Bachelor of Business Administration [B.B.A] [Accounting] From University of West Georgia

The BBA in Accounting program offered by the University of West Georgia is comprised of eight upper-level accounting courses totaling 22 hours and a three-hour capstone course in strategic management which is required of all B.B.A. programs.

The accounting courses provide a general foundation in financial accounting, management accounting, personal income taxation, accounting information systems, and auditing. The required courses may be supplemented with electives in areas such as advanced accounting (consolidated statements and not-for-profit accounting), corporate taxation, financial statement analysis, and fraud examination. An internship course is also available to those students who secure a qualifying internship.

BBA Learning Goals and Objectives

To accomplish this mission, the faculty members are committed to educate students, who, upon graduation, will:

Communicate effectively.

• Students will produce professional quality business documents.
• Students will make a professional presentation.

Apply basic quantitative skills to business problems.

• Students will construct and interpret tabular and graphical methods of presenting qualitative and quantitative data.
• Students will use spreadsheet software to evaluate and use the results of regression models.
• Students will solve and interpret quantitative business models using spreadsheet software.

• Students will effectively use a word processing program.
• Students will effectively use a spreadsheet program.
• Students will effectively use a presentation program.

Possess a basic knowledge of accounting, economics, finance, the legal environment of business,management, and marketing.

• Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the fundamental concepts of accounting, economics, finance, the legal environment of business, management, and marketing.

Understand how ethical decision-making and globalization affect organizations.

• Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze issues and situations having ethical implications for business.
• Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of international economic and business concepts.

Utilize general and management-specific knowledge and skills in the analysis of business and economic problems.

• Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of relevant costs for decision making.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze the current situation of an organization and to develop a plan to ensure organizational viability.