Business
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Room 228
Madeleva Hall
Saint Mary's College   
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Phone:(574)284-4501
Fax:(574)284-4566

Department Chair
Mary Ann Merryman
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Accounting Major

B.B.A. Degree Requirements
4 Year Course Plan

B.B.A. Degree Requirements

The Accounting Major requires 58 credit hours.

College Core Requirements 
50
Business Core Requirements
33
Supporting Courses Outside the Major   
6
Accounting Major Requirements
24
Free Electives
15
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS
128



Required Business Core Courses

BUAD 201* Principles of Financial Accounting
BUAD 202* Principles of Managerial Accounting
BUAD 221* Principles of Mangement
BUAD 231* Principles of Marketing
BUAD 251* Principles of Macroeconomics
BUAD 252* Principles of Microeconomics
BUAD 241 Personal Ethics and Corporate Culture
BUAD 312 Principles of Finance
BUAD 341 Statistical Applications
BUAD 344 Business Law I
BUAD 446 Business Policy

* A minimum average grade point of 2.5 is required in these courses to be formally admitted to the Accounting. program.  Until these six courses are completed, a student's status as a major in Accounting will be provisional.  It is strongly recommended that the six courses be completed by the end of the Sophomore year.


Accounting Major Requirements

Intermediate Accounting I BUAD 301
Intermediate Accounting II BUAD 302
Cost Accounting BUAD 303
Personal Income Tax BUAD 304
Auditing BUAD 402

 

Plus three additional 3-credit courses chosen from the following:

Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations BUAD 305
Special Topics in Accounting BUAD 390
Advanced Accounting BUAD 401
Corporate Income Tax BUAD 404
International Accounting BUAD 407
Business Law II BUAD 444

 
 
 
4 Year Course Plan

FALL

FIRST YEAR

SPRING
ECON 251 Principles of Macroeconomics #   ECON 252 Principles of Microeconomics #

BUAD 231 Principles of Marketing #
(optional Freshman year)

FALL
SOPHOMORE

SPRING
BUAD 201 Principles of Financial Accounting #

BUAD 221 Principles of Management # or
BUAD 231 Principles of Marketing # or
BUAD 241 Personal Ethics & Corp. Culture

MATH 114 – Introduction to Statistics or
CPSC 102/103 or CPSC 207 – Computer Science 		 

BUAD 202 Principles of Managerial Accounting #

BUAD 221 Principles of Management # or
BUAD 231 Principles of Marketing #

BUAD 241 Personal Ethics & Corp. Culture

MATH 114 Introduction to Statistics or
CPSC 102/103 or CPSC 207 Computer Science

NOTE: Students should plan on taking a combination of three of these courses per semester. #
A minimum average grade point of 2.5 is required in these six courses to be admitted into the program. These courses should be completed by the end of the sophomore year.

FALL

JUNIOR

 SPRING

BUAD 312 Principles of Finance

*BUAD 301 Intermediate Accounting I

*BUAD 303 Cost Accounting

*BUAD 304 Personal Income Tax

 

BUAD 341 Statistical Applications

*BUAD 302 Intermediate Accounting II

BUAD 404 Advanced Topics in Income Tax

FALL
SENIOR

SPRING

BUAD 344 Business Law I

BUAD 446 Business Policy *

BUAD 402 Auditing

BUAD 306 Fraud Examination

 

BUAD 444 Business Law II

BUAD 305 Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations

BUAD 401 Advanced Accounting

* 5 courses required for major plus choice of 3 more upper level accounting courses.
NOTE: Accounting concentration equals only 4 upper level accounting courses.
Advisor for Accounting Major: Mary Ann Merryman, Phone x4501