BBA in Accounting
There are many potential career paths for graduates of the BBA in accounting program. Typical career paths include working in public accounting as an auditor or tax professional. Outside of the typical audit or tax tracks, accountants at public accounting firms do consulting and transactional work. Accounting graduates also work in industry in an internal audit function or as a controller or accounting professional within a company(management accounting). Accounting graduates also work as financial analysts, financial advisors, and forensic accountants. Government agencies such as the IRS, U.S Treasury Department, state and local governments, as well as law enforcement agencies hire accounting graduates.
Marketable Skills
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Critical thinking: Analyze and evaluate issues in order to solve problems and develop informed opinions
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Problem-solving: Find solutions to difficult or complex issues
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Teamwork: Participate as an effective, efficient member of a group in order to meet a common goal
Students will also gain a basic understanding of accounting principles, and be able to prepare to pursue a CPA or other accounting certification.
The Department of Accounting at The University of Texas at El Paso shares with the University its fundamental mission to provide the highest quality education to citizens of El Paso and the West Texas region. The Bachelor of Business Administration-Accounting (BBA-Accounting) is designed as an in-depth study of the basic topics of accounting and intends to provide students the knowledge and skills necessary for entry into accounting positions in public, private, and governmental or other not-for-profit organizations, as well as the educational background necessary for entry into a graduate program. The BBA-Accounting concentration and the Master of Accountancy degrees are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). The BBA-Accounting concentration does not provide the total number of hours of coursework necessary to academically qualify a candidate for the Uniform CPA Examination in the State of Texas.
Fast Track
The Fast-Track Program enables outstanding undergraduate UTEP students to receive both undergraduate and graduate credit for up to 15 hours of UTEP course work as determined by participating Master's and Doctoral programs. Not all undergraduate programs have elected to participate in the Fast Track option, so students should see their departmental graduate advisor for information about requirements and guidelines. A list of courses that have been approved for possible use at the graduate level is found here.
Degree Plan
Required Credits: 120
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Business Designated Core (All courses require a C or better.) | ||
| Complete the Business Designated Core requirements. | ||
| University Core Curriculum | ||
| Complete the University Core Curriculum requirements. | 42 | |
| Business Core | ||
| Required Courses: | ||
| Lower-Division | ||
| Courses in this section require a C or better | ||
| ACCT 2301 | Principles of Accounting I C | 3 |
| ACCT 2302 | Principles of Accounting II C | 3 |
| ECON 2304 | Principles of Microeconomics C | 3 |
| QMB 2301 | Business Stats & Analytics I C | 3 |
| Math Elective: | ||
| MATH 2301 | Math for Social Sciences II C | 3 |
| or MATH 1411 | Calculus I | |
| Upper-Division | ||
| Courses not requiring a C or better. | ||
| BLAW 3301 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUSN 3304 | Global Business Environment | 3 |
| or BUSN 3305 | Global Busn Environ-Study Away | |
| ISBA 3305 | Foundations of Info Sys & BA | 3 |
| FIN 3310 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MGMT 3303 | Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha | 3 |
| MGMT 4300 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MKT 3300 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| OSCM 3321 | Production/Operations Mgmt | 3 |
| QMB 3301 | Business Stats & Analytics II | 3 |
| Accounting Major | ||
| Required Courses: | ||
| ACCT 3320 | Accounting Systems | 3 |
| ACCT 3321 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 3322 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 3323 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 3327 | Fed Income Tax - Individuals | 3 |
| ACCT 4304 | Auditing Principles/Procedures | 3 |
| ISBA 3315 | Busi Analytics Applications | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| ACCT 4315 | Acct Res. and Communication | 3 |
| ACCT 4335 | Business Intelligence | 3 |
| ACCT 4345 | Financial Statement Analysis | 3 |
| ACCT 4396 | Internship | 3 |
| ACCT 4398 | Independent Study in Acct | 3 |
| ACCT 4399 | Current Concepts in Accounting | 3 |
| ISBA 3350 | Sys. Anal. & Des. for Bus. Ana | 3 |
| ISBA 4330 | Expert Sys & Decision Sup Sys | 3 |
| ISBA 4365 | Database Management | 3 |
| ISBA 4370 | Data Comm. & Network Manag. | 3 |
| Select a twelve-hour business minor or certificate | ||
| Total Hours | 120 | |
- C
Course requires a C or better.
Business Designated Core
Although the UTEP choice is larger, these choices satisfy the requirements of both the core and the major.
All courses listed within this degree require a grade of C or better for successful completion.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | ||
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Calculus I (Required for Risk Management Concentration) | ||
| Math for Social Sciences I | ||
| Precalculus | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | ||
| Required: | ||
| ECON 2303 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| The following additional courses are also recommended: | ||
| Business/Profession Comm | ||
| Math for Social Sciences I | ||
| Ethics | ||
University Core Curriculum (A program may recommend specific courses. All courses require a C or better.)
I. Communication (six hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this category focus on developing ideas and expressing them clearly, considering the effect of the message, fostering understanding, and building the skills needed to communicate persuasively. Courses involve the command of oral, aural, written, and visual literacy skills that enable people to exchange messages appropriate to the subject, occasion, and audience. Course objectives for this component are: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Teamwork, and Personal Responsibility. | ||
| Select six hours of the following: | 6 | |
| For students whose secondary education was in English: | ||
| Written and Oral Communication | ||
| Writing About Literature | ||
| Rhetoric & Composition I | ||
| Rhetoric & Composition 2 | ||
| Rhetoric, Composition & Comm | ||
| For students whose secondary education was not in English: | ||
| Expos Engl Compos-Spkr Esl | ||
| Res & Crit Writng Spkr Esl | ||
| TOTAL HOURS | 6 | |
II. American History (six hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this category focus on the consideration of past events and ideas relative to the United States, with the option of including Texas History for a portion of this component area. Courses involve the interaction among individuals, communities, states, the nation, and the world, considering how these interactions have contributed to the development of the United States and its global role. Course objectives for this component are: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Social Responsibility, and Personal Responsibility. | ||
| HIST 1301 | History of U.S. to 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | History of U.S. Since 1865 | 3 |
| TOTAL HOURS | 6 | |
III. Language, Philosophy & Culture (three hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this category focus on how ideas, values, beliefs, and other aspects of culture express and affect human experience. Courses involve the exploration of ideas that foster aesthetic and intellectual creation in order to understand the human condition across cultures. Course objectives for this component are: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Social Responsibility, and Personal Responsibility. | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Intro-African Amer Studies | ||
| Latina/o Presence in the U.S. | ||
| English Literature | ||
| English Literature | ||
| Intro to American Fiction | ||
| Intro to American Drama | ||
| Intro to American Poetry | ||
| Making of the "Other" Americas | ||
| World History to 1500 | ||
| World History Since 1500 | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Ethics | ||
| Introduct to Religious Studies | ||
| Seeing & Naming: Conversations | ||
| Introduction to Womens Studies | ||
| Global Feminisms | ||
| TOTAL HOURS | 3 | |
IV. Mathematics (three hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this category focus on quantitative literacy in logic, patterns, and relationships. Courses involve the understanding of key mathematical concepts and the application of appropriate quantitative tools to everyday experience. Course objectives for this component are: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, and Empirical & Quantitative Skills. | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| College Algebra | ||
| Trigonometry and Conics | ||
| Math in the Modern World | ||
| Math for Social Sciences I | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Precalculus | ||
| Math for Social Sciences II | ||
| Statistical Literacy | ||
| Elementary Statistical Methods | ||
| TOTAL HOURS | 3 | |
V. Life & Physical Sciences (six hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this category focus on describing, explaining, and predicting natural phenomena using the scientific method. Courses involve the understanding of interactions among natural phenomena and the implications of scientific principles on the physical world and on experiences. Course objectives for this component are: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Empirical & Quantitative Skills, and Teamwork. | ||
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Astronomy Lab I | ||
| Elem Astronomy-Solar System | ||
| Elem Astr Stars & Galaxies | ||
| Introductory Biology Lab | ||
| Human Biology Laboratory | ||
| Topics in Study of Life I | ||
| Organismal Biology Laboratory | ||
| Introductory Biology | ||
| Human Biology | ||
| General Biology | ||
| Organismal Biology | ||
| Human Anat/Physio Lab I | ||
| Human Anat/Physio Lab II | ||
| Human Anat/Physiology I | ||
| Human Anat/Physiology II | ||
| Laboratory for CHEM 1305 | ||
| Laboratory for CHEM 1306 | ||
| Intro General Chemistry Lab | ||
| Intro Organic & Biochem Lab | ||
| General Chemistry | ||
| General Chemistry | ||
| Intro to General Chemistry | ||
| Intro Organic & Biochemistry | ||
| Environmental Sci. Lab | ||
| Non-major Lab for ESCI 1301 | ||
| Intro to Environmental Sci | ||
| Laboratory for GEOG 1306 | ||
| Physical Geography | ||
| Lab for GEOL 1313 | ||
| Lab for GEOL 1314 | ||
| Principles of Earth Sci - Lab | ||
| Laboratory for Geology 1212 | ||
| Principles of Earth Sciences | ||
| Principles of Earth Science | ||
| The Blue Planet | ||
| Natural Hazards | ||
| Intro to Physical Geology | ||
| Intro to Historical Geol | ||
| Fundamentals of Nutrition | ||
| Wellness Dynamics | ||
| Microorganisms and Disease | ||
| General Physics I | ||
| General Physics II | ||
| Laboratory for PHYS 2320 | ||
| Laboratory for PHYS 2321 | ||
| Introductory Mechanics | ||
| Introductory Electromagnetism | ||
| TOTAL HOURS | 6 | |
VI. Political Science (six hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this category focus on consideration of the Constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the states, with special emphasis on that of Texas. Courses involve the analysis of governmental institutions, political behavior, civic engagement, and their political and philosophical foundations. Course objectives for this component are: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Social Responsibility and Personal Responsibility. | ||
| Required Courses: | ||
| POLS 2310 | Introduction to Politics | 3 |
| POLS 2311 | American Gover & Politics | 3 |
| TOTAL HOURS | 6 | |
VII. Social & Behavioral Sciences (three hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this category focus on the application of empirical and scientific methods that contribute to the understanding of what makes us human. Courses involve the exploration of behavior and interactions among individuals, groups, institutions, and events, examining their impact on the individual, society, and culture. Course objectives for this component are: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Empirical & Quantitative Skills, and Social Responsibility. | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Intro-Phys Anth/Archeolog | ||
| Intro-Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Cultural Geography | ||
| Intro to Linguistics | ||
| Asian American Studies | ||
| Econ for Engrs & Scientists | ||
| Intro to Chicano Studies | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Mass Media and Society | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Introduction to Ed Psychology | ||
| Action Research in Classrooms | ||
| Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| Cultural Geography | ||
| Leadership in Action | ||
| Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| Lang. Inside & Out: Sel Topics | ||
| Introduction to Psychology | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Cultural Geography | ||
| TOTAL HOURS | 3 | |
VIII. Creative Arts
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this category focus on the appreciation and analysis of creative artifacts and works of the human imagination. Courses involve the synthesis and interpretation of artistic expression and enable critical, creative, and innovative communication about works of art. Course objectives for this component are: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Art Appreciation | ||
| History of Art I | ||
| History of Art II | ||
| Chicana/o Fine Arts Appreciat | ||
| Introduction to Dance | ||
| Intro-Art of Motion Pict. | ||
| Music Appreciation | ||
| Jazz to Rock | ||
| Music, Culture, and Society | ||
| Introduction to Theatre | ||
| TOTAL HOURS | 3 | |
IX. Component Area Option (six hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| a. A minimum of 3 SCH must meet the definition and corresponding Core Objectives specified in one of the foundational component areas. b. As an option for up to 3 semester credit hours of the Component Area Option, an institution may select course(s) that: (i) Meet(s) the definition specified for one or more of the foundational component areas; and (ii) Include(s) a minimum of three Core Objectives, including Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, and one of the remaining Core Objectives of the institution's choice. | ||
| Intro to Global Business | ||
| COMM 1301 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| Business/Profession Comm | ||
| Intro-Computational Thinking | ||
| Computer Programming Sci/Engr | ||
| Eng Innovation and Leadership | ||
| Engineering Design Experience | ||
| Applied Engineering Analysis | ||
| Introduction to Leadership | ||
| Inquiry in Math & Science | ||
| Comm. Var. Across the Lifespan | ||
| Seminar/Critical Inquiry | ||
| TOTAL HOURS | 6 | |
4-Year Sample Degree Plan
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BBA ACCOUNTING | ||
| FRESHMAN | ||
| Fall | ||
| BUSN 1301 | Intro to Global Business (*) | 3 |
| MATH 1320 | Math for Social Sciences I (*) | 3 |
| RWS 1301 | Rhetoric & Composition I (*) | 3 |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACCT 2301 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| ECON 2303 | Principles of Macroeconomics (*) | 3 |
| RWS 1302 | Rhetoric & Composition 2 (*) | 3 |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| SOPHOMORE | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACCT 2302 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| ECON 2304 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| Spring | ||
| BUSN 3304 | Global Business Environment | 3 |
| or BUSN 3305 | Global Busn Environ-Study Away | |
| MATH 2301 | Math for Social Sciences II | 3 |
| QMB 2301 | Business Stats & Analytics I | 3 |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| University Core Class | 3 | |
| JUNIOR | ||
| Fall | ||
| FIN 3310 | Business Finance | 3 |
| ISBA 3305 | Foundations of Info Sys & BA | 3 |
| BLAW 3301 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| MGMT 3303 | Intro-Mgmt/Organizational Beha | 3 |
| MKT 3300 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Spring | ||
| QMB 3301 | Business Stats & Analytics II | 3 |
| OSCM 3321 | Production/Operations Mgmt | 3 |
| ACCT 3321 | Intermediate Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 3320 | Accounting Systems | 3 |
| ISBA 3315 | Busi Analytics Applications | 3 |
| SENIOR | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACCT 3322 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| ACCT 3323 | Cost Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 3327 | Fed Income Tax - Individuals | 3 |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Spring | ||
| MGMT 4300 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| ACCT 4304 | Auditing Principles/Procedures | 3 |
| Accounting Elective | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Minor | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
* University Core Course