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Business

Accounting

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Major in Accounting

Marketable Skills:

  • Think critically
  • Analyze and solve problems
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
  • Accounting majors will be able to distinguish taxable from nontaxable income, compute an individual's tax liability, and evaluate the tax consequences of choosing different types of business entities.
  • Accounting majors will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management control processes within an organization, including the prevention and detection of fraud.
  • Accounting majors will be able to prepare financial statements for use by external stakeholders and use financial statement information to assess the financial health of a firm.
  • Accounting majors will demonstrate an understanding of professional ethics and the ability to apply professional ethics.
  • Accounting majors will demonstrate an understanding of the types of internal accounting information and tools managers use for planning, control, and decision making within the firm.
  • Accounting majors will use data analysis skills to make business decisions. Students will demonstrate the ability to formulate a plan to analyze data and interpret the results in order to support a decision.
  • Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of international accounting practices and an understanding of the role accounting plays in the functioning of capital markets and the global economy.

Business

Accounting

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Major in Accounting

Marketable Skills:
  • Think critically
  • Analyze and solve problems
  • Communicate clearly and effectively
  • Accounting majors will be able to distinguish taxable from nontaxable income, compute an individual's tax liability, and evaluate the tax consequences of choosing different types of business entities.
  • Accounting majors will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management control processes within an organization, including the prevention and detection of fraud.
  • Accounting majors will be able to prepare financial statements for use by external stakeholders and use financial statement information to assess the financial health of a firm.
  • Accounting majors will demonstrate an understanding of professional ethics and the ability to apply professional ethics.
  • Accounting majors will demonstrate an understanding of the types of internal accounting information and tools managers use for planning, control, and decision making within the firm.
  • Accounting majors will use data analysis skills to make business decisions. Students will demonstrate the ability to formulate a plan to analyze data and interpret the results in order to support a decision.
  • Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of international accounting practices and an understanding of the role accounting plays in the functioning of capital markets and the global economy.
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