Professional Accountancy B.B.A./M.S.A.
Niagara University offers an integrated 154-hour program in which students earn a BBA degree after four years and an MSA degree after the fifth year. The program prepares students for careers in public accounting, and is a New York state CPA 150 licensure-qualifying program for the CPA exam. In the first three years of the program students take a common core of accounting, business and liberal arts courses. Students begin taking up to two MSA courses in the fourth year of the program, and can complete the BBA/MSA program in one additional year comprising the summer, fall and spring semesters. Students are awarded the BBA degree after completing BBA requirements (usually four years), and the MSA degree after completing MSA requirements (one additional year).
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirement | ||
| Additional Courses in the Major (not included in Major GPA) | ||
| Intro Statistics | ||
| Ethics | ||
or PHI 320 | Business Ethics | |
| Business Calculus I | ||
| Major Requirement | ||
| Business Core Courses | ||
| ACC 111 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACC 112 | Management Accounting | 3 |
| ECO 102 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECO 103 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| MGT 160 | Management Principles | 3 |
| MKG 181 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| ECO 231 | Business Analytics | 3 |
| FIN 320 | Corporate Finance I | 3 |
| MGT 390 | Information Systems for Business | 3 |
| MGT 460 | Business Strategy & Policy | 3 |
| Concentration Courses | ||
| LAW 303 | Principles of Business Law | 3 |
| ACC 223 | Intermediate Acc I | 3 |
| ACC 224 | Intermediate Acc II | 3 |
| ACC 335 | Cost Management Systems | 3 |
| ACC 336 | Advanced Acc 2 | 3 |
| ACC 346 | Auditing 2 | 3 |
| ACC 347 | Tax I 2 | 3 |
| ACC 366 | Govt & Non Prof Acc | 3 |
| ACC 605 | Internal Controls | 3 |
| ACC 607 | Appl Accounting Info Systems & Analytics | 3 |
| Business Electives - Three required; 4+1 students select three (3) MSA courses in consultation with graduate advisor | 9 | |
Accounting/Business Elective | ||
MSA Courses | ||
| Strategic Accounting Analysis & Planning | ||
| Advanced Business Tax Strategy | ||
| Advanced Auditing | ||
| Internal Controls | ||