Accelerated Accounting (BBA)/Business Administration (MBA)
Admission
Students may apply for the Accelerated Master of Business Administration program as early as their junior year. Students should consult with the Director of Graduate Accounting Programs to determine the appropriate timing of actual enrollment in the Master of Business Administration program. Additional admissions requirements can be found under the Business School Admissions.
Undergraduate vs. Graduate Student Designations
Students in this accelerated degree program are categorized in the Baylor system as undergraduate students until their BBA graduation regardless of any combination of UG- and GR-level courses completed that year. These students are designated as graduate students after being accepted into the graduate school for the remainder of their program.
These distinctions (undergraduate student versus graduate student) will be linked to financial aid and scholarship eligibility for each level. Accelerated degree students are eligible for any financial aid or scholarships for which they qualify as an undergraduate student. When these students become graduate students, though they lose their eligibility for undergraduate-level support, they are eligible to apply for graduate-level scholarships and financial aid.
Requirements for the Accelerated Accounting (BBA) >> Master of Business Administration (MBA)
To earn the BBA in Accounting and and the MBA via this accelerated pathway, a student must complete all basic requirements for the Accounting (BBA) degree as well as the MBA in Business Administration degree.
A maximum of 12 credits of graduate-level course work will count toward both the BBA and MBA degrees.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| These 12 hours are selected from the following courses: 1 | ||
| ACC 4312 | Data and Analytics in Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 4340 | Advanced Financial Accounting Topics | 3 |
| ACC 4350 | Business and Professional Ethics for Accountants | 3 |
| ACC 5308 | Management Accounting Seminar | 3 |
| ACC 5330 | Seminar in Auditing and Assurance Services | 3 |
| ACC 5331 | Fraud Examination | 3 |
| ACC 5340 | Tax Considerations in Business Decisions | 3 |
| ACC 5350 | Advanced Accounting Analytics | 3 |
| ACC 5355 | Cases in Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 5361 | Corporate Taxation | 3 |
| ACC 5362 | Partnership and S Corporation Taxation | 3 |
| ACC 5364 | International Taxation | 3 |
| ACC 5365 | Advanced Individual Taxation | 3 |
| ACC 5370 | Tax Research | 3 |
| ACC 5385 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
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Unless otherwise petitioned, the first four courses taken from this list are shared by default. Many students take additional courses from this list to count towards the graduate degree only. Any courses not on this list must be petitioned for shared credit.