Accounting, B.B.A./M.Acc.

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 150


Overall GPA - Combined and OU: 3.00

Major GPA - Combined and OU: 3.00

Upper-Division Businesses Courses GPA - Combined and OU: 3.00

Program Code: A001

To enroll in upper-division business courses, students must be certified for degree candidacy and meet all prerequisites.

A maximum of six hours of transfer work will apply toward the major. 

Undergraduate Major Requirements

ACCT 3113Intermediate Accounting I (must earn a C in this course)3
ACCT 3123Intermediate Accounting II3
ACCT 3313Cost Accounting3
ACCT 3603Income Tax Accounting I3
ACCT 3353Accounting Information Systems/Databases3
ACCT 4543Auditing3
Total Credit Hours18

Required Courses

Core Requirements12
Legal Environment of Business
Principles of Organization and Management
Principles of Marketing
Business Strategy and Policy 1
Upper-Division Business Requirements6-11
Investments
Advanced Corporate Finance
Students may share up to 5 hours of additional graduate-level business electives with the graduate degree
Additional Requirements8
Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace
Career Readiness II-Advancing in the Workplace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Business Finance
Upper-Division Electives11
Total Credit Hours37-42
1

Requires completion of all other business core courses prior to enrollment and permission from Price Academic Advising Services. 

Graduate Requirements

The Non-Thesis degree is a coursework-only degree; a Non-Thesis examination is not required.

Accounting Electives21
Accounting Professional Development
Advanced Accounting
Income Tax Accounting II (or other appropriate 5000-or 6000-level tax course as determined by Graduate Liaison)
Accounting Theory and Research
Choose 12 hours of any 5000- or 6000-level Accounting course 1
Graduate Courses 2
Graduate Business Electives12
Choose 12 additional hours of graduate-level elective courses in ACCT, B AD, ECON, ENGB, ENT, FIN, L S, MGT, MIS, MKT, and SCM 3
Total Credit Hours33
1

Except ACCT 5202 and ACCT 5212

2

Students may share up to 5 hours of the previously described graduate accounting or graduate business electives with the undergraduate degree, dependent upon the student's proposed career track or interest. We recommend MIT 5602 or L S 5523, but other appropriate courses may be applied as approved by the Graduate Liaison.

3

Maximum three hours ACCT coursework.

General Education and College Requirements

Courses taken to fulfill the University General Education Requirements must be chosen from the approved General Education course list published at http://www.ou.edu/gened/courses.

UNIVERSITY-WIDE GENERAL EDUCATION (MINIMUM 40 HOURS) AND COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
Core Area I: Symbolic and Oral Communication6-16
Principles of English Composition (Core I)
Principles of English Composition (Core I)
Expository Writing
Language (Core I) - Students who have completed two years of high school language are exempt from this general education requirement (0-10 hours).
Mathematics6
Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) 1
Calculus I for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) 1
Core Area II: Natural Science7
Natural Sciences - Choose two courses taken from the biological and/or physical sciences. The two courses must be from different disciplines and at least one course must include a laboratory component (Core II)
Core Area III: Social Science 2
P SC 1113American Federal Government (Core III)3
Core Area IV: Arts and Humanities 12
United States to 1865 (Core IV)
United States, 1865 to the Present
Introduction to Business Ethics (Core IV: Western Culture)
Choose one course in each of the following fields (Core IV):
Artistic Forms 3
World Culture 3
Core Area V: First-Year Experience 3
Choose one course
Basic Business 422
Fundamental Financial Accounting 5
Fundamental Managerial Accounting 5
Personal Computing Productivity Tools
Strategic Communication for Business Professionals 5
Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III-SS) 2, 5
Principles of Economics-Micro (Core III-SS) 2, 5
Elements of Statistics (Core I-M) 5
Computer-Based Information Systems 5
Total Credit Hours59-69
1

Substitute: MATH 1523 for MATH 1643MATH 1823 or MATH 1914 for MATH 1743.

2

Two courses, 6 hours, of Core III Social Science are required and one course must be P SC 1113ECON 1113 or ECON 1123 will meet the other 3 hours of this requirement.

3

It is recommended students take either World Culture or Artistic Forms at the 3000/4000 level to fulfill the university requirement of one upper-division course outside the major from the approved University-Wide General Education. It may also be satisfied in the upper-division or free elective categories. 

4

College requirement: courses are part of the degree candidacy application process that students must complete to earn degree candidacy and begin upper-division business courses.

5

Minimum C required. ACCT majors must earn a 2.50 GPA in ACCT 2113 & ACCT 2123

Free Electives

Eight hours if exempt from language requirement; may be taken in any lower/upper-division area or met with general education requirements. B AD 2110B AD 2113MGT 2013, and MKT 2013 will not count for credit toward a BBA.

Additional Requirements

  1. Pass/No Pass will not be accepted for any Business or General Education courses or any specifically required courses.
  2. Students must complete the GMAT exam with a score of 500 or greater.
  3. Comprehensive written exam required at end of program.
  4. Sixty hours, excluding physical education activity courses, must be taken at a baccalaureate degree-granting institution.
  5. A combined maximum of 8 hours of general military experience and flight instruction courses will count toward the required hours.

Suggested Semester Plan of Study

Additional hours may be required if remedial math or language is required. Please see an academic counselor to develop a plan of study.

Apply for permission to take upper division business courses the semester in which you will complete the prebusiness courses1.

During the third year:

  • Take GMAT (if required)
  • Interview for internships
  • Apply for admission to Master of Accountancy program
Plan of Study Grid
First Year
First SemesterCredit Hours
ECON 1113 Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III) 1 3
ENT 2113 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 3
ENGL 1113 Principles of English Composition (Core I) 3
MATH 1643 Functions and Modeling for Business, Life and Social Sciences 3
First-Year Experience (Core V) 2 3
 Credit Hours15
Second Semester
B AD 1001 Personal Computing Productivity Tools 1
ECON 1123 Principles of Economics-Micro (Core III) 1 3
ENGL 1213
Principles of English Composition (Core I)
or Expository Writing
3
MIS 2113 Computer-Based Information Systems 1 3
MATH 1743 Calculus I for Business, Life and Social Sciences (Core I) 3
Natural Science (Core II) 2 3
 Credit Hours16
Second Year
First Semester
ACCT 2113 Fundamental Financial Accounting 1 3
ECON 2843 Elements of Statistics 1 3
P SC 1113 American Federal Government (Core III) 3
B C 2813 Strategic Communication for Business Professionals 1 3
World Culture (Core IV) 2 3
Free Elective 3
 Credit Hours18
Second Semester
ACCT 2123 Fundamental Managerial Accounting 3
B AD 2091 Career Readiness I-Transitioning to the Workplace 1
FIN 2303 Business Finance 3
PHIL 1273 Introduction to Business Ethics (Core IV: Western Culture) 3
Natural Science with Lab (2nd discipline) (Core II) 2 4
Artistic Forms (Core IV) 2 3
 Credit Hours17
Third Year
First Semester
ACCT 3113 Intermediate Accounting I 3
ACCT 3353 Accounting Information Systems/Databases 3
B AD 3091 Career Readiness II-Advancing in the Workplace 1
L S 3323 Legal Environment of Business 3
MGT 3013 Principles of Organization and Management 3
MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing 3
 Credit Hours16
Second Semester
ACCT 3123 Intermediate Accounting II 3
ACCT 3603 Income Tax Accounting I 3
HIST 1483
United States to 1865
or United States, 1865 to the Present
3
Upper-Division General Education 3 3
Free Elective 3
 Credit Hours15
Fourth Year
First Semester
ACCT 3313 Cost Accounting 3
ACCT 4543 Auditing 3
ACCT 5100 Accounting Professional Development 0
FIN 3503 Investments 3
FIN 3603 Advanced Corporate Finance 3
B AD 4013 Business Strategy and Policy 3
Free Elective 2
 Credit Hours17
Second Semester
Choose both of the following modules:
Module 1:
B AD 3700 Internship in Business Administration (interviewing takes place in Year 3) 3
Module 2:
Graduate ACCT/Business Elective 2
Shared Graduate ACCT/Business Elective or Upper Division Elective 3
Shared Graduate ACCT/Business Elective or Upper Division Elective 2
 Credit Hours10
Fifth Year
First Semester
ACCT 5113 Advanced Accounting 3
Graduate ACCT/Business Elective 3
Graduate ACCT/Business Elective 6
 Credit Hours12
Second Semester
ACCT 6553 Accounting Theory and Research 3
Graduate ACCT/Business Elective 3
Graduate ACCT/Business Elective 2
Graduate ACCT/Business Elective 3
Graduate ACCT/Business Elective 3
 Credit Hours14
 Total Credit Hours150
1

Prebusiness course. 

2

University-Wide General Education course, refer to online listing.

3

May be free elective if Artistic Form, World Culture, or Science course is 3000-4000-level.