Accounting (B.S.B.A.)
Administered by Department of Accounting and Business Law, College of Business
Effective Fall 2021
As per PRP3604: All students earning a first baccalaureate degree will take at least 30 of their last 45 credits at Bloomsburg University, no more credits are required than the 30 credits. All first baccalaureate students will take at least 50% of credits required for the Major from a PASSHE university. Bloomsburg University may require up to a maximum of 50% of the Major credits. Program exceptions to the policy are to be approved by the Office of the Chancellor.
General education electives - Select a minimum of 4 semester hours in non-business elective courses. Note: Graduation requires successful completion of a total of 120 semester hours.
Requirements for the Major - A total of 61 semester hours is required for a major in Accounting under the Business Administration degree program. Required courses include:
Business Core Curriculum (24 semester hours):
ACCT.221 Principles of Accounting I
ACCT.222 Principles of Accounting II
FINANCE.313 Introduction to Corporate Finance
ITA.175 Spreadsheet Modeling and Data Analysis Applications
LAW.331 Law and Legal Environment
MGMT.244 Principles of Management
MGMT.481 Business Policies and Strategies
MKTG.310 Marketing: Principles and Practices
Accounting Requirements (34 semester hours):
ACCT.310 Accounting Information Systems
ACCT.321 Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT.322 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT.323 Intermediate Accounting III
ACCT.324 Federal Tax Accounting
ACCT.348 Cost Accounting
ACCT.358 Managerial Reporting
ACCT.424 Adv Fed Tax Accounting
ACCT.431 Topics in Financial Reporting
ACCT.442 Auditing Theory and Procedure
LAW.332 Business and Commercial Law
Elective Courses – Three (3) credits of the Electives in Business must be 300 or 400-level business courses – NOT to include BUSED.333 Business Communications and Report Writing.
When selecting an elective, students should be sure they have proper prerequisites and avoid elective courses below that level for which the student has already been prepared in that subject field. Courses designated within BUSED, ACCT, MISCIS, MGMT, ITM, FINANCE, MKTG, OR LAW are considered business electives.
General Education - Among 59 semester hours of general education courses, students must take:
BUSED.101 Intro to Business
BUSED.333 Business Communications and Report Writing
COMMSTUD.103 Public Speaking
ECONOMIC.121 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECONOMIC.122 Principles of Microeconomics
ECONOMIC.156 Business & Economic Math (or MATH.123 Essentials of Calculus)
ECONOMIC.256 Business and Economics Statistics
ENGLISH.101 Foundations of College Writing
Students are required to have earned an overall 2.0 cumulative average to graduate. Accounting majors are required to have earned a 2.0 cumulative average in: 1) Business Core requirements, 2) Accounting Specialization requirements, and 3) Electives in Business. Forty percent (40%) of all credits (48 credits) must be completed at the upper division level.