Program Overview

Accounting, B.S.B.A.

Learning Outcomes

Students completing the undergraduate accounting program will demonstrate the:

• financial accounting skills necessary to become a successful professional in the field of accounting.
• accounting information systems and auditing skills necessary to become a successful professional in the field of accounting.
• tax skills necessary to become a successful professional in the field of accounting.
• cost accounting skills necessary to become a successful professional in the field of accounting.

Tulsa Curriculum and First Year Experience

Core Curriculum and First Year Experience

• FYE 1001 First Year Experience
• ENGL 1033 Exposition and Argumentation
• ENGL 2093 STEM and Business Writing
• MATH 1143 Mathematical Functions
• MATH 1243 Applied Calculus

General Curriculum

• Quad I: Creative Arts (6 hours)
• Quad II: Humanities (6 hours)
• Quad III: Social Sciences (6 hours)
• Quad IV: Natural and Applied Sciences (7 hours)

Some major required courses may be double counted to fulfill a quad requirement.

Language Requirement (8 hours)

Students must complete or show proficiency through the first year of a modern foreign language (8 hours) or a student may meet the foreign language requirement by earning nine (9) hours of credit in American Sign Language by successfully completing CDDE 1003 - American Sign Language 1, CDDE 1013 - American Sign Language 2 and CDDE 2003 - American Sign Language 3 with a grade of at least a C in each course.

Business Core

Freshman Core

• BIS 1001 Introduction to Spreadsheets
• ECON 2013 Principles of Economics I: Macroeconomics
• ECON 2023 Principles of Economics II: Microeconomics

Sophomore Core

• ACCT 2113 Concepts in Accounting Information I
• ACCT 2123 Concepts in Accounting Information II
• BIS 2003 Introduction to Business Information Systems
• BL 2013 Legal Environment of Business
• BUS 2001 Essential Business Skill Development
• QM 2013 Statistics I
• QM 2023 Statistics II: Data Analytics

Junior/Senior Core

• FIN 3003 Business Finance
• MGT 3003 Principles of Management
• MGT 4073 Strategic Management
• MKTG 3003 Principles of Marketing
• QM 3023 Operations Management

Accounting Major Requirements

• ACCT 3113 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
• ACCT 3123 Intermediate Financial Accounting II
• ACCT 3133 Cost Accounting
• ACCT 4143 Accounting Information Systems
• ACCT 4233 Topics in Federal Income Taxation
• ACCT 4243 Auditing Assurance for Accounting Systems
• ACCT elective at the 3000 or 4000 level (3 hours)

General Education Electives (9 hours)

Only courses from outside of the Collins College of Business may be used for general education electives.

Free Electives (9 hours)

Any non-required undergraduate course offered by the institution.

Applied Option

A student who selects the “Applied Option” in accounting will apply business principles in an actual business environment through a formal Collins College of Business internship. In addition to completing all the requirements for the B.S.B.A., the student must satisfactorily complete ACCT 4983 Internship in Accounting which may take the place of a free elective.

Total: 120 hours

Accounting, B.S.B.A., Additional Requirements

Accounting majors must complete ENGL 1033, MATH 1143, MATH 1243 (or higher level math courses), and ENGL 3003 with a grade of C or higher. Accounting majors must meet the college’s language requirements. Accounting majors must complete each of the Business Core courses with a grade of C or higher, except for courses designated Pass/Fail. ECON 2013 and ECON 2023 are required courses in the Business Core which are also used to fulfill part of the Tulsa Curriculum Block II requirement.