Accounting, BSBA

Liberal Studies Hours (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements  

Business Core: 36 hours

Business Core Requirements (36 hours) 

Major Requirements

Students should take the following 21 hours in the major:

• ACCT 265 - Accounting Information Systems Credits: 3
• ACCT 351 - Intermediate Accounting I Credits: 3
• ACCT 352 - Intermediate Accounting II Credits: 3
• ACCT 355 - Introduction to Income Taxation Credits: 3
• ACCT 356 - Cost Accounting Credits: 3
• ACCT 454 - Auditing Credits: 3
• ACCT 495 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3

General Electives

To complete 120 hours, students should take 21-27 (number depends on how many Liberal Studies courses also count toward the major). General Electives Credits: 21-27 hours depending on Liberal Studies courses completed. To satisfy general university degree requirements, students must take at least 30 hours at the junior-senior level at WCU.

Curriculum Guide

Visit the department’s website at http://accounting.wcu.edu to view the eight-semester curriculum guide.

Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s (ABM)

Undergraduate accounting majors may take a limited number of Master of Accountancy Program courses during their senior year under WCU’s Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s (ABM) framework once they have met the following admission requirements:

• The student meets the criteria for the current GMAT waiver policy consisting of a 3.60 GPA overall and a 3.25 GPA in the four prerequisite accounting courses (ACCT 351, 352, 355 and 356).

• The student must have earned at least 75 student credit hours at the time of application for consideration by the program.

Other parameters are as follows:

• The student must earn a B or better in each of the graduate courses as an ABM student in order for it to count toward their graduate degree.

• The student must earn an average 3.0 GPA in undergraduate courses taken as an ABM student to continue in the ABM track.

• Students may take up to 6 hours of graduate credit as an ABM student

• No credits will double count for both the undergraduate degree and the graduate degree

• Students are limited to 1 graduate class per semester unless approved by both the graduate program director and the student’s undergraduate advisor

See Graduate Catalog for specific courses available to ABM students