Accounting and Business Analysis (BBA)
The University of St. Francis offers a highly regarded bachelor’s degree program in accounting.
As an Accounting and Business Analysis major, you’ll learn the language of business – to think analytically and to measure, process, and communicate financial information. You’ll also learn to use the core accounting skills, an analytical mindset, and the technological skills to be ready for careers in accounting and business analysis and especially, for the rapidly changing competencies and skills required of the modern CPA. Most importantly, St. Francis will prepare you to enhance the accounting and business analysis profession through your hands-on experience, leadership and service.
The demand for accounting professionals is expected to grow 7% through 2030, according to the BLS. Accounting and Business Analysis majors typically earn some of the highest starting salaries for students with bachelor’s degrees.
Accounting and Business Analysis majors are encouraged to supplement their BBA in accounting by planning to sit for the CPA, CMA, or other professional examinations. Students planning on sitting for the CPA exam should be aware that 30 credit hours of accounting will be required. An added benefit, seniors who feel inspired to keep studying to obtain an MBA or M.S. degree may take graduate-level courses during their last two semesters for dual undergraduate and graduate credit. That means students can take nine graduate-level credit hours during senior year, and can complete their MBA or M.S. one year after graduating if they attend full time.
B.B.A./CPA Option
In Illinois (and most states) individuals must have 150 credit hours of college credit to sit for the Uniform CPA exam. USF bachelor degrees require only 120 hours. With careful planning, students may reach 150 hours and be eligible to sit for the CPA exam upon graduation. Through a combination of taking extra hours in most semesters and some summer or advanced placement credit, students can graduate with 150 hours of credit. Alternatively, students can plan to pursue an advanced degree (see BBA/MBA Five-Year Option below) in business or accounting to attain the additional required hours.
B.B.A./Masters Five-Year Option
In the final two semesters before graduation, senior business majors who intend to continue with a College of Business and Health Administration Master’s degree, at the University of St. Francis, may take up to nine credit hours of graduate level HSAD, MBAD, MGMT, or TDEV courses to meet undergraduate requirements. The students will be required to complete the graduate level work in each class. Although these credit hours will remain on the student’s undergraduate transcript, these credit hours/course requirements will be considered as complete in the appropriate graduate program. Students who take a minimum of nine graduate level credit hours in their senior year are eligible to complete their master’s degree in one-year (attending full-time). Permission must be obtained from both the undergraduate and graduate business advisors to utilize this option.
National Honor Society
The undergraduate business programs provide students with the opportunity to be a member of Delta Mu Delta, an international honor society in business administration with a growing membership of 150,000. For membership, students must have completed over 60 credit hours and be in the top 20% of their class with a minimum cumulative 3.25/4.0 GPA.
Major Program (63-78 credit hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Business Core Courses 1 | ||
| ACCT 125 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 126 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BSAD 201 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BSAD 250 | Business Driven Technology | 3 |
| BSAD 276 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| BSAD 495 | Business Policy | 3 |
| or MBAD 635 | Business Policy | |
| ECON 101 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 102 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| FINC 242 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MATH 121 | Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| MGMT 150 | Management and Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MKTG 175 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Required Accounting and Business Analysis Courses | ||
| ACCT 315 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 317 | Accounting Taxes for Business Entities and Individuals | 3 |
| ACCT 327 | Accounting Information Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 330 | Auditing | 3 |
| ACCT 498 | Accounting Internship | 0-15 |
| BSAD 278 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
| MGMT 350 | Corporate Communications | 3 |
| Accounting and Business Analysis Electives | ||
| Select nine hours from of the following: | 9 | |
| Cost Accounting (3) | ||
| Intermediate Accounting II (3) | ||
| Information System Auditing (3) | ||
| Fraud and Forensic Accounting (3) | ||
| Advanced Accounting (3) | ||
| Financial Statement Analysis (3) | ||
or MBAD 629 | Financial Statement Analysis (3) | |
| Accounting Lab (1-3) | ||
| Topics (1-4) | ||
| Directed Study (1-3) | ||
| Accounting Internship (0-15) | ||
| Business Law II (3) | ||
| Business Research (3) | ||
| Introduction to Data Mining (3) | ||
| Enterprise Resource Computing (3) | ||
| Computer Concepts and Applications (3) | ||
| Introduction to Information Technology (3) | ||
| Information Systems: Analysis and Design (3) | ||
| Introduction to Cybercrime (3) | ||
| Entrepreneurial Finance and Capital (3) | ||
or MBAD 620 | Entrepreneurship Small Business Finance (3) | |
| Advanced Corporate Finance (3) | ||
or MBAD 622 | Advanced Financial Management (3) | |
| Supervisory Management (3) | ||
| Operations Management (3) | ||
or MBAD 658 | Operations Management (3) | |
| Data-Informed Management (3) | ||
| Total Hours | 63-78 | |
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Students must complete PHIL 330 Just Business to fulfill their second philosophy requirement for liberal education.
Students work with their advisors in selecting additional elective credits to fulfill the 120 credit hours required for graduation.