Accounting (BBA)

MISSION STATEMENT

The purpose of the Accounting Program of Dallas Baptist University is to provide a Christ-centered, high-quality, accounting education by focusing on faith-integration, excellence in classroom instruction, and competence-building activities in order to produce servant leaders.

BBA ACCOUNTING DEGREE

Graduates with a BBA in Accounting will demonstrate competence in the foundational areas of business and possess the technical skills and accounting knowledge necessary to assume an entry-level accounting role in whatever business they choose. The BBA degree alone does not always qualify a student to register for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination and students should communicate with their advisor regarding the U.S. state where they plan to register for the CPA exam. Complete description of all requirements to sit for the Certified Public Accountancy exam may be found at the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy website. Students enrolled in the BBA degree program are required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours.

The BBA Accounting major prepares students for careers as professional accountants in business. In addition to the common-core courses required of all BBA degree programs, accounting majors complete nine required upper-level accounting courses and another upper-level elective.

Retention in and Graduation from the Accounting Program

Students must fulfill the following conditions to continue enrollment in the 4-year BBA accounting major and graduate from the program:

• Students must maintain an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and an institutional GPA of 3.0 in upper-level accounting coursework.

• Students must be advised by a full-time accounting professor before enrollment each semester.