Accounting, B.B.A.

Requirements for the Major

Common acounting and business administration courses can be found on the Sellinger School of Business and Management page.
The Joseph A. Sellinger, S.J., School of Business and Management

Requirements for a major and typical program of courses are listed below. This is a possible plan of study, but it need not be followed in the same order by every student.

Freshman Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

EC 103 - Macroeconomic Principles or
HS 100-Level Core Course
Fine Arts Core
Language Core
Elective or
Natural Science Core

Sophomore Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

AC 202 - Managerial Accounting
EC 301 - Intermediate Macroeconomics Theory *** or
EC 302 - Intermediate Microeconomics Theory or
FI 320 - Financial Management ** or
IS 251 - Information Systems
MG 201 - Management
PL 200-Level Philosophical Perspectives Course or
Theology Core
English Core

Key:

* Candidates for the B.B.A. may substitute Introduction to Statistics (ST 210 ) for EC 220 if and only if the student also successfully completes Calculus II (MA 252 ) or Econometrics (EC 420 ).

** Students concentrating in finance must complete FI 320 prior to the fall semester of the junior year.

*** Students concentrating in business economics must complete EC 301 or EC 302 prior to the fall semester of the junior year.

Major in Accounting

Students majoring in accounting must take seven upper-level accounting courses: AC 301 , AC 302 , AC 311 , AC 401 , AC 402 , AC 412 , and AC 421 . Six of these seven courses must be taken within the Accounting Department at Loyola University Maryland.

Major Requirements:

Notes:

AC 310 is the corequisite for AC 301 and AC 311 . AC 312 is the corequisite for AC 302 .

An example of a typical program of courses follows:

Junior Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

Senior Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

Notes:

Course requirements for the CPA exam vary by state. In order to choose the appropriate courses, accounting majors should contact their major advisors and reference the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy website, nasba.org.

150-Hour CPA Requirement

Students who plan to sit for the Certified Public Accounting (CPA) examination in a state with a 150-credit-hour educational requirement must complete additional coursework beyond the undergraduate accounting degree. Loyola offers the Master of Accounting (M.Acc.) to assist students in meeting this requirement. The M.Acc. program offers a 10-course, 30-credit-hour cohort program which can be delivered in a full-time (three semester) or part-time format. Consult the graduate catalogue for more information about the M.Acc. program.