School of Business

Curricula

Requirements for a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting

For an overview of a particular course, click on its title. The Course Descriptions page lists all business courses. For one possible breakdown of the accounting major by semester, see the Plan of Study.

 

 Requirements   Credits 
   
 Accounting 

36 

      ACCT 201. Introduction to Financial Accounting
      ACCT 202. Introduction to Managerial Accounting
      ACCT 308. Advanced Managerial Accounting
      ACCT 305. Accounting Information Systems
      ACCT 361. Intermediate Financial Reporting I
      ACCT 362. Intermediate Financial Reporting II
      ACCT 310. Introduction to Taxes
      ACCT 420. Financial Statement Analysis (capstone)
      ACCT 399. Accounting Internship
      Accounting Electives*

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

0
12
   
 Other Business Courses 

24 

      QMX 212. Statistical Applications for Business
      BIS 310. Business Information Systems
      MSC 301. Management and Organizational Behavior
      MKT 301. Principles of Marketing
      FIN 301. Corporation Finance
      MSC 306. Production and Operations Management
      BLX 210. Business Law I
      MSC 413. Business Policy 

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
   
 Non-business Courses 

60 

 Economics
      ECO 101. Microeconomic Principles
      ECO 102. Macroeconomic Principles 

 
3
3
 Quantitative Reasoning
      MATH 121. Finite Mathematics for Management & Social Sciences**
      MATH 122. Calculus for Management & Social Sciences**
      QMX 211. Introduction to Statistics 

 
3
3
3
 Technology and Communications
      IT 120. Introduction to Computers
      ENG 250. Advanced Oral and Written Communication 
         or ENG 260. Advanced Composition: Business 

 
3

3

 Clare College (Core Curriculum at St. Bonaventure) †
      CLAR 101. The Intellectual Journey
      CLAR 110. Composition and Critical Thinking I 
      CLAR 111. Composition and Critical Thinking II
      Core Area Courses:
           CLAR 103. Foundations of the Western World
           CLAR 105. Inquiry in the Social World
           CLAR 206. Foundational Religious Texts of the Western World
           CLAR 207. The Catholic-Franciscan Heritage
           CLAR 208. World Views
           CLAR 209. Arts and Literature
           CLAR 302 & CLRL 302. Inquiry in the Natural World
           CLAR 304. The Good Life
      CLAR 401. The University Forum 

 
3
3
3
 
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
 Non-business Elective 

3
   
 Total 

120 

 

* Students pursuing the five-year accounting program (dual degree BBA/MBA) must take ACCT 401, 404, 405; BLX 211; and FIN 401 or 421. Students pursuing the BBA (not the five-year accounting program) may select ACCT electives from ACCT 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 498, 499; BLX 211, 402; BIS 335, 420; FIN 312, 321, 401, 402, 410, 421, 422, 461; MSC 322, 330, 422, 430, and 431.  ACCT electives must be approved by the student's adviser and must include at least two courses with a prefix of ACCT.
** May substitute MATH 151 for MATH 121 and 121. The remaining credits must be from non-business courses.
†

The Clare College curriculum also includes a three-credit quantitative reasoning requirement. Accounting majors satisfy this requirement by passing any of the courses listed in the above table under Quantitative Reasoning.