Accounting (B.B.A.)

The field of accounting has offered a very strong job market for decades, and this is projected to continue in the foreseeable future. Both the supply of and the demand for accounting graduates continues to grow, with the demand outpacing the supply in many years.

The field of accounting is diverse, with many possible areas of practice such as tax, auditing, management accounting, and forensic accounting - and accounting is often the educational background for senior management of business firms. The accounting faculty have a wealth of experience in both public and private accounting to share with accounting majors. The faculty maintain professional certifications as Certified Public Accountants (CPA), as a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

 

Program Advisor

Denise Leggett, Ph.D, C.P.A.
 Assistant Professor of Accounting, Freed-Hardeman University

Dickson
 6157405383
 dleggett@fhu.edu

Degree Requirements

B.B.A. Major in Accounting Degree Completion

B.B.A./M.B.A. in Accounting

Program Coordinator: Dr. Tom DeBerry

A student who completes this program will receive both the B.B.A. and the M.B.A. Degrees. 

For a complete listing of requirements for graduation, see Academics: Degree/Graduation

150 hours
   

I. Liberal Arts Core Requirements

34 hours

Lister in this catalog under Academics: Liberal Arts Display

Limit II. C. Quantitative Reasoning to MAT 235 Introductory Statistics

  
   

II. Common Professional Component for all B.B.A. Majors

39 hours

ACC 231

Principles of Accounting I

3 

ACC 233

Principles of Accounting II

3

BAN 255

Quantitative Business Analysis 

3

  

BUS 254

Business Technology

3

BUS 351

Business Communication (W)

3

BUS 354

Legal Environment of Business

3

BUS 455

Business Ethics (W)

3

BUS 459

Business Strategy (W)

3

ECO 271

Macroeconomics

3

ECO 272

Microeconomics

3

FIN 385

Managerial Finance

3

MGT 241

Principles of Management

3

MKT 261

Principles of Marketing

3
     

III. Major Requirements:

51 hours

ACC 330

Intermediate Accounting I

3 

ACC 331

Intermediate Accounting II

3 

ACC 335

Cost Accounting 

3

ACC 430

Principles of Taxation I 

3 

ACC 435

Advanced Accounting 

3 

ACC 436

Principles of Auditing 

3 

ACC 530

Managerial Accounting

3

BUS 357

Commercial Law

3

BUS 550

Analytical Decision Tools

3

BUS 559*

Strategic Decision Making

3

ECO 570

Economic Thought

3

FIN 580

Financial Management

3

LDR 543

Leading Teams and Organizations

3

MGT 540

Operations Management

3

MKT 560

Marketing Management

3
     

 Choose two (2) of the following courses:

 6 hours

 ACC 531**

Principles of Taxation II

(3)

  

 ACC 538**

Fraud Examination

(3)

  

 BUS 510

Business Communication

(3)

  

 BUS 520

Business Law and Ethics

(3)

  

IV. Electives (including additional Bible)

26 hours
   

*Functions as a capstone course for the program, to be taken during the last spring or last fall semester before anticipated graduation. 

 

**Recommended for those pursuing CPA Licensure. Offered in a face-to-face format over a 15-week semester at the Henderson campus. Video streaming or asynchronous video access will be available for those not currently taking courses in person at the Henderson campus.