B. A. in Accounting

Accounting majors and minors are required to earn a “C” or above in all required Accounting courses, including those transferred in from another institution.

Accounting majors are required to maintain an overall GPA earn overall GPA of 2.75 or better.

The majority of accounting courses taken for the major must be taken at Belmont Abbey College.

Students may only repeat an Accounting course once. If unsuccessful after two attempts, the student may not retake the class a third time and will not be allowed to major in Accounting.

Students that do not earn a C in an Accounting course taken at Belmont Abbey require the permission of the Department Chair to retake the course at another institution.

For a double major in Accounting and Business Management, the requirements for each major must be fulfilled. Accounting and Business double majors may not count Accounting courses towards a Business concentration nor as Business electives.

It is the student’s responsibility to see that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.

NOTE: A “C” average or above in all Accounting courses is required for graduation.

Curriculum Requirements

The Core Curriculum (49-50 hours)

Please reference the Core Curriculum Requirements

Students pursuing a degree in Accounting are encouraged to take MA208 for the Empirical Reasoning Requirement and EC201 to meet the Social Science requirement. This will provide the student with the opportunity to elect a minor(s) in Accounting.

Accounting Program Course Requirement (30 hours)

AC301	Fraud and ForensicExamination	3
AC305	Analytics Using Excel	3
AC307	Accounting Information Systems and Controls	3
AC311	Intermediate Accounting I	3
AC312	Intermediate Accounting II	3
AC341	Audit Risk and Assurance	3
AC407	Accounting Capstone	3
AC421	Advanced Accounting	3

Accounting Majors are required to take the listed Required Accounting Courses and Select three additional electives from the following courses:

AC331 Cost Accounting

AC370 Case Studies in Fraud

AC420. IT Audit and Compliance

AC401 Income Tax and Tax Planning

AC453 Internship

INTERNSHIP: Although an internship is not required, it is strongly recommended. Accounting majors are encouraged to seek and internship as a rising sophomore and for each subsequent summer/year.

Other Required Courses (40 Credits)

AC211	Principles of Financial Accounting	3
AC212	Principles of Managerial Accounting	3
BU300	Management	3
BU310	Finance I	3
BU412	Legal Environment of Business	3
CS201	Programming for Everyone I	3
DS101	Introduction to Data Analytics	3

Accounting Majors and Minors are strongly encouraged to take MA208 to meet the Empirical Reasoning requirement and EC201 Economics I to meet the Social Science requirement.

Accounting Majors are required to take the Other Required Courses and Four electives in Data Analytics or Computer Science (BU000, DS000, and/or CS000).

Electives

Accounting majors are strongly encouraged, although not required, to take the following accounting electives. Courses listed below with an asterik * also count towards an accounting minor in a specific area such as Fraud Accounting or Cyber Audit and Compliance.