Undergraduate

The Culverhouse School of Accountancy offers a Bachelor of Science in the College of Commerce and Business Administration with a major in accounting. The B.S.B.A. degree requires 120 (2008 catalog) semester hours of courses.

A student who meets the criteria for admission to The University of Alabama as a freshman student is eligible for admission to the freshman class of the College. Specific information about these criteria is available from:

The University of Alabama
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Box 870132
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0132
(205) 348-5666 or
toll free 1-800-933-BAMA in the continental United States

uaadmit@enroll.ua.edu
http://www.ua.edu

A student seeking to transfer to the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration from another college or university must have an official transcript sent directly to the UA Office of Undergraduate Admissions (see address in preceding paragraph) from each college or university previously attended. A grade point average of "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or better for all college-level work attempted is required for admission to the University. Transferred credit hours will be applied as appropriate to a student's degree program. The authority to apply or to deny transferred credit rests with the College.

Entering freshman students who plan to major in programs offered by C&BA are designated "PREB" (prebusiness) students until they have been admitted to the UPPER DIVISION. All prebusiness students are administratively housed in the College.

Undergraduate Admission and Retention Requirements

A prospective Culverhouse School of Accountancy student must submit an application that demonstrates that all criteria for admission have been met. A student is eligible for admission if he or she meets the criteria for admission to the UPPER DIVISION of the College of Commerce and Business Administration. A student whose grade point average falls below these standards may petition the director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy for admission to the upper division and Culverhouse School of Accountancy if the student's grade point average for the last 30 hours attempted is 2.5 or higher.

Students who have not been admitted to the School may enroll in upper-division accounting courses offered for nonmajors. A student who has not been admitted may also enroll in 300-level accounting courses offered for accounting majors, provided that he or she has fulfilled the prerequisites for those courses and either meets the criteria for admission to the Culverhouse School of accountancy or must take those courses as part of the major or minor. Only students who have been admitted to the Culverhouse School of Accountancy may enroll in 400-level accounting courses without special permission of the director.

Accounting majors must complete all required 300-level accounting courses with grades of "C-" or better. A student who enrolls in any of the required accounting courses twice and fails to make a grade of "C-" or better will not be permitted to take additional accounting courses or to receive a degree with a major in accounting from The University of Alabama. Enrollment is defined as registration for a course resulting in the recording of hours attempted on the student's record. Priority for enrollment in upper-division accounting courses is given to students who are not repeating the courses.

Course Requirements (2008-2010 Catalog)

Checksheet for Curriculum II with Professional Accounting Specialization (for students who intend to pursue a master's degree in accounting and plan to sit for the CPA exam)

Checksheet for Curriculum II (for students not intending to pursue a master's degree in accounting and do not plan to sit for the CPA exam)

Suggested Course Sequence for Curriculum II 

Checksheet for Curriculum VII with Professional Accounting Specialization (for students who intend to pursue a master's degree in accounting and plan to sit for the CPA exam)

Checksheet for Curriculum VII (for students not intending to pursue a master's degree in accounting and do not plan to sit for the CPA exam)

Checksheet for Second Major with Professional Accounting Specialization (for students who intend to pursue a master's degree in accounting and plan to sit for the CPA exam)

Checksheet for Second Major (for students not intending to pursue a master's degree in accounting and do not plan to sit for the CPA exam)

 

• GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (21 HOURS)

  • EC 110 Principles of Micro-Economics
  • EC 111 Principles of Macro-Economics
  • EN 101 Freshman Composition I
  • EN 102 Freshman Composition II
  • MATH112 or MATH 115 Precalculus
  • MATH 121 or MATH 125 Calculus
  • ST 260 Statistics Methods

• RESTRICTED NON-C&BA ELECTIVES (26 HOURS)

  • Natural Science 8 hrs. (To include two hours of laboratory experience)
  • Humanities & Fine Arts 12 hrs. (Consisting of at least 3 hours of Literature, and at least 3 hours in the Fine Arts. The remaining 6 hours are to be chosen from the Humanities, Literature, and/or Fine Arts.)
  • History, Social & Behavioral Sciences 6 hrs. (12 semester hours with at least 3 hours in History and at least 6 hours chosen from among other disciplines in the Social & Behavioral Sciences. EC 110 and EC 111 required above satisfy 6 hours of the requirement.)

• ELECTIVES (21-30 HOURS)

  • 21 hours with 9 hour professional accounting specialization
  • 30 hours without a specialization

FUNCTIONAL FIELD COURSES (25 HOURS)

• Lower Division (C- or better required in each course)

  • AC 210 Introduction to Accounting
  • LGS 200 Business Law & Society

• Upper Division (C- or better required in each course)

  • MGT 300 Organizational Theory
  • MKT 300 Marketing
  • OM 300 Introduction to Production Management
  • FI 302 Business Finance
  • MGT 395 Managerial Communications Strategies
  • GBA 490 Strategic Management Policy

• MAJOR PROGRAM COURSES (18 HOURS)

• (C- or better required in 300-level courses)
  
  
  • AC 310 Financial Reporting and Analysis of Business Activities I
  • AC 311 Financial Reporting and Analysis of Business Activities II
  • AC 361 Cost Analysis for Planning and Control
  • AC 371 Introduction to Taxation
  • AC 389 Accounting Information Systems Development, Operation, and Control
  • AC 432 Introduction to Corporate Governance, Risk Assessment, and Assurance Services

Professional Accounting Specialization (9 HOURS)

• AC 456 Non-Profit Accounting
• AC 471 Taxation of Business
• Choose one: AC 492, FI 410, FI 411, FI 412, FI 414, FI 422 OR approved elective

International Focus Required (3 HOURS)

International business or a course with a primary focus on the language, culture, or political environment of non-US societies from a list of approved "international" courses.

For information about Undergraduate transfer of credit, please visit:

http://www.cba.ua.edu/students/stars

http://registrar.ua.edu/transfer/

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