Bachelor of Business Administration [B.B.A] [Accounting] From Kent State University

• The Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in accounting theory and practice necessary for entry-level accounting positions and career advancement.
• It encompasses a common body of concepts, conventions, principles and theories essential to the professional competency of the certified public accountant, controller, industrial accountant, institutional accountant and governmental accountant.

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Given a defined financial accounting transaction, identify and analyze the issue, record the transaction in the books of original entry, and prepare the financial statement disclosure.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of managerial and cost accounting with the ability to identify and analyze information useful in decision making.
3. Gain a functional understanding of taxation of individuals.
4. Understand financial statement auditing.
5. Assemble, cleanse and analyze the information provided by information systems, and prepare summary reports useful for business decision-making.