Accounting, B.A.
An accounting major is an excellent route toward success in a business career. Opportunities are plentiful across a wide array of professions.
Lenoir-Rhyne’s liberal arts approach to education emphasizes communication skills and exposure to the arts, sciences and humanities. This combination of specialized emphasis in accounting with the general benefits of a liberal arts education equips aspiring accountants with the necessary tools to succeed in the workplace.
As an accounting major, you have the opportunity to take courses that prepare you for the CPA exams and certification, while also having the opportunity to gain experience through internships.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the accounting sector is growing and features a salary nearly double the national average.
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Learning Inside & Outside the Classroom
The College of Business and Economics provides accounting majors access to many out-of-class opportunities in business, including student organizations, study abroad, community outreach and undergraduate research within a course or independently with a faculty mentor.
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Internships
Qualifying senior accounting majors are eligible for one or two-semester accounting internships. As an accounting firm intern, you are given the opportunity to gain valuable work experience outside of the classroom.
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Career Opportunities
An accounting major is an excellent route toward success in a business career. Opportunities are plentiful across a wide array of professions. It is an evolving and exciting field, given the rapid changes in public policy, technology, globalization and market change. Options include public accounting, tax accounting, corporate accounting and bookkeeping, public sector and non-profit accounting and auditing.
LR’s accounting major is designed to prepare students for entry into the profession, for sitting for the CPA exams and certification, and for continuing forward with graduate education.
The Career and Professional Development Center can help you discover your true personality, explore academic majors and career options, assess your strengths and weaknesses, find internships and part-time work and prepare for life after graduation.
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The accounting program truly prepares you for a successful career after graduation. I was able to find employment before I even graduated.
Accreditation
Lenoir-Rhyne is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The B.A. in Accounting is also accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
Major Requirements
The major in Accounting provides specialized accounting training augmented by the courses in the business core. The combination of the specialized information and the common body of knowledge provide the aspiring accountant the necessary tools for the workplace. For the Accounting student desiring to become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), additional courses are available as electives at the undergraduate and graduate level. The graduate is eligible to sit for the Certified Public Accounting examination and the Certified Management Accounting examination upon completion of the program and courses required by The Examining Body. Career possibilities exist in public accounting practice, corporate accounting and finance, and governmental operations.ÌýThe Accounting major earns a B. A. degree. Course requirements for the Accounting major are below.
Transfer Policy
A student may transfer in the following:
- the common Business core courses except for BUS 450Ìý-ÌýBusiness PolicyÌý²¹²Ô»å no more than 6 credit hours from BUS 320, BUS 340, BUS 344, BUS 360, and BUS 370.
- no more than 6 credit hours from the required major courses.
Honors
Students in the College of Business & Economics may elect to pursue honors work. To be eligible for honors, students must:
- have a 3.2 cumulative GPA;
- have a 3.5 GPA in the major; and
- have completed ACC 231Ìý²¹²Ô»å BUS 300, BUS 340, BUS 360Ìý²¹²Ô»å CSC 175Ìýor have been invited to apply by the faculty of the CollegeÌýof Business & Economics;
- have successfully complete BUS 320Ìý²¹²Ô»å BUS 344Ìýas honors courses;
- have successfully complete BUS 499Ìýconcurrently with BUS 450Ìý, which includes a specific business written analysis report and an oral presentation to the faculty of the College of Business & Economics.
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Earning two majors in Charles M. Snipes College of Business and Economics:
Students seeking two or more majors in the Charles M. Snipes College of Business & Economics must complete 15 hours of unique course work in the Major Requirements section of each major. All required course work for the major must be completed. The unique course work will come from the required courses and elective courses prescribed for the additional major. Some courses may require substitutions approved by the dean.
- General Education Requirements (37 hours)
- Technical Requirements (3 Hours)
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Major Business Core Courses (33 Hours)
- ACC 231Ìý-ÌýAccounting Principles
- BUS 320Ìý-ÌýManagement Information Systems
- BUS 340Ìý-ÌýBusiness Management
- BUS 344Ìý-ÌýBusiness Finance
- BUS 346Ìý-ÌýBusiness Statistics
- BUS 360Ìý-ÌýMarketing
- BUS 370Ìý-ÌýBusiness Law I
- BUS 450Ìý-ÌýBusiness Policy
- CSC 175Ìý-ÌýInformation Technology
- ECO 121GÌý-ÌýPrinciples of Economics Macroeconomics
- ECO 122Ìý-ÌýPrinciples of Economics Microeconomics
Transformative Competencies (9 hours) -
Major Requirements (18 Hours)
- ACC 331Ìý-ÌýAccounting Principles-Intermediate I
- ACC 332Ìý-ÌýIncome Tax Accounting
- ACC 334Ìý-ÌýAccounting Principles-Intermediate II
- ACC 431Ìý-ÌýAccounting Principles-Advanced
- ACC 432Ìý-ÌýCost Accounting
- ACC 433Ìý-ÌýAuditing
Note(s)Students intending to take the CPA exam will be advised to use their free electives to take these additional courses required for success on the exam
- ACC 430 - Corporation, Partnership, Estate Tax
- BUS 372Ìý-ÌýBusiness Law II
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General Elective Credits
General Electives (16Ìýhours) as needed to reach 120 hours overall.
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Total Credit Hours - Minimum 120 hours
On occasion, technical and/or program requirements may also meet specific General EducationÌýrequirements. Please confer with your program advisor to determine which courses, if any, may be counted accordingly.
All bachelor's degree programs at Lenoir-Rhyne require at least 120 credit hours. If, in combination, General Education, technical, and program requirements do not generate at least 120Ìýhours, additional credits must be completed to achieve 120Ìýhours. These classes may be general electives, or a student may complete a minor or additional major.
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