Accounting (CPA

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Maranatha’s Accounting degree offers you a world of opportunity beyond the job market. Besides making you profoundly employable, it enables you to help your local church with budgeting and internal accounting systems. This degree can also grant you entry into restricted-access countries, allowing you to share your faith more freely than typical missionaries can.

Globalization, a growing economy, and a complex tax and regulatory environment are expected to continue the strong demand for accountants and auditors. This demand may lead to good prospects for entry-level positions. Accountants and auditors who have earned professional recognition, especially as CPAs, should have the best prospects (www.bls.gov).

Career Options

• Certified public accountant • Certified management accountant • Forensic accountant • Financial analyst • Tax consultant • Financial planner • Auditor • Budget analyst • Chief financial officer

Some careers and employment positions require graduate degrees, specialized training, or additional certificates and licenses.

Dual Degrees

Complete this 150-hour Accounting CPA degree and concurrently earn a Master of Organizational Leadership or a Master of Nonprofit Administration in five years. Contact the School of Business for more information on these dual degree program options.

Business Requirements (39 hours) BUMG 112 Introduction to Business & Management 3 BUMI 165 Computer Applications 3 BUMG 211 Business Communication 3 BUMG 222 Macroeconomics 3 BUMG 223 Microeconomics 3 BUMG 231 Principles of Management 3 BUAC 243 Principles of Accounting 1 3

BUAC 244 Principles of Accounting 2 3

BUMK 251 Principles of Marketing 3

BUMG 321 Business Finance 3

BUMG 422 Business Law 1

3 BUMG 475 Business Strategy 3 BUMG 490 Business Capstone & Entrepreneurship 3 Accounting Core (18 hours) BUAC 341 Intermediate Accounting 1 3 BUAC 342 Intermediate Accounting 2 3 BUAC 343 Managerial Cost Accounting 3 BUAC 344 Auditing 3 BUAC 345 Accounting Information Systems 3 BUAC 346 Federal Taxation 1 3 Accounting and Business Electives (27 hours)† Accounting Electives BUAC 347 Government & Not-for-profit Accounting* 3 BUAC 348 Accounting Software for Small Business 3 BUAC 441 Advanced Accounting* 3 BUAC 446 Federal Taxation 2* 3 BUAC 448 CPA Examination Review 1-3 BUAC 449 Accounting Internship 3-6 Business Electives BUMG 363 Business Statistics 3 BUMG 423 Business Law 2* 3 BUMG 431 Operations Management* 3 BUMG 432 Human Resource Management 3 BUMG 436 International Business 3 BUMK 452 Marketing Research 3 MOL courses (except those already taken in OL concentration) *This course is strongly recommended for CPA candidates. † A minimum of 6 accounting-specific credits must be taken (excluding BUAC 448 and 449).

Course Distribution

Accounting Major 84 Component or Concentration 10-12 Biblical Studies Core 24 Liberal Arts Core 25 Open Electives 5- 7 Minimum Hours Required 150

See page 26 for General Education Core requirements. Humanities Electives (6) are met by required courses Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. Quantitative Reasoning requirement must be met with Probability and Statistics.

Suggested Schedule

Year 1

Intro to Business & Management 3 Computer Applications 3 Principles of Accounting 1 3 Old Testament Survey 3 English Composition 1 3 15

Year 2

Intermediate Accounting 1 3 BUMG 222, 231 or BUMK 251 6 The Modern World 3 Christian Life, Leadership, and Evangelism 3 Literature Elective 3 18

Year 3

BUMG 222, 231, or BUMK 251 3 Business Law 1 3 Auditing or Federal Taxation 1 3 Accounting/Business Elective 6 Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 3 18 Principles of Accounting 2 3 New Testament Survey 3 English Composition 2 3 Probability and Statistics 3 Music Elective 2 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 2 16

Intermediate Accounting 2 3 Business Communications 3 Microeconomics 3 Baptist Heritage 3 American Studies Elective † 3 Calculus 1 * 5 17/15

Year 4

Business Strategy

3 Business Finance 3 Auditing or Federal Taxation 1 3 Speech Elective * 2 OL Concentration Course † 3 Accounting/Business Electives 3 Bible Elective 3 17/18

Year 5

Accounting/Business Elective 9 OL Concentration Course † 3 Science Elective 3 Open Elective † 2 Open Electives * 4 16/17 Acct. Info. Systems or Managerial Cost Accounting 3 Component Elective * 3 OL Concentration Course † 3 Accounting/Business Elective 6 Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 3 Open Elective 3 18

Business Capstone & Entrepreneuership 3 Acct. Info. Systems or Managerial Cost Accounting 3 OL Concentration Course † 3 American Studies Elective * 3 Accounting/Business Elective 3 Bible Elective 3 15

* Communication & Analytical Component † Organizational Leadership Concentration

Choose either the Component or the Concentration: Communications and Analytical Component (10 hours)

Students pursuing a foreign language minor or concentration may waive the writing and speech electives. ASMA 143 Calculus 1 5

Writing Elective Course (choose one) HUEN 236 Composition & Literature HUEN 237 Journalism HUEN 241 Technical Writing HUEN 339 Advanced Writing Speech Elective Course (choose one) CASP 345 Persuasion CASP 447 Debate 3

Organizational Leadership Concentration (12 hours) BUOL 480 Theories and Models of Leadership 3 BUOL 481 Organizational Behavior 3 BUOL 482 Organizational Communication 3 BUOL 483 Hist. & Theo. Foundations of Leadership 3