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Accounting, Bachelor of Science

COMMON PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT 36
ACCOUNTING HOURS 21
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM HOURS  3-6 
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS 60-63
PRESCRIBED COURSES ATTAINABLE IN GEN ED: MTH 316

NOTE: Hours may vary depending on transfer credit awarded.

The Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting, offered through Gardner-Webb’s Broyhill Undergraduate School of Management, provides a fully-accredited baccalaureate degree for those wishing to pursue a career in accounting. With a degree in accounting, the graduate can pursue entry-level positions with public accounting firms, banks, and a host of other financial institutions. The curriculum helps prepare the student to take professional exams such as the CPA, CMA and CFA. The GOAL-DCP curriculum in Accounting is designed as an intensive, quantitatively-approached method, with a concentration in both the science of accounting and business administration.

Student Learning Outcomes

To accomplish the mission of the Godbold School of Business in individual courses within the GOAL-DCP, students completing a course in accounting will be able to:

  1. Adapt themselves in entry-level professional career positions in business, government, and other areas of human endeavor where organizational, managerial, and analytical skills in accounting are vital for success.
  2. Learn new managerial skills in accounting that require knowledge of computerized technology applications in business.
  3. Respond to changes in accounting in a dynamic, global marketplace and demonstrate high Christian ethical standards in their place of work.

Program Requirements

Common Professional Component

ACC 213Accounting Principles I

3
ACC 214Accounting Principles II

3
BAD 300Legal Environment of Business

3
BAD 304Applied Business Statistics

3
BAD 305Introduction to Management Science

3
FIN 312Financial Management

3
MKT 300Principles of Marketing

3
BAD 360International Business

3
BAD 480Business Strategy

3
CIS 300Management Information Systems

3
ECO 204Principles of Economics II

3
MGT 316Principles of Management

3
Total Credit Hours:36

Accounting Hours

ACC 313Intermediate Accounting I

3
ACC 314Intermediate Accounting II

3
ACC 315Cost Accounting

3
ACC 400Accounting Information Systems

3
ACC 425Federal Income Tax I

3
ACC 435Advanced Accounting

3
ACC 450Auditing

3
Total Credit Hours:21

Additional Hours Required

ECO 203Principles of Economics I (Economics and the Free Market System)

3
MTH 300Survey of Math Skills

3
Total Credit Hours:3-6

MTH 300 or college math transfer course is required for any student without college algebra. If student transfers in MTH 316, this requirement is waived.

Total Credit Hours: 60-63

NOTE: At least half of the accounting courses listed above must be taken at Gardner-Webb University. A grade of “C” or better is required in prescribed General Education courses and all courses required for the program.

As with all DCP majors, approximately half of the Accounting track consists of our General Education curriculum (see General Education Requirements). A student must complete 33 hours in the Accounting major, 15 of which must be completed with the University.