Director of Graduate Accounting Programs and Advisor: Tim S. Thomasson
Associate Dean for Graduate Business Programs: Patsy Norman

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in accounting may complete the BBA and MAcc degrees concurrently. Under the accelerated program, up to seven semester hours of undergraduate electives are waived for up to seven semester hours of graduate business electives. Since both degrees are awarded simultaneously and some undergraduate elective hours may be waived, generally all requirements in both programs must be completed in order to receive either degree.

Admission

Students must apply and be accepted into the Master of Accountancy program during their senior year. Students should consult with the Director of Graduate Accounting Programs to determine the appropriate timing of actual enrollment in the Master of Accountancy program. Additional admissions requirements can be found under the Business School Admissions.

Requirements

Curriculum for the BBA/MAcc Accelerated Degree

Requirement-Hours

Requirement	Hours
Undergraduate Arts and Sciences	39-45
Undergraduate Business Core	50
Undergraduate Accounting Major	18
Undergraduate Elective	As needed
Chapel (2 semesters)	N/A
Total Undergraduate	117 (at least)

Note: After completion of all requirements for Arts and Sciences, the undergraduate business core, and the undergraduate accounting major, a student must take elective hours, if needed, to reach a total of 117 undergraduate hours. Hours taken towards additional majors or minors can count as electives for this purpose. Accordingly, a student may end up with more than 117 undergraduate hours.

Curriculum for the BBA/MAcc Accelerated Degree

All course selections must have the approval of the Director of Graduate Accounting Programs.

Requirement-Hours

Requirement	Hours
Graduate Accounting Courses	18
Graduate Business Electives	15
Total Graduate Hours	33
Total Combined Program	150 (at least)

All BBA/MAcc candidates must earn an average grade of “B” (3.0) or higher in eighteen hours of graduate accounting courses. Students not having an overall average of 3.0 or higher in these courses are required to repeat one or more of the courses in which a grade below “B” was earned in order to increase their average to 3.0. When an accounting course is repeated, the new grade substitutes for the old grade in the calculated accounting GPA. In some cases, more advanced work may be prescribed in place of the course on which a grade below “B” was earned. Both the original grade and the new grade for a repeated course will be included in the overall GPA for graduation purposes.