Accounting B.B.A.

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An accounting degree provides graduates with a challenging career path clearly pointed toward growth and opportunity. The accounting major can work for companies that range in size from a sole practitioner to small partnerships to international firms. Opportunities for employment exist within both the private and public sectors. Accounting careers include jobs involving extensive interpersonal contact and those involving very little. Other careers could be in the fields of financial planning and investment analysis.

Accounting graduates who take positions with industry and not-for-profit organizations work as part of the management team providing information for decision support and performance evaluation. Accountants can also work within organizations specializing in tax reporting and planning.

It is recognized that students desiring to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) must complete 150 credits and a specified set of courses. In most cases students working toward meeting the CPA requirements will combine a 124 credit undergraduate degree with a graduate degree program, a second degree or additional hours leading to a certification. To sit for the CPA examination, a student needs all courses in this Accounting program along with six additional courses, including finance, production management, marketing, an advanced law course, an advanced economics course beyond both Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, and one additional accounting elective.

SCHEDULE

The program consists of 94 weeks of instruction - one night per week for four hours.

DEGREE AWARDED

Bachelor of Business Administration

CONTACT

Nichole Pendleton, Program Director
316-295-5414
pendleton@friends.edu

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Sixty-two (62) semester hours of transferable credit from accredited colleges or universities.
Completion of Writing 1 and 2 with a “C” or better.
Earned credit in a college-level mathematics course.*

*Math required for graduation is College Algebra or a higher level math class.

Core Requirements:

Plus Requirements from Other Areas:

Computer Applications (CSIS 125 or the equivalent) 3 hours
Economics, Macroeconomics or Microeconomics (or the equivalent) 3 hours
Mathematics (College Algebra with “C” or better) 3 hours

Total Major Requirements: 55 hours

General Education Requirements for Degree Completion Program:

Writing 1 3 hours
Writing 2 (w/ “C” or better) 3 hours
Math (level at least Math for Liberal Arts)* 3 hours
Natural Science w/ lab 4 hours
Speech/Interpersonal Comm** 3 hours
Religion/Philosophy 3 hours
Social/Behavioral Science 6 hours
(Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, Economics)
Liberal Arts/Humanities*** 6 hours
(Fine Arts, History, Literature, Foreign Language)

Notes:

* Math:

Nature of Mathematics for Liberal Arts or higher is required for Criminal Justice and Organizational Management and Leadership degree programs.
College Algebra is required for Business Management, Marketing and Human Resource Management degree programs.
College Algebra (w/ “C” or better) is required for Computer Programming and Accounting degree programs.

** Required for Criminal Justice program
***Liberal Arts/Humanities requirement is 3 hours for Criminal Justice program

Total: 31 hours

Conference Courses

Upon recommendation of the instructor and the student’s advisor, the Vice President of Academic Affairs and the Division Chair may grant permission for a student to take a course by conference.

Frequent conferences with the instructor, reports and examinations ensure that the student covers the same materials and maintains the same standards as those who take the course regularly. Written permission to take work by conference must be given and residence credit is granted. Special course arrangement forms must be completed and are available in the Registrar’s Office. Any lab fees attached to the course will be charged.

Internship Program

Degree Completion Program Students may earn up to six hours per semester for a total of two semesters or 12 hours total in an internship program that has been approved by their degree program director. (Please refer to the internship course description for complete details.)

Writing 1 and Writing 2 Requirements

1.

Writing 1 and Writing 2 with “C” or better are required for acceptance into a degree completion program.

2.

Writing requirements must be completed in one of the following ways:

A.

By taking Writing 1 and Writing 2 at Friends University or another accredited institution, passing the course with “C” or better.

B.

By taking the CLEP, which includes both the CLEP essay and CLEP multiple choice sections, in the area of English composition. Students who pass the test with a score of 500 or better will receive six hours of ungraded credit for Writing 1 and Writing 2, pending the submission of a research paper that conforms to APA style and is approved by a fulltime faculty member of the English department. The paper should be written according to the guidelines currently established by the English program for Writing 2. This option can provide for students who need both Writing 1 and Writing 2 and who have never enrolled in either course before. The CLEP test is an option only for a student who has no previous enrollment in Writing 1 or 2.

C.

Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the CAPS Exception Committee.

Total Major and General Education Requirements: 77 hours

Total Degree Requirements: 124 hours

Note:

*These courses will be waived for students who have previously passed them with a “C” or better.