Accounting (BBA)

The undergraduate accounting program is dedicated to creating and facilitating educational and practical experiences that provide our students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be lifelong contributors to the accounting profession in an ethical and socially responsible manner throughout the Midwestern United States.

The objective of the undergraduate accounting program is to provide the skills and knowledge necessary for professional careers in all areas of accounting. The Department of Accounting offers an undergraduate major in accounting, an undergraduate Certificate in Advanced Accounting program, and a Master of Accounting program providing attractive options for satisfying the 150-hour requirement for CPA certification in the States of Iowa and Illinois. In addition to providing academic support services to other business programs, the department offers a minor in accounting.

Requirements for a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting

Students must also demonstrate an experiential learning experience, which may include a documented internship (ACCT-460 Accounting Internship, EXPL-201 Experiential Learning Notation, or EXPL-202 Experiential Learning - Internship), service learning (ACCT-404 VITA Seminar), study abroad, or in rare cases, an alternative to one of the above. Students who complete ACCT-404 VITA Seminar or ACCT-460 Accounting Internship as a 3-credit elective for the Accounting major will also satisfy this experiential learning experience requirement. 

Accounting majors are required to have earned a 2.25 average GPA in all accounting courses; have earned a C in all accounting classes (if an accounting major earns below a C, the student must retake the course); and have earned 18 of their 33 hours of accounting at St. Ambrose, including ACCT-300 Acct. Fundamentals & Professionalism, ACCT-301 Intermediate Accounting I, ACCT-302 Intermediate Accounting II, ACCT-305 Income Tax Procedures I and ACCT-415 Auditing.

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