements of the curricular major:
All majors must contain at least 12 unduplicated credit hours. All minors must contain at least 3 unduplicated credit hours.
| Course | Title | Hours |
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| General Education | ||
| Select courses to meet General Education requirements 1 | 34-35 | |
| College Requirements 2 | ||
| Bachelor of Business Administration Core Requirements | 27 | |
| Advanced Standing Requirements | 23-25 | |
| Accounting Major | ||
| ACCT 310 | Intermediate Financial Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 360 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 410 | Intermediate Financial Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 420 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 430 | Introduction to Federal Income Tax | 3 |
| ACCT 580 | Data Analytics for Accountants | 3 |
| ACCT 610 | Advanced Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 630 | Taxation of Business Entities | 3 |
| ACCT 640 | Principles of Auditing | 3 |
| College Requirement for Accounting Majors | ||
| ENGL 210 | Composition: Business, Professional and Technical Writing | 3 |
| Open Electives | ||
| Select enough electives to reach 120 credit hours | 3-6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
Credit hours in ACCT 481 cannot be included in the accounting major.
To contact the Kansas Board of Accountancy for questions relative to the CPA Exam requirements in the State of Kansas visit the Kansas Board of Accountancy website3.
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Required major courses may also count towards General Education requirements. Students will need to select additional electives to reach 120 credit hours required for graduation with assistance from an advisor.
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See the Bachelor of Business Administration page of the catalog for a full explanation of these college requirements.
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Applied Learning
Students in the BBA in accounting program are required to complete an applied learning or research experience to graduate from this program. The requirement can be met by taking ACCT 610 Advanced Financial Accounting.
As part of this course, students are required to complete a semester-long nonprofit project using Premium Access Tools, Data, Analyses and Tax Returns from Guidestar.org. This Premium Access, provided free to students, normally costs $1,500 annually per person.